Well thank you all for coming we've had we have a little competition from from France but this is about America first so we're gonna talk about America first appreciate it there will be people I think entering as we as we talk so I want to introduce our panelists and thank them all for being here so first we have a senator Corker from Tennessee the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee we have Dr. Jim from the London School of Economics we have Deputy Prime Minister Hasbani from Lebanon we have Secretary General Almagro from the Organization of American States and we have Robert Kaplan a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security thank you all for participating so I want to start off with a general question which is how do the sit let's I'll start with Secretary General Almagro how do the citizens in the countries that you represent think of America first and how do you think of America first what does it mean to you what is the message that it sends to you first I'm tempted to speak Spanish I don't know if it is fine for everybody primero creo que el pensamiento america primero es maybe we need to get some no no so I think everybody was expecting so definitely well thank you apologies and I think for the panelists who might be helpful we can get them for the panelists there's no translation there's no translation well do you want to try in English okay good apologies first of all this is I would say a very charming slogan because considering that I was born and rise and this continent in the continent the American continent plus now I am the head of an organization that includes all the countries of the Americas so America's first is the sort of a charming slogan nevertheless in a second thought maybe I am not included there and that is a completely makes the approach completely different in many ways the the thing about American first is in many ways not something new for Latino American citizens or Caribbean citizens we have seen administration after administration always giving priority giving priority to the American interest above everything else in the world we have enjoyed that sometimes and we have suffered that many times nevertheless our approach always is to wait and see because we have to accommodate always to a new American administration and try to take the best try to be helpful sometimes and of course try to protect or defend our interest when when it's necessary what we see these days we have a sort of an advantage in many ways that is the message of this administration is quite clear second it is not so distant from the principles and values that we defend in the organization of American state in many cases for example the message of the administration about the dictatorships in Venezuela and in Cuba is very strong much stronger than the previous administration and that of course makes the things easier to work plus as head of the organization I can I can't complain because the American administration has been very supportive of our work and defending democracy in the continent and protecting human rights what we see that the main differences are of course in in some issues that are related to mainly to migration and sometimes trade migration the the main problem is is the rhetoric is if we see the number of the deportations of the the previous administration did much more many more than than than this administration if we see this concept the wall the wall already exists partially it's a legacy of two administrations before so there are hundreds of miles of wall already and those hundreds of miles of wall cost the lives of 500 at least the Latin Americans every every year so that is not so not so much it's not so different the rhetoric is different and the approach is different and that is something that is our concern and of course we are we are exactly with that let me let me let me ask deputy prime minister husband what how how do you what is the message to you how do you feel the citizens of Lebanon and perhaps in the broader Arab world see this well first of all the expression of America first it is seen differently by different people some people see it as a sign of relief because they believe in the past intervention from the United States in affairs in the region has not been extremely constructive others see it as a major shift in terms of potential solutions for the region or in a way unfinished business that has been stopped somewhere in the right in the middle of its evolution which means more chaos and more travel and problems so different people see it differently however if we go back to the key principle it's not surprising to me that a country would put its interests first and that's a natural cornerstone of any strategy whether it's less focus on foreign policy more focused on local affairs this is just the order of business I guess but in the end no global power can actually disengage completely from international affairs not even smaller countries let alone a a global power but what it means to a region like the Middle East is that some selective intervention has been observed within this America first approach in many ways it is also seen as there's no clarity on where the US wants to go with its policy with respect to the Middle East non-state actors are there they still exist they're being eliminated partially but they exist from different backgrounds not just from one background at the same time state actors are there and they're also dealing with each other in a highly polarized environment there are re-emerging forces and global forces coming back to the region particularly Russia and a lot of action is taking place we see troubled countries revolutions turning into wars turning into unrest a lot of chaos at the same time stability within that chaos and the question remains what is the interest of the United States in that region particularly so America first yes but what does it mean to stabilize the Middle East for example and keep the Middle East stable build stable economies reduce polarization at national level and at regional level could that be in the form of peace brokerage in more engaged administration in forging peace and relationships and positive relationships so basically putting America or the United States first in the policy of the administration could mean positive interventions selectively probably not at a mass scale and collaboration and cooperation and creating the right environment for the evolution towards peace and stabilization by identifying the right brokers of peace identifying and exercising the right pressures in the right places without necessarily having to have the same level of interventions as used to happen before but a business cannot be left unfinished and there's also a moral and human responsibility towards stabilization because there's nothing that's not interconnected everything is and has us inner involvement in the Middle East over the last year has that been constructive has it contributed to stability within the region but we have seen involvement in Syria for example with the ISIS fight against ISIS that has been quite positive and resulted in positive and positive outcome it's not completely finished yet there's there's more work to be done it's I think the post-ISIS period that needs a clear strategy the interventions from Russia of course have a big weight in the region we would hope to see a more constructive approach and supportive approach to fast-forwarding towards peaceful solutions in the region and I guess it's understandable that you know first year of administration you're still formulating strategies and approaches and and building links but more clarity needs to happen very quickly because events are evolving in a rapid pace in the region and they need a closer look and I'm gonna want to come back to talk about your prime minister a little detour that he took to to Saudi Arabia and what the significance of that is and what the Saudi role is and what the US role might be but we'll come we'll come back to that senator senator quaker what is what's your reaction your own reaction to America first and how has it played out so far with this administration so I think you have to look at the genesis of we have a country where a large part of our population feels alienated feels like they their lives have not ended up being where they thought they would be they've worked hard all their life might have gone to high school a couple years community college and for 20 or 30 years they basically have worked and received the same amount of wages and things are costing more and so so you have to first realize that you have a president who's speaking to that audience and you know a lot of times in the foreign policy arena in particular we talk about lofty things but we never speak about foreign policy in a manner that relates to the people that we actually represent I mean you know we come to places like this Davos or Munich or other places and you know we talk amongst ourselves but we fail sometimes to relate that back to the people that we actually serve so I think what you're seeing the president do is do that in spades and I know Mark Meadows is here one of our great leaders in the house he can attest to the fact that it's created almost a tribal support for the president by many of the people that are in this particular category so so which is a lot of people by the way and it's happening by the way throughout Europe similar kinds of things are happening so so so the rhetoric is oriented that way but I look back at look we had it we had a situation in Afghanistan where we were telegraphing when we were going to leave and have to give the president accolades for saying we're gonna it's this conditions base we're gonna be there and it actually gives us an opportunity there over time to broker a piece of cord at some point whereas the other people are just waiting out so you know I could point to various obviously TPP both candidates ran against that you know I would like to see us in an alliance that counters some what China is doing in the region and as it turns out it's not going to be what's the state of our alliances at the moment do you think they're strong people have confidence lack of confidence what is the state of play you know we're having a conversation back in the in the speaker's room and I think that there's a there's look there's no question there's unpredictability people don't know what's gonna happen I mean the president's on advisors as Mark knows will you know spend months trying to shape a policy he will give feedback all along the way and then finally at the end he's gonna make a decision but people in the room many times don't know what that is going to be so I will say again as you know the president and I haven't always seen out of I that's been well documented on the other hand I will tell you I've seen where that unpredictability has been helpful in negotiations I mean we're talking like what do you think of well I'm thinking right now of the Iran situation I've been tasked with others to try to figure out a way forward domestically and know the administration's working with with our European allies but I think the fact that they know