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This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other undisclosed locations across America and around the world.

Hello and welcome to DSR's Words Matter. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined this week,

as every week, by Norm Ornstein, who, like everybody here in Washington, has set aside worries about

Greenland, Venezuela, Jack Smith's testimony on the Hill, the collapse of democracy, authoritarianism in

Minneapolis, and is worried exclusively about whether or not it will snow this weekend.

Because when it snows in Washington, people's brains freeze, and they can't think of anything else. Are you worried, Norm?

Do you have a lot of milk, cheese? I will say, you know, the old saw about a snowball's chance in

hell. Since Trump became president again, we're dealing with a snowball in hell possibly this weekend.

Well, that's right.

That's that's right.

You know, your president doesn't look so good, Norm.

I just, I know you personally, you guys have always been close.

But I'm looking at him in Davos. And literally, I mean,

he gave a terrible speech. He insulted everybody. He destroyed the Atlantic Alliance.

He totally caved on Greenland. But because he destroyed the Atlantic Alliance, it's not a wash.

It was a real disaster.

He's launched his Gaza Board of Peace, which is intending essentially to get rid of the

Gazans magically and turn it all into Las Vegas.

Well, it's also to get a billion dollars each from countries, which most of which will

end up in another bank account in Qatar, I'm sure. Well, for sure. I mean, we had in New York

Times article in the past 24 hours saying he's made $1.4 billion off the presidency in his first

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