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Hey, Mike Baker here.

Recently, I sat down with the esteemed Mike Slater for a special program called the Global Trade War, part of his Politics by Faith podcast.

We discussed the Trump administration's decision to freeze foreign aid and what that move means for America's global influence.

We also got into Trump's America First Trade Policy, how it shapes competition with China and Russia, and what it means for the U.S. on the world stage.

I wanted to share that discussion with you here.

To check out the full special, well, head over to Mike Slater's

Politics by Faith podcast feed and listen to the global trade war. Now, here's our discussion.

America is back and open for business. One thing we're going to be demanding is we're going to be demanding respect from other nations. We just want to be treated fairly with other nations because there's hardly a nation in the world. And I blame this on us and I blame it on politicians that for some reason, I'm probably mostly at stupidity,

but you could also say other reasons, but mostly stupidity. They've allowed other nations

to take advantage of the U.S. and we can't allow that to happen anymore.

I was to the World Economic Forum. Not enough has been said about the background that

Trump uses there.

Remember Biden had this background?

He made like a made-up set.

It was like a set of like a low, like a Bush League Oval Office or something.

It was like a pathetic.

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