that this president may well wake up one day and just spread it which is not something I didn't think it was a very good agreement on the front end but once you're in it you've already given up your leverage it seems to me it's kind of thing that we should stick with and try to improve but when they know that he could wake up one day literally just wake up and decide he's out of it yes I've tried to tell him you can only do that one time so you know let's do it if we're gonna do it let's do it at a time when it's beneficial to us I don't believe that's now you think it's already changing the behavior of Iran I'm not talking about Iran I'm talking about the fact that our European allies are far more interested in talking with us about what we might do as a result of the fact that we have a person who they know is somewhat unpredictable in this way so it doesn't always pay off you know there are other instances where you know it's it's it can work to our disadvantage but look I look at the policies and I know you want to get to the other panelists I look at the policies that are actually being put out put in place and you know the rhetoric's different yeah we the tariffs didn't turn out to be quite what everybody thought they were gonna be this week but I do think it speaks to the people of our country and I think that I will have to say has done an incredible job in rallying those animal spirits in our own country there's no question I mean this the the deregulation that's taking place the tax reform we just passed it's affecting the world economy the IMF reports we all are aware of so so this making us strong economically and I'll just stop with this you read the national security report that just came out and I think what's what's striking about it is it's incredible focus on our national security being so tied to our own economic security and at the National Security Council the head of our National Economic Council sits at that table as do other people involved in economic issues and so I do think that what is consistent and there's been inconsistencies what is consistent is the fact that I think he views I know he views tremendous economic strength on our part is being key to us being secure in other ways sure let me ask Bob Kaplan and Dr. Jim to maybe put this in some broader context so Bob what talk about this I mean is there anything really unusual about America first I mean we've had nation states since forever people have looked out for their own interests I saw a comment recently that said in the past this was one commentator saying in the past the United States spoke nobly and acted selfishly now it's just being more honest it's both speaking selfishly and acting selfishly is that a misreading or is that where does this fit into all right well in terms of American history there was a great political analyst historian of the mid 20th century Teddy white Theodore right white and he wrote that there was always a 30% of the American people who belong to no particular party who are suspicious of allies suspicious of foreign aid tended to have a higher opinion of Douglas MacArthur than Dwight Eisenhower supported Joseph McCarthy and they were like a moving 20% 30% and they were always there the what's happened this time is that they attached themselves to one candidate because that one candidate spoke to their experience which was and I can tell you this firsthand I've driven all across America recently is that outside of the two coasts outside of the university in college towns outside of outside of most state capitals not all it's a complicated picture life in America does not look very good you go from town to town of 20 30,000 where the main street is hollowed out the stores are boarded up and these people have really suffered so that 30% combined with how globalization has split the American people and and I would add a third element which is that America was a very inspiring successful democracy and the print and typewriter age but it is unclear to me that it can it can continue as such in the digital video era because the digital video era is changing the nature of the American people in terms you know in terms of how they think how they get their information and how they get their news so to me Trump may not be an aberration he may be the first digital video age president married to populism so so that's the domestic picture on on the foreign picture what I see is that the United States functionally is a liberal maritime power you know it's Navy is its primary day-to-day strategic instrument it protects the seas for free trade you know and allies access to hydrocarbons and with that seafaring maritime great power tradition like Venice more than Rome America has has generally been able to project power better by supporting free trade because free trade goes together with democracy it's a perfect fit and a perfect way for America to project power so I think that when when when President Trump signaled a withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific partnership moving away from free trade that was the biggest self-inflicted error that you know that America has made in Asia in decades because it reduced America's vision for Asia it shrunk it down to just help us out on North Korea and we want a better deal with China on by bilateral trade and and I think the effect is corrosive going around the world if you go to the Middle East what's going on with the US in Mexico I think our allies in Europe are far less sure of us because deterrence has to be proclaimed forcefully all the time or else it doesn't work and if so if you get a president who doesn't seem fully committed all the time from the very beginning to NATO that undermines deterrence if there's any question mark whatsoever Dr. Jen why don't you step in here and talk about what what are the consequences of this this policy you know we've heard a lot of warnings here at the World Economic Forum in Davos that this means the luster is off of globalization as Prime Minister Modi from India put it other people are foreseeing a sort of a halt to globalization or a slowdown in it and we have actually seen some stagnation in trade flows and currency flows and things and bank international bank lending and things like that what is what do you foresee well you know first of all and I'll offer a Chinese perspective on the first question which is look you know if President Trump says America first the Chinese would say hey we get it you know which country really doesn't put their you know country first Germany does and everyone else does except that President Trump is more vocal I think the real question here is do American first policies really put America first and I think that there's a clarification that we need to make with regard to globalization which touches upon your question we blame a lot on globalization and trade where in fact job losses are you know known to be much more associated with technology and are these you know the imminent trade wars coming especially with regard to China this kind of trade pressure really a good thing for the US if China stops buying you know aircrafts 180 thousand jobs if it stops importing soybeans you know 10% of some local population Missouri depends on you know exporting soybeans the state of the academic findings today is that on net China has also created Chinese imports has created jobs through services and it's about balance the jobs that have been displaced and the jobs that have been created we also forget that bilateral trade flows in terms of imports versus exports completely mismeasure the real trade activity because it's global supply chain China for example China's value added in that and making iPhone is only 4% but if it stops producing key component parts I mean that kind of completely disrupts the entire flow so it's not by the trade deficit measurements from the traditional statistics that tell you this you know paint the whole picture then the dollar being the reserve currency we need trust of the dollar you know we talked about unpredictability sometimes we would even say it's a bit random right so you know buying treasury bills what we found is that countries that are US allies versus countries that have their own nuclear weapons they have a huge difference percentage 35 percentage points difference in how much US treasuries they hold so the economic consequences of you know kind of America first I just want to put it out there do they actually put America first okay so we've well we've seen some concrete action from the from the US administration just in the last few days tariffs on washing machines and solar panels that affects China to some degree how big a deal is that does it foreshadow more severe sanctions and if there were more severe trade actions against China how do you think China is likely to react you know if it stops at solar panels and washing machines I think it's okay part of the reason that is that China has excess capacity and solar panels and also China is actually trying to get rid of a lot of the allure and manufacturing so it's kind of an external force that will force that transition so I would say that's okay but it is a signal and if there is more pressure for another onslaught of trade you know tariffs coming I can guarantee that the Chinese government will have a very strong stance most importantly because it is no longer the case that if you have strong domestic pressure which will come from businesses which will come from Chinese people that the government will not respond to that they absolutely well so I think that Chinese government will absolutely have retaliatory a position if this gets much worse and what about Latin America obviously the president has said some strong things about about trade from Mexico and from other countries in Latin America what what would be the reaction let's say if he rips up NAFTA that would have a dramatic impact on Mexico and if he's also complained about the trade deficits with other Latin American countries as well he's paying close attention to the trade deficit with each country that he's dealing with how does Latin America deal with that what would be the impact in in Mexico and Latin America and and how what kind of response would you expect first I want to finish something I was saying I was talking about the rhetoric against migration but it's not only the rhetoric there is a decision against the TPS that of course affects mainly immigrants from the Northern Triangle and that may create of course some social unrest that may bring even more illegal immigration to the United States about trade what we have seen is mainly the Mexican case and some issues with Argentina that later they were resolved later the thing is and some threats against the FTA with Central America my concern is that and of course some Latin American countries were affected by the by the TPP the thing is that first of all countries will try to protect their interests in negotiations with the United States as Mexico is doing so that means very hard task but of course feeling confident that they may be able to to achieve enough protection of their interest if it is not the case of course what you do you look for new trade