And we have to treat his pronouncements as we would treat them from anyone, which is to see whether they actually fall within the law. And many of these threats are ones that are blatantly outside of the law. And I think The suspension of $18 billion in federal grants that was recently announced. You know, on one level, we have to understand this at an attempt at political retribution amidst a shutdown where President Trump and the Republican Party would rather a federal government shut down than keeping 4 million Americans on their health care. (26:50–26:56)
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