Our next speaker, great friend of the Ron Paul Institute, longtime friend, and just a great

friend in general.

He's the former chief of staff for Dr. Paul when Dr. Paul was in Congress, former president

of the Mises Institute where he did a stellar job, in my opinion.

He left the place in great shape.

And he currently works for monetary medals as their general counsel.

Monetary metals, you can save, earn, and finance the production of gold.

So he's also a gold guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Diced. Thank you, Chris.

You know, as with so many other things, we overthink Trump.

We overthink Trumpism.

And we do so, I think, at our own peril,

at the peril of paralysis. When we ought to be optimistic, I really think that the glass is half

full. You know, we needed, let's say, humility. We needed Calvin Coolidge. We got grandiosity.

We got sort of this ersatz, Teddy Roosevelt, a little taller. But nonetheless,

I would say we did not get John McCain, as much as Tom tells us that every politician is that.

And I think it's very important that we understand that what's happening and what has been happening over the past 10 years is positive and it's beneficial and that we're optimistic about this.

Because in my view, it's really not about Trump or his politics per se or his policies.

You want to use that term or his personnel.

Trump, the man, well, okay, he is what he is, his virtues, his foibles, his faults are his own. We all sort of

understand that, but he's not wired for ideology. It's just not part of his DNA. And he's

certainly not a leftist by orientation. He's not a blank slate egalitarian type. His instincts,

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