partners and is what mainly trade partners of the TPP are trying to do these days I think that is in fact is a consolidated space in Latin America that China has China is the main trade partner of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and we can count so it's already a space a space that belongs in the trade mutual trade to them this TPP was a way of recovering part of that market so now it's completely abandoned in the now conditions so people will try to keep improving those conditions and keep improving that trade with Asia that they have so is all of this maybe I can ask a lot of people is this opening up just an opportunity for China I mean there's been a lot of commentary to that effect that China is going to the United States is creating a vacuum the China is going to step in I saw that the foreign minister of Chile recently said the US had in fact created a vacuum and the China would be stepping in Senator Corker what do you is that are you concerned about that are you nonchalant about it no not nonchalant I think that China has for years and is stepping it up even more had a strategic vision that is long and is investing resources creating alliances creating relationships sometimes not to the benefit of the countries they're doing it with because of the way they finance it and the way they build it but there's no question that they are very aggressive we we are lacking in that regard and and we hope over the next couple of weeks to be taking some steps to to help counter some of the and I'm really talking about more of the development side of things but no I think I think from the standpoint of a country having a vision implementing that vision putting resources big resources behind it there's no question that in it and TPP couldn't agree more both candidates by the way in the race one who actually been kind of involved in it and creating it on the other side of the aisle were though speaking to the issues that you're talking about between the coast and that Mark and I see all the time in our own states and and so you know it just wasn't politically palatable from their perspective although I'm not sure about that okay I'm not sure but it has left us in a weakened position as it relates to again if you if you think about the economic alliances and how much what that means for national security standpoint it's really hurt us on two fronts and you know we have to remember that these countries have a domestic audience also they went out on a limb agreed to an agreement with the United States of America and then now we're not a part of it so it's it's been very damaging and yes I don't think this is the first year I don't think the administration is yet fully thought how they're going to try to counter that I do want to say as it relates to the Western Hemisphere it's my understanding that the White House is going to spend tremendous amounts of time and effort in this next year in the Western Hemisphere hopefully that'll be welcomed but and I think that it will but I think there's gonna be a tremendous emphasis on that Dr. Jim could you address that I mean is China this is just open the way for China and Latin America and elsewhere I think China did not expect this kind of opening especially in certain areas as quickly as it happened and China also harbors no illusion that it can fill the room the role that the United States have filled in many many aspects of the role look let's face it's a middle-income country developing country it's big but it's still poor however as president she has you know put out a new kind of global model a new platform for economic cooperation through infrastructure I think that is real leadership and I think he wants to define his legacy by creating enabling this kind of kind of global cooperation just as post-war United States you know pushed for more universalism but let me just say the reality even though we've heard of you know the the greater cooperation of other countries with China is that it is it's very tricky with the Belt Road initiative China has over and again met with so much political resistance even in the countries that they're trying to help finance infrastructure a one little anecdote helps you know the clarify the the story the question Sri Lanka needed a lot of infrastructure China wanted to finance it and then because of political parties they decided to side more with the US and India and they were waiting for the promised loans and it never came and they wanted to switch back to China and China's like I don't think so many stories like that interesting let's turn to the Middle East and back to Lebanon because there's been a lot happening there so the United States is seen as seen it as in its interest to closely align with Saudi Arabia in order to counter Iran and and the rivalry between the Saudis and the Iranians really seems to be unfolding in a very tense way in in Lebanon the Prime Minister Hariri sort of may have this mysterious stay in in Saudi Arabia he announced his intention to resign later rescinded returned well what is going on here exactly and how much do you see we finally need an explanation and only you can provide it what do you see is and what do you see is what are the Saudis doing and what how do you what do you think is the US role in all of this what is what role is it playing I think this is a well first of all what happened happened in the past now we're looking forward how we can actually move forward with the results of what happened the nation of our Prime Minister had triggered or was triggered by an escalation in rhetoric coming out of Lebanon specific faction in Lebanon that was anti Arab in general and was quite aggressive against our Arab friends and countries and allies so basically that that triggered a long internal reaction as well from various political parties in Lebanon and the government has pretty much everyone represented in it from through a democratic process basically and that's democracy in general the the challenge was always how to keep Lebanon away from all the conflicts that are happening around the region without interfering in any conflicts and without any conflicts interfering in the stability of Lebanon a line was crossed at that point in time the resignation had readjusted the position of the government in order to get everyone to agree that this government has one position and the official position of Lebanon is to remain neutral from all these conflicts and that was achieved post resignation therefore he went back on his resignation and now we're back to business as usual and focusing on internal things Lebanon first well what is business as usual obviously as well I have a big role in Lebanon has tremendous amount of influence Saudi Arabia is tremendously concerned about Iranian influence via Hezbollah and other and other ways has that changed let's split the two things that there are people in Lebanon who vote for members of parliament they get elected and they get participation in in the government so that situation has been developing over a long period of time and there's a group of the Lebanese who participate in this government through a democratic process that's one thing there are people also in this government who refuse to have any arms outside the authority of the government and refuse to have anyone taking a decision on war and peace outside the decision of the sovereign government of Lebanon and any arms outside the Lebanese armed forces are not accepted and this is the view of many people in this government so that's one thing this is also if you shared by many other countries as well particularly I'm sure the United States would share that view and has expressed that view quite clearly Saudi Arabia has been quite vocal about that as well so there's an alignment of many people around that that point now how do we get there without actually causing damage to the rest of the country to the institutions of the country that we are trying to build to the banking sector of the country that's a question that has to be addressed very very clearly particularly by the US administration who are today making major decisions about sanctions against Hezbollah for example so how do we make that happen in the most efficient and effective way while US doing what is in the US interest Saudi Arabia is doing what is in Saudi Arabia's interest while also Lebanon is trying to do what's in Lebanese interest how can we find the common ground to get through this period as positively as quickly as possible without engaging Lebanon in the regional conflicts that are much bigger than the scope and scale of what the Lebanese government can achieve single-handedly on top of that we're impacted by those conflicts directly we have million and a half refugees in Lebanon from Syria the world is trying to help on a humanitarian level but we're paying the bill we're actually fronting and delivering all the services on the ground so we're providing a global service a global community service in Lebanon as a government so Lebanon needs that support needs that global community support and if it is in the interest of the United States to create credibility stability in the region to also counter the the Iranian spread across the region and influence there's a lot to be done on encouraging growth prosperity stability in places like Lebanon well you know but you know what the Hezbollah leader Nasrallah has said that he said that the Saudis asked Israel to wage war to attack Lebanon and that and presumably the Saudis were doing this with at the behest of the United States and others so is that do you believe that I know I wouldn't go that that far in this analysis I think there's a lot of rhetoric coming out of different different parts of Lebanon and the region think what we need to focus on today is the solution of the wider region particularly in Israel particularly the peace solution in Palestine and Israel in Syria and all the other other other words in the region have to be addressed in one way or another I think going through peaceful negotiations is one thing putting the right amount of pressure is also another thing but again we cannot dictate a policy on on any country or entity we're there trying to also protect our own interests and stabilize the country stabilize the region and we do hope that in one way or another there will be a positive overlap of interests between the United States Europe the Middle Eastern countries that are engaged in this discussion and what we have at the local level in Lebanon right we're gonna turn to questions and just a few minutes but let me ask Bob Kaplan you know some people have said that we're really making too much of President Trump and America first that he's really a paper tiger that there are a lot of things that he said he would do that he hasn't done he hasn't imposed any really severe sanctions against China he hasn't declared it a currency manipulator he hasn't ripped up NAFTA he hasn't ripped up the JCPOA with regard to Iran as he pledged during the campaign what's your sense is he more bark than he's bite bite is he in fact a paper tiger I I think yes he is more you know his bite is less than his bark but here's the but is the United