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The counterfactu..." }, { "ref": "video:predictive-history-zgvahzqaawa@transcript:v1#seg-0007", "segment_id": "seg-0007", "start": 532.82, "end": 602.87, "time_label": "8:52", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "And that's where they like to have their second homes. And we know this because of what's happening in China. So there is a trade war between the United States, the United States, China, and the U.S. But this is a gener..." }, { "ref": "video:predictive-history-zgvahzqaawa@transcript:v1#seg-0008", "segment_id": "seg-0008", "start": 602.87, "end": 684.2, "time_label": "10:02", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Now, these rumors are completely false. They're fabricated. But it shows you that he's not as powerful as people like to believe. 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That's the first detail I want to look at. Second de..." }, { "ref": "video:predictive-history-zgvahzqaawa@transcript:v1#seg-0014", "segment_id": "seg-0014", "start": 1057.55, "end": 1129.78, "time_label": "17:37", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "And if you're powerful, then you can start to do favors for the people. You can promote their careers. You can also save their lives. 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