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Okay. Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour One.

You know, I am a professional at this, but occasionally, I forget, I got to turn a microphone on and actually put it in front of me to talk.

Welcome. It's Eric Erickson here across the United States. The phone number 877-9773-745. The presidents of China and the United States have met in South Korea.

It's their first face-to-face meeting in quite a while.

They've talked on the phone a few times, but they haven't actually gotten together.

And they got together today.

The president of the United States said on a scale of one to ten, the meeting was a 12.

It was a meeting of the G2, he said, and that she is, in his words, a tough negotiator.

Great pleasure to see you again.

I hope to see you again. I got you. see you again. And we're going to have a very successful meeting. I have no doubt.

But he's a very tough negotiator. That's not good.

But he's a very strong in a panhand.

We know each other well.

You know, the interesting thing here is that it's a power play by both Putin and

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