States for 75 years was a glow was the you know was a global leader you know that America the world's chief military power and economic power the US dollars the reserve currency and when you're the chief when you're the leading world nation in terms of how power is perceived your your bark matters a lot everything you say is infinitely analyzed you know it you know nation states you know make decisions based on statements coming out of the White House all the time it matters more when you're a leader when you're a leader the you know the rhetoric has to sink not perfectly but it has to sink more or less with what you're actually doing so that if your rhetoric is you know is very unpredictable and you have what I believe is a very weak state department that undermines your hard power too because you know because power works in sync you move ships around the world your secretary of states says something the White House makes a statement it all has to be coordinated and the strongest American presidents have been those who have been able to coordinate and orchestrate the various the various kinds of power that's available in Washington when you have an administration that simply cannot do that won't do that it undermines the reputation for power is that what's happening senator is that the United States reputation for power is being undermined bad communication between the white or coordination between the White House and the State Department statements that that seem to be more threatening and no actual follow-up at least not immediately as pledged what is your take on that well I've sort of had this conversation openly maybe I shouldn't have but I do think that as everybody was adjusting during the first year secretary Tillerson went out would be out doing something in China relative to North Korea or whatever and as he was doing so and making progress and I spent a lot of time with him and I think he gives by the way very sound advice to the president and by the way he and he and our Secretary of Defense Mattis never go to the National Security Council or to the president without them both agreeing in advance which is not not the norm in many administrations so I know he's giving very sound advice and there have been occasions where communications of different types came out and undermined that and basically were were a setbacks to us I do think that's changed to a degree and I feel that I feel with Tillerson there's been a reprieve of sorts and I think that this is just my observation this is me saying this I think he feels more secure in his job today and I think you're seeing more of a sync up and in that regard so I do think yeah sure during the first year we some things happen that probably didn't need to happen we can open up for questions yes right here business is around the world you know seeing American engagement being very important it strikes me that I buy into the theory that America first has resulted in America alone we're isolated on trade we're isolated on Paris we're isolated on looking at human rights vis-a-vis our allies we're isolated on the question of the capital of Israel and the president's comments which you know we don't have a tape we can't prove it about countries in Africa and Haiti have isolated the United States such that it it does seem like this is an America alone approach not an America first approach your reaction well look at the some of the rhetoric that has been utilized has isolated people within our own country right I mean it's it's caused people to step back at the same time the United States is very important in all of these areas I know the Paris Accord we're not a part of now I wouldn't I think at some point you may see us back in and they're maybe on different terms but I don't see I don't see us today is America alone I do see us people looking at us in a little bit different light and and I think we probably have burnt some good will that built up over many many years and and you know it's going to take some time to rebuild that over time and hopefully you know I don't know what's going to happen Friday afternoon at 2 30 or whenever the speech is but hopefully what we'll see is the beginning of of an understanding that that has taken place in some bridge building beginning there you go right there hi my name is yes mean she had to I'm an entrepreneur from Egypt I wanted to ask a question also to the senator first of all thank you for being a voice of reason at times when the world is watching and and happy to hear that but regarding the Middle East how can the US suddenly decide America first after so many years of being so heavily involved in the region without many of us even one thing that involvement and then if it is America first then why are we still why why the need to recognize the capital Jerusalem as a capital at such a controversial time when the US has no interest in being engaged and actually solving this problem and all the other problems you know not to mention the fact that countries like ours will never see democracy because our governments are continuously supported by the US and we're never you know and now human rights abuses are ignored so how how do you see America first in this context well I'll start by saying it I think it's far more difficult to be the president of Egypt than it is the president United States with 95 or 6 million people 700,000 new young people entering the market every year two and a half million people added added 28,000 classrooms needed today health care system in shambles terrorism in the Sinai and it seems to me that that we need to in spite of the fact there are these and I've had these conversations with president cc in spite of the things you're mentioning which are you know to a to an extent true the fact is we don't want Egypt to fail and so you know we it's you know we have to continue to work with them and support them actually for the people of Egypt's good too where situations are not ideal as it relates to moving along and dealing with NGOs and dealing with human rights and dealing with many of the things you laid out but I was not in favor of the last administration's quick pullback from Egypt in the manner that they did to Jerusalem look I think what you see in this president is when he has friends he he he goes all out I mean you saw that was Saudi Arabian many cases not really asking for much in return just boom probably the same we'll see I don't think any real commitments were made on on the side of Israel but again boom a commitment was made friendship is there and and a lot of times it doesn't I don't think it's thought through in some cases in a strategic way necessarily but and you know it did happen in fairness that at a time when the Sunni when the Sunni population is closer to Israel then it's been in a long time right I mean it's really you know it is closer to Israel than it's been in a long time and and I want to say this the back channel conversations that we've had I don't think it really created quite the stir that that people think I know there was a lot of rhetoric that came out I'm not defending or I'm just observing what has happened so so as far as us being out of the Middle East I do think as was stated clearly during the campaign and most anytime I talk with him on the phone or in person about the Middle East Iraq comes up you know he thinks it's the worst thing we've ever done foreign policy wise and so you're seeing a natural pullback we're not we're not leading right now in Syria the way we should be I mean you look what's happened in Sochi here soon I mean the Russians are but I will say Tillerson's done it I think he's doing a pretty good job right now with Putin in beginning the process you saw Putin committed to the UN process I'm talking too long so I'm gonna stop thank you for the questions did I signal that I don't know I thought I already breathed you know you don't look like her but you acted a little bit like my wife oh I'm so sorry oh my god well she's a lovely person question thank you I'm Tim Snyder I'm a I'm a historian that the thing which struck me most about this panel was that the majority of the panelists spent significant time on the domestic problems the United States of America that seems to me to be the striking thing the second striking thing is that in a conversation about America first we don't actually have a sense of what the domestic policies would be which would address that let's say that permanent 30% or let's say those workers in Missouri or let's say your constituents in in Tennessee so my question or my concern about America first is its circular character it's very easy to kill time in Philip space by talking about America first the danger I think of the suggestion is that our domestic problems are the fault of others are always the fault of others and that they can be solved by blaming others and by protectionism which I have to say I think is not the case and I worry about precise I come from the I come from a place that went 76% for Trump which has done very poorly out of globalization I understand exactly the animal spirits you're talking about what I'm concerned about is that without a domestic policy which actually did do something to put Americans first this is all going to turn out to be circular and leave us much worse off than we started question mark I guess I should answer that yeah senator you respond to a lot of questions I'm sure the others have things to say maybe Bob Kaplan yeah what I would say is I'm not an economist and I didn't read all the pages of the new tax plan but from what I can gather from it and what experts have told me it's a tax plan that doesn't deal with the problem that Timothy Snyder point you know pointed out it's a tax plan that essentially the wealthier you are the better you do out of it and that it's and you know and if that's the case the tax plan will exacerbate you know all the problems that you know that that you that you spoke about so and you know the degree to which you can get domestic policy to solve domestic problems to me has to start with with with the tax structure and then with a lot of other problems and to me the tax plan went completely in the other direction or partially in the other direction there another question yes maybe to build on what Timothy was just saying is some my worry is when you have foreign policy where you use foreign entity sort of to blame for certain problems which are domestic and as you just said Mr. Kaplan a lot of things which were talked about in the primaries and in the campaigning haven't been you know fulfilled in policy yet as the key backers of the president see they're not getting ahead it's not improving and his base might be dwindling my worry is that it gets more extreme in order to to show more action and foreign policy becomes even more changing quickly unpredictable for our foreign partners and I would love to hear from the foreign partners how you think about this and I think that's a worry about I have was a more and more populist government in the US as a US citizen living actually abroad right now but actually coming from a German heritage as you can tell from my accent so I think this global attitude around this is really something I'm interested into here from our perspective actually I was just thinking as this conversation was going on that the current administration the America first driven administration has been more engaged in the activities in the Middle East than probably the previous administration the previous administration had pulled back much more than what we see today so we're seeing a rebalance being being established no doubt and if we talk globally there's no doubt also that there's a general trend around the world post 2008 crisis to refocus internally retrench on corporate level on government level all institutions and entities have actually refocused internally going down to some places at the city level and we saw the rise of cities not just nation states but city states so that's quite natural after a crisis of such a scale populism rose as a result because we are internally focused and that's natural as well but it doesn't mean when you put yourself and your interests first that you're actually isolating yourself and you're enclosing yourself there's also a way of having your interests first by engaging in globalization and getting certain terms set the right way that put your interest first so there's a new way of looking at globalization I would say we're seeing it now from the eyes of localization but in reality we're seeing more globalization happen through this locally focused policy of many countries many subnational entities and as far as global partners are concerned it's it's a time to reset priorities and rebuild relationships from a slightly different angle the question remains for those countries who play a global role can they afford to leave a gap or an opening for other countries to come in it's a competitive time now for global space and while you're entrenching and focusing internally you can't just drop the ball internationally all together and you know keep an open space for others and this could be good news for others as well so this is why I think a revisit of the definition of globalization from a local perspective and the concept probably of America first today as we're discussing it is an eye-opener that putting your country's interest first doesn't mean you're actually totally a protectionist policymaker but you might also be a a globalizing agent from a slightly different angle from what we have been used to before so we have just like a minute and a half left so Dr. Jennifer quickly add one thing we haven't really touched these policies fuels nationalism that's the danger and we're already feeling in China with the domestic pressure so very quickly in a sentence or two that's it tell me each of you what do you want to hear from President Trump when he makes his speech center I want to hear a very positive role from him positive statement about America's role in the world and and an explanation of America first in a way that does not from the audience and and people around the world make it look at us if and make it appear as if and and actually he will show actions after that shows that we're not it's not about America being alone it's about obviously taking care of America's economic interest but at the same time knowing of the important role that we play in the world Dr. Jim that even with America first policies America was still continue to assume key responsibilities as a key nation and there is a great room for global coordination deputy prime minister I'd love to see clarity on the plan for the Middle East if there's a plan in place and I'd like to really understand how the statement on Jerusalem recently would help any kind of solutions in the Middle East given that it has given a lot of material for those who oppose the United States in the Middle East to get more popular secretary general that he's committed to bring democracy back to Venezuela and that for us is the main issue today in the continent so that could be the most supportive action that he may have that America first means American values first and American values are impossible to implement or to project without allies and therefore America needs to strengthen its alliances with like minded nations and you know and you begin from there which means more involvement rather than withdrawal from Europe for from many other places great thank you all for participating thank you all for coming


Hey guys, welcome back to another week of what's for dinner. My name is Andrea with food and entry adventures in food in My household, there's me my husband and our adorable one-year-old little boy Hey guys, so we are eating from our freezer in pantry tonight in my freezer I had a package of boneless skinless chicken Breasts that were thin cut and so we marinated half of them in this wing sauce That I already had open in the refrigerator that I needed to use in the other half We marinated in this so we both got a taste of each of them on our plate And then I also made some fried rice. This is a fried rice seasoning mix that I use This is my favorite one. Basically, I just follow the directions on the back of the package And then in my freezer. I forgot to pull it out, but I use some Green beans from Aldi. They are the frozen Skinny green beans. I forget what they're called right now, but I just sauteed them with some olive oil sesame oil Garlic and onion salt. So this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we'll see you guys next time Hey guys, so for dinner tonight, we are eating from our fridge I picked up this pulled pork on my last Sam's haul I have bought it before and we really liked it a lot. So I Needed to use it. So with it I made just some canned green beans that I doctored up with onions and Bacon and then I just seasoned them with my regular garlic salt onion powder Garlic powder a little bit of chicken bouillon and then I had some sweet potatoes in the fridge that I needed to use So I just sliced and baked those with brown sugar white sugar Nutmeg cinnamon and butter and here is my plate. This is Howard's plate. He does not like sweet potatoes So he made some zucchini to go along with our will with his dinner And so we may or may not add some barbecue sauce on just depends on how we like it So this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we'll see you guys next time Hey guys, so I tried out a new recipe today It is called sausage rice skillet calls for three ingredients It called for hot breakfast sausage that I cooked and then I added in some rice a Package of this noodle soup and water and you cook it Until all the water is absorbed. It does have a good flavor But next time I think when I make this it calls for two cups of raw rice I think I would use one cup of raw rice and then two cups of water because it called for four cups of water I just think there's too much rice in this dish and you don't really taste the Savouriness from the sausage and the noodle soup mix, but it does taste good I'm definitely gonna make this again with those modifications with it I am just serving some leftover green beans that we had from the other day So this is what we are having for dinner tonight. Oh and by the way I'll leave the recipe for this skillet in the description box and we'll see you guys next time Hey guys, so for dinner tonight I am using up some stuff from my freezer and this is one of the things that I had in my freezer It says mini mushroom I guess it's in croat. I don't know how to pronounce that but you get two of them in there and you bake it in the oven and here's what the picture looks like and Here is what it looks like after I baked it not exactly like the picture Those are herbs all over it and it had like a I don't know like a butter herb on top And then of course when you baked it the herbs kind of dried out So again doesn't quite look like the picture and the top would never get brown how did I tried it and It is just okay. We both said we would not buy it again And both of us love mushrooms, but this just isn't that great. It's kind of has a Vinegar-y taste to it. I don't know. I can't really describe it with it We are having a Caesar salad kit from Aldi and I just added some of these Breaded chicken patties on top. I had these in the freezer and wanted to use them I have two more in there that I need to use So quick and simple dinner tonight and we'll see you guys next time Hey guys, so for dinner tonight, we are having frozen pizzas hand-tossed Dijourno you cook it directly on the oven rack and then I took it out and put it on a Cookie sheet and here it is. I can't remember if we've had hand-tossed before or not But I've just found that these Dijourno pizzas are pretty small And so we're also having some wings with it. These are from Foster Farms They are take-out crispy wings, sweet Chipotle barbecue and This is Howard's favorite flavor. My favorite flavor is the Korean style and I got them both from Costco And so quick and easy dinner tonight and we'll see you guys next time


I have a thought for you today. It's from a movie I saw a few days ago. And in this movie, this man stopped to help this woman in distress that many had ignored. And she said to him, why did you help me? And he said, because you were in my path. And I thought, wow, how profoundly true that is. And I want to remind us all that helping and serving humanity begins with those that are in our path. Who is in your path today? Look no further than the kid at the checkout supermarket or the guy at the petrol station or the mums on the school run or the neighbors you'd walk or drive by every day or the people at work you never speak to. Look no further than that. These people are in your path to be noticed, to be seen and possibly need some help from you today. Why did you help me? Because you were in my path.


Do not tolerate disrespect from the narcissist. Do not tolerate unpleasant or inappropriate behaviour. Do not let them hurt your feelings or cause you emotional distress. If someone displays a lack of regard for you, that is a clear sign that you should not be around them. That is a clear sign that you deserve so much more. The narcissist will disrespect you. They will trick you into believing that it's all you deserve. And so you cannot obtain anything greater than what they have to offer you. But that is not true. That is just what they want you to believe. So that you will remain stuck with them and forced to tolerate their disrespect. The truth is, you deserve so much more. And you are capable of obtaining so much more than what they are giving to you. They have to put you beneath them to make you believe that they are all that you deserve. And they devalue and degrade anyone who could potentially give you the care and support that you need. They have to make you believe that you are not good enough for anyone. And if that doesn't work, they will make you believe that no one is good enough for you. Either way, it is designed to isolate you. It is designed to contain you where they can then keep you all to themselves and use you for their own needs. I want you to know that you are deserving of so much more than what the narcissist has to offer you. You should not tolerate their disrespect. You deserve so much better than that. Don't let the narcissist dictate to you what you deserve. Don't let them define your worth. It is your responsibility to define who you are and what you're worthy of. Don't let anyone make that decision for you. You deserve so much more. And I don't mean from another person. I mean from yourself. You have so much more to offer to yourself. But instead, you are giving it to a person who doesn't even appreciate it. They take for granted everything that you give to them. They don't fully understand, recognise or value what you have to offer. They feel as though they are entitled to it. But people have to earn it from you. You can't just give it out to people who have a work to achieve it. That's what leaves them to give for granted. That's what leaves them to become very ungrateful. Instead of wasting your energy and resources on someone who doesn't even appreciate what you have to offer. Take what you have and walk away. Walk away and give it to yourself. Don't tolerate disrespect from the narcissist. You deserve so much more than that. And you will find everything that you need within yourself. Thank you for watching. I hope this video resonated with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. Click the bell icon to receive notifications for my future videos. If you are delighted today, my PayPal link is in the video description. Coach an enquiries, you can email me and ask for other coaching at gmail.com. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


For this month's What's Neat, it's August 2016. I'm your host, Ken Patterson, and this month we've got a really great show. We discover a new process for making co-loads this month, a very lightweight and easy process to make co-loads for our freight cars. We look at the new 36 inch long HO scale Schnabel car from Bachman. We also present an overview of the new Sonami 2 steam decoder with scenes shot outside to create this presentation. John Tyson comes by and shows us how to shrink down 164 scale automobiles into HO scale cars. He's come up with a very special process of experimentation, and he presents that with us this month on What's Neat. Also, Jeff Meyer stops by with one of his latest locomotive projects, which is really special this month. Now I just got back from the NMRA National in beautiful downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, where I delivered a layout to the Athern trade show booth that we will feature in a layout construction segment in a future show. It was a well-deserved reunion of the model railroad hobbyist's crew, I got to hang out with Joe Fugate, our editor, and Lionel Strang, Barry Silverthorne, and Miles Hale were also there, the folks from Train Masters TV. Chris Palomares, I saw him doing interviews with Cody from Kalmbach at the Athern booth, but my overall impression is that the hobby overall is in great, great shape. The hobby is doing very well. We start this segment of What's Neat a little bit different, where you kind of get to hang out with us here in the studio, Ed Richardson, Chris Palomares, Mike Buddy, and John Tyson were all hanging out, and I was just simply walking around with a video camera when some really great information came out, and then we turned it into a formal interview. Now to start this segment with John Tyson, he's really come up with a process that can be used for anything, not just automobiles, but for shrinking down the sizes of any scale type of a model from 164 scale down to HO scale. It's an experimental process that he does for his own benefit, for his own cars. So we're not advocating replicating models that are commercially available and pirating them, we're just something, a simple technique that aids in the modeling of your own private automobile fleet, and it's a pretty cool trick this month. So let's go now with the What's Neat show for August 2016. I was thinking about maybe having some decals made for these tail lights. Of course it'd be neat to have a whole decal for the whole tailgate, but that's, I don't know, it probably doesn't, it has limited use. I'm not too happy with the finish on that one, I wonder what it will look like in the future. Oh really? I can't really tell. It's a little oily. Yeah. I know, the hood's red. Oh yeah. Look at something. Yeah, it is. So I knew I wouldn't be able to paint it and use it for anything good, but I didn't want to just throw it away, so I figured I'd make a good junkyard. I'm gonna slaughter you guys looking at here. Cars! Cars! Yeah. Yeah. Tell me about your cars. This is John Tyson from Joliet, Illinois. He shrinks vehicles. He shrinks vehicles! From 164th scale.  This one, station wagons. I gotta get these separated. Here's one of yours, here's a wreck. Sixty-nine appellate wagon. Gorgeous. These are basically resin cast. Only difference is you're mixing solvent in with your RTV, which over the period of a week or so evaporates out and your mold shrinks and, wow. Look at this. All right, so you're making regular rubber molds, 164th scale cars, you say, big size cars? Yeah, these are... And then you shrink them down to HO scale, so is that all about the timing? Not timing, it's about your ratios. How much solvent you're mixing in? What kind of solvent do you use? I'm using a solvent called NOVOX from Sleuthon, but apparently you could use mineral spirits, cheaper solvents along those lines, but I haven't experimented with those yet. These are some pretty amazing looking models. The detail, the crispness of the detail, if that's the correct word, is just magnificent. And it's about shrinking down the mold. It's not the models, but you're actually shrinking the molds, so you can cast HO scale models. What a really cool trick. It's been a long learning curve, it wasn't easy to learn, I've spent a lot of money on materials that just pretty much went down the drain, but I kind of got it to the point now where I know my mixed ratios, that gets it pretty close, you know. So each one of these cars probably cost you about $50 to make, huh? At least. At least. I don't have... I don't have them all here. Let's look at that truck, man, and that 64. Let's see what I like to do. This truck? Yeah. This one was... This one started as a Malibu short bed, which I made into a long bed and cast, and then I designed photo-etch for the trim, mirrors, the grill bar, the die cast on the tailgate. That's all photo-etch. There's one that I started with one of John's kids with the photo-etching and the detail on the tailgate and everything. That's really nice, guys. Yeah. John is the vehicle master. That's a cool track. It's just another way to do it. There's always different ways to approach it, and you guys have come up with a concept here that appears to work very well. Hi. This week we have John Tyson here from Joliet, Illinois. John's mastered the art of shrinking 164th scale vehicles, which are widely available nowadays, down to 187th scale, and they are quite interesting, so here's John to tell you about it. All right. Well, this came about as a need for just regular everyday cars for city scenes, and I guess I got the idea one day to see if shrinking was possible. So I, you know, a little bit of Google searching, and I stumbled upon this method where you basically add solvent to your silicone mix and over the time of, what, seven days or so, it shrinks down to- That's the solvent evaporates. Yeah. The trick is getting the right ratio of solvent to silicone to control the amount of shrinkage because you can't wind up with cars too big or too small. Right. It took a lot of trial and error to find the ratio, which ended up being somewhere around two parts solvent to one part silicone.  And this is basically what I start with them, 164 scale.  Right. And then this is, this is basically what you end up with now. I'm using what, Novox, yeah, solvent from smooth on, and I'm using smooth on silicone. And you're going to get different results probably with different materials. So you're probably going to have to experiment to get your ratios, but my, like I said, my ratios is two parts solvent, one part RTV. Well, some of the cars here are just amazing. Most of these are Chevy's, which I like, I've always been a Chevy lover. But the way you paint them and finish them with the bare metal foil and stuff, they just, they look spectacular. Thank you. So, all right, well, I guess, I guess this is it then. Thanks for coming down here. Thanks for making the trip down to St. Louis. Thank you. Thanks for inviting me. All right, you're welcome anytime. I'm sure we'll be seeing you again. All right. Thanks, John. All right. This is what's neat. Let me tell you how neat it is. I teach middle school in Oakland, California, and I'm building a model railroad in the classroom. And I had the kids watch a video of Ken Patterson building a static grass applicator. I got the parts, they looked at the video, figure out how to do it, and they did it. They built the static grass applicator, learned a lot about electricity and science and magnetism, and then they started putting in static grass. They had a great time, and they learned a lot. It was neat. For this segment of What's Neat, I was sitting here enjoying some off time running my narrow gauge freight cars. And I've got one of these freight cars that Dirk picked up at a swap meet for about five bucks, and I wanted to fill it up with coal, and I thought, how cool would it be if I could just fill this up with coal right now and pull this into the upper town and deliver a load of coal. But if I do that, along with the other freight cars, I've got to tell you what, it's pretty heavy, and my C19s aren't really going to like that going up a 4% grade with this thing full of coal, okay? So how can I fill this up with coal right now? Let's say in the next hour and make it work, a coal load that's light enough and functional. And so the idea came to me like five minutes after thinking it through. Why couldn't we try something that I think has never been done before? And that's what this segment of what's neat this week is going to be about, and that's going to be making a really quick freight car load that you can make sawdust loads, coal loads, gravel loads, limestone loads using this technique, and I think it's going to work. So we come into the shop here, and I've got some of these grocery store bags, paper or plastic, right? And my theory on that would be, why couldn't I take one of these simple grocery store bags, lay it into the freight car, and take some of that foam pro that we're always talking about using for our layouts all the time, and fill this cavity up with the foam pro, just like this. And as it would expand, in theory, it would fill and could be carved down and colored into any type of load we want. And I also think I could probably pull this plastic away as it cures and sets up. And as the plastic is pulled away, we'll have an individual piece of foam that we might be able to carve and work with. And this doesn't just have to apply to narrow gauge. Here's a regular athern thrall, gondola. And I'm also going to fill this up with foam, same way. And let's see how this works out. Let's give this about 30 minutes to cure and see if we can't make a complete freight car load in the next hour. And we come back 30 minutes later. And as you can see, the foam has expanded. But the beauty of this is the bag protects the freight car. So all we've got to do now is carve this down to the shape of the load that we want, whether it's going to be a limestone load, a coal load, or if you're using high side gondolas wood chip cars, you can make a nice wood chip load this way. So let's continue on with the process of carving this and turning this into a final freight car load that will fit perfectly in our car every time and add virtually no weight at all to the load. Using 80 grit sandpaper, I cut the foam into the shape of how the coal load would look in the car. I was test fitting the load multiple times through this process. I then painted the top of the load with latex paint, which would act as glue. I didn't have any coal on hand for this experiment, so I used woodland scenics ballast, fine cinders, to represent the black coal load. I pressed this into the paint with my fingers and a three inch paint brush, just gently pressing the cinders into the paint. I performed the same steps with the athern thrall gondola, creating two loaded cars in less than 45 minutes. I think they came out great. Now we have an affordable process to make lightweight, realistic looking freight car loads fast and easy. And that's this month's modeling tip on what's neat. For this segment of what's neat, I've got something that's pretty neat today. I'm shooting this Bachman Schnabel car. And I've got it all set up in a scene here where there's a lot of photographers on the bridge, rail fans along the edge of the track, and a lot of track inspection crew guys walking and making sure everything is just right. But what a fascinating load. Every week it's something different. And I got to tell you what, this is what's neat this week. This is 32 inches long, 32 sets of wheels. And it's just a magnificent looking model. Very unusual. I've got idler cars on each end. And of course, there'd be a locomotive right on the end of the idler, so I've got no engines in the shot. Because the angle of the shot is a high shot. Actually here, let me show you what the photograph looks like I shot today. This is a shot I took. Everything's framed out with the buildings, the school bus, the truck. And you can see the crew working. And it's kind of a cool shot. So let's do this. Let's take this really cool model inside now that we've shot it. And at least to see how it runs on the layout. I think this will look really cool going into a curve. I can interview Joe for you. Is this on what's neat this week? Well, look at that. There we are, Joe. OK. Yeah, OK, all right. We're going to talk to Joe for you, because is what neat? OK, this would be an interesting question. This is the kind of thing people, this is what inquiring minds wants to know. You have Ken Patterson on what's neat this week. Yes. And you have Lionel Strang on Train Masters TV. Yes.  Lionel Patterson. No, no. You're stuck on a- Ken Strang? No, no, no.  And now- You, of course. Served a boy, exactly. Not the guy holding the camera. No. Not the guy holding the camera. We love you, Ken, in a buddy kind of way. Yes, we love you, Ken. Yeah. All right, that's it. OK, we're done now. We're all done. We're done, Ken. Yeah, we can't think of anything else to say, Ken. No. Ken, turn off the camera. It's Jeff Maher. Jeff, buddy, what are you shooting today on this gorgeous afternoon? It's Atlas GP-40 XCNW patch for Union Pacific. Somebody contacted me about doing this form. It's a commission job. I didn't really want to do it, but it looked like a pretty good- looked like something that might be kind of fun challenging to do, so I gave it a shot. Originally it was a pen-central. You can see it on the long hood. That side, the engineer side of it. For whatever reason, according to prototype photos, that side was a lot more weathered and beat up than the fireman side of it. But I believe it only looked like that from about 2000 to 2003, from what I can find online. Well, you got a good six o'clock shoot time here, long shadows, so looks like you got a good shoot going on. Man, Jeff, thanks a lot for showing us that neat engine today. Any time. Ah, he escaped. Hold on, he's in your spray with the guine. He's wearing your cigarette. Michelle, what are you, what are you doing? Me and Darpa trying to edit video here, honey. Hold on, I gotta get the pig. Well, what are you doing, Michelle? Exactly. I gotta get the pokey pig. What pig, honey? The pig's right there, see a spray booth? What? There's no pig in my spray booth. There it is. Can you see him? Michelle, you need to take your game somewhere else. Hold on! I need to work down here, honey, sweetheart. Wait, if I go, he'll disappear. Then he'll win. Hold on. How long will this take? Just a minute. We're trying to put together a video here, he escaped from the pokey ball. God, I got him. Now let's make sure he doesn't escape. He's right under spray booth. What? He's smelling the cigarette, that's why he wants to escape. All right, you need to do it. Okay, ready? Got you! All right, thank you. That was our entertainment for... Oh my God. Now let's get this video done there. For this segment of What's Neat, we're gonna discuss and look at an overview quickly of the new Sonami 2 steam decoder. Now in last month's video, we looked at the diesel decoder from Sonami 2 and we looked at the dynamic digital exhaust that it had as it went up the hill and labored up the grade and that was a pretty magnificent presentation. This month I'd like to play for you the corporate video that I made for Soundtracks on the Sonami 2 steam decoder. And it's really an impressive decoder designed by designers that absolutely know what they're doing when it comes to making steam. One of the employees that works for Soundtracks, Jared, operates real steam locomotives as a second job all day long so he has an intimate feel for what a locomotive should sound like, how it should feel. He knows it better than model railroaders actually would know it. And that's the type of information and resource that went into the creation of the new Sonami 2. So it's a rather spectacular performing decoder with regards to sound. So check out this video clip coming up with the new Sonami 2 video that I made for Soundtracks. And in a future show, I also want to show you the full installation. One of my most favorite locomotives are these M1A and M1B locomotives that Broadway Limited has come out with. And they are just beautiful models. They look better than the old brass models that we use to hold as the high regards of detail. And these things are superior to brass. So my plan is to tackle this locomotive and we'll put a Sonami 2 in it and show the entire process from start to finish in an upcoming future video. So now let's check out that corporate video from Soundtracks on the Sonami 2 decoder. Sonami 2 is a decoder, 55 selectable bells, air compressors, couplers, and 10 exhaust chuffs. They can be set for two cylinder, three cylinder, articulated in each decoder. It makes matching your prototype easy, fully redesigned and digitally remastered. These decoders are equipped with up to six lighting outputs, flexible 28 function support, Hyperdrive 2 and over 50 individual sound effects available in many great board formats. It's really the perfect solution for any scale from G scale to N scale. Now, one of the great features and sounds found in Sonami 2 and one of the most fun and prototypically correct is the next generation Soundtracks, dynamic digital exhaust and adjustable cutoff. Taking into account all the factors of steam locomotive, we will listen as the locomotive labors hard to bring the train up to speed and climb the hill. Then we'll notice as the engineer runs the Johnson Bar closer to center how the length of the chuff shortens.  Finally, a decoder that lets you stop working steam downhill. Let's listen as the engine digs into the grade ahead. Sonami 2 has two forms of actual functioning brakes available with different braking rates in both variations. Just like the prototype, you have access to the locomotive brake known as the independent brake and the train brake known as the automatic brake simulate real power braking. Sonami 2 fun doesn't just end in the yard with the addition of fireman Fred keeping your boiler hot, fuel and servicing functions and the ability to charge your train, you could add a new level of automation to your operating experience. Features and sounds focused on real rariting fun, Sonami 2 truly is a new dimension in digital sound technology from Soundtracks.


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What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out Vince McMahon bad news getting sued WWE and Disney came WWE return other wrestling news still a lot of stuff is happening with Vince McMahon's return Apparently now he is getting sued potentially. So we're gonna see what's going on here And also maybe Disney is in the works of trying to purchase WWE who knows it's just a lot of craziness going on right now But I appreciate all the love and support man This video is brought to you by or brought to us by a WrestleMania Make sure you go subscribe to him if you haven't all ready. Let's get straight into this one, man What is going on guys? It is WrestleMania here back with another video It's a big night on Dynamite as the elite battle death triangle in the final match of their best of seven series for AEW's trios championship join us now as we look at the 11th December edition of dynamite as well as the wildest new stories and rumors You need to know including Vince McMahon being sued and I actually did check out dynamite. I know I didn't stream it I was actually kind of busy at the time. So I wasn't able to but I did check out dynamite. I did like the Alan Page promo It was for a second. I thought he was about to announce. He has to retirement or retire, but I love to swear there Love the MJL promo I'm liking what they're doing with him and and Brian Daniels in and I did see the the deaf triangle match deaf triangle versus the elite It was a fun match what I expected it to in my personal opinion It's just crazy how they ended up losing the titles for being shipped to the titles to only get the titles back Maybe a month two months later, you know It's kind of interesting how that all played out and this whole best of seven series It kind of got predictable In a sense of you knew they weren't gonna sweep them and then they pretty much came back They won every single match after they were down to like the last Last possible chance they could win it definitely came off predictable But still an enjoyable ladder match. Definitely check it out if you haven't already Cain's return at war 30th and other legends a WWE couple getting married Nick Khan meets with Disney CEO and ESPN Oh much more be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily Interesting one follow us on Facebook for exclusive layers see what's going on a new channel WrestleMania shorts As always won't recap the matches But just look at the good the bad and the downright ugly as always We started with the girders number one page prevails Adam Page finally got paid. Oh, yeah I just see that too. I wouldn't page actually getting a win over John Moxley. That was a pretty cool moment John doesn't he rarely loses an AEW so and then they went with the whole it now John Moxley We had to have some medical attention. They went with the injury angle as well after a solid match solid match Moxley defeating mox in a brutal bout that showed hangman can hang upon intended with AEW's toughest competitors Moxley's past boast about how tough he is and how soft his opponents are ranked hollow last night when page defeat Moxley after going blow-for-blow against him It's unknown whether these two have settled their differences But whatever happens the win was a good way to boost page's career Which has been stuck in neutral since his tepid tight it was a much needed win champion AEW continues good storytelling the WWE and AEW both take their time letting storylines play out But this week's raw and dynamite showed how to do things the wrong way and the right way Both shows are taking time to forward storylines through the usual blender matches interviews and angles But unlike raw dynamite was an exciting show from start to finish the nice December Shout out to the crowd man. I will say this dynamite. They have the those are the hardcore fans There's not it's barely any casuals in those crowds That's the one thing I could say that dynamite has working for them. Their crowd atmosphere is Fantastic great. I wish WWE had more of the hardcore fans in the system in tenants. You have to go to certain cities to get that Every show that dynamite is held in every city Hardcore fans in the crowd they show out. So Which moved quickly and kept fans engaged Number three Adam Cole is back baby I was that was nice to see that surprise as fans have wondered just when Cole will be back in action after being concussed at forbidden door Cole cut a promo that showed his frustration over recovering from his assorted injuries It also showed his apparent new attitude as he thanked the fans for supporting him Even though he gave them no reason to Cole seems poised for another main event run And if he can stay healthy, he'll have plenty of quality opponents to back. Oh, well number four desk triangle versus a late ladder match Banga B. A. N. G Being on weekly television and belonged on a pay-per-view Nonetheless kudos to a w for over delivering here The bout was a perfect end to the two trios teams best of seven series and will hopefully pave the way for the trio's title Becoming a top belt AWS so many good teams including trios teams and this belt is custom made for showcasing them every week While we don't like to see wrestlers take as many sick bumps as all six men did on yeah Was out of this world Number five. Here's one of those things. Like I said, it was a it obviously is predictable You knew the elite were winning, you know, it would have been cool if they did pull a little swerve I have deaf triangle winning. I thought that would have been a nice little swerve But nevertheless I probably wouldn't have the best of seven maybe do a best of five in my personal opinion, but definitely Their matches have been the highlight of the shows when they were, you know, doing them So I can't say that was a pretty fun match to watch Wasn't that bad. Is she turning heel the former AWS women's champion seemingly slipped up when she slid a Kendo stick to Brit Baker instead of she does friend Tony Storm and Soraya However, as fans noticed last week, he couldn't seem pleased when Soraya picked Storm as a tag partner If there is a heel turn coming it could open up AWS women's division Which could benefit from a heel of she does caliber need help six Renee packet delivers AWS president Tony Khan should take pride in hiring Renee packet as a former WWE personality deliver the goods every week when she interviews wrestlers She knew how to inject the right tone into each interview whether it's a sense of fun like last night's best friend segment I think an extra level to each segment without overshadowing it and Dan house and goofiness goodness Goofy as hell, but but there's something eerily entertaining about Dan house in the man who boasts He's very nice and very evil had a hilarious interaction backstage with actor Paul Walter house I'm Dan house and referring to house it as Paul Walter house and was so ridiculous. Oh, that's all What's his name from? Cobra Kai. Yeah, what's I can't think of his the character's name in Cobra Kai Yeah, I know who I'm talking about if you've seen the show, but that's dope I I must I didn't see this part or whatnot But that was it was that's pretty cool that he was on the show funny That was a good. What about the bad? It's number one at burying another big man We'll keep this brief because we mentioned it before but big bill is the latest wrestler over 62 to get buried in a W having hooked suplex to form a big Watches you could see the big man's a double career crumble as he crashed to the map a double may need to put a sign outside It's ring that reads no one over six to well out on this ride Or teasing Kingston trust issues I drama last night as Eddie Kingston and Ortiz argued weather about they could trust each other quite the question considering They have a match against the house of black on Friday's rampage. Hmm. There's a problem Does anyone care about the story line this line seems like it's been on the back burner so long And it seems to have come out of nowhere That's problematic in itself, but Ortiz's lack of exposure on AEW TV only makes it worse Yeah, man, don't y'all remember when Ortiz was having He was having some pretty good fuse and some pretty hot I was loving what they were doing him a Jericho and then it just kind of It got convoluted with the The black The I can't even think of the name the black pool combat club and JAS It kind of got convoluted. I was really, you know, it was really loving what they were doing him Like just him being kind of in more of the main event scene Well without the title being involved. I was really enjoying that and then they just kind of Kind of really didn't go nowhere and then he had the issue with Sammy Guevara and Situation with that. So it's like he kind of dropped down on the card and uh, yeah, man I would like to see more of him in a more prominent role, but we'll see what happens Now, there was nothing downright ugly as AEW bounce back from an uneventful show last week And it's several main event worthy matches including moxley versus page hater and baker versus storm and sarea and the epic ladder match Would you guys think a dynamite last night? Let us know in the comments down below For the special for the parts I was able to catch Now we get into the nitty gritty man That first three looks at vince mcman being sued The WDNs uses the latest in vince mcman's wwe saga as vinyac is being sued by a wwe shareholder This is the first public sign that mcman's bid to regain control of the wwe is being challenged Bloomberg law reports a lawsuit was filed on 11th january and here are some details WWE and chief vince mcman who returned to the company in early january after resigning amid a wave of sexual harassment allegations Is facing investor litigation over claims that he pushed aside the board to illegally install himself as chairman The lawsuit isn't a surprise as we discussed the possibility of shareholder lawsuits as soon as the news broke of vince's intent to return to power Also noted a shareholder sued mcman in delaware's chancery court Accusing him of wielding his 81% voting control to oust three board members Replace them with loyalists and push through bylaw changes that would impose his will on the board and wwe Now it's unknown whether additional lawsuits will be filed However, the wwe stock could drop if more lawsuits are filed As a result it could be problematic to sell the company if the stock dropped significantly And don't be shocked to see lawsuits filed that some might see as an opportunity to cash in on the situation After all of the wwe looks eager to sell some opportunistic individuals may fail the company will pay off lawsuits Just to make them go away so it can proceed with a sale Next up. No reason wwe board members resigned A recent sec filing is revealing the real reason why two wwe board members ignores a loud and manjit sing Resigned following mr. McMahon's return While messes loud and sing agreed with the board's decision to explore the company's strategic alternatives They did not agree with mr. McMahon's return at this time Cadeside seats noted there was plenty of informed speculation about loud and sings exits Mostly based on loud's role on the board's audit committee and sings as among other things Need investigator interventions hush money and sexual misconduct scandals But now we know what you guys make of these two resignations. It makes sense Once they found out he was coming back obviously if one of them was in head of the investigation Of all this which put this into motion. Of course All right, well, it's time for me to go ahead and head out because if they weren't going to leave, guess what? Vince was gonna fire him. There's some of that Or make you know life for them very difficult. Yeah, no, it made sense Soon as soon as that came out and then the reports was that you know The one of them was it lead investigative like head of the investigation of this whole situation Yeah It made sense for them to leave I mean, I believe too if I know someone that I was pursuing to get out the company is coming back I'm all right. Come on losses. Do you believe there will be any more? Next up wwb raw 30th returning legends the guest list for Raw's 30th anniversary celebration continues to grow Here are the legends and Hall of Fame is currently scheduled to appear on the 23rd January show Ric Flair Kane X Park and Tatanka Okay, at Angle has said the wwb invited him but he hasn't confirmed his appearance In addition, the show will feature appearances by Smackdown superstars And ronda rousey next up nick poise for payday if wwb sells a current wwb CEO Nick kahn may be poised for a big payday if the wwb is sold Okay, I see he's recently remarked about some comments made by podcaster conrad thompson concerning kahn On a recent episode of his what happened when podcast conrad thompson claimed he's heard that if nick kahn helps facilitate the sale of wwb, he'll earn a bonus worth more than aws tv contractors for a year Whoa Wheeling and dealing thanks to his days working as an agent from there. He helped the wwb negotiate It's a big bucks tv right that's a lot of it Fox as well as wwe subsequent deal to air the wwe network to peacock Rumor has it that he was in la meeting with their representatives from disney and espn We're reportedly discussing a wwe sale next up is jay white headed to aw or wwb That's that's some money, bro If you're making more than what a tv contract that aw is getting for a whole for a whole year Oh, yeah It's advantageous for them to sell especially for for nick kahn. That's that's extra bread in his pockets Do we There's big news for fans of new japan pro wrestling sensation jay white as rumor has it switchblade is leaving japan soon ahead To the us We recently discussed white's rumored exit in a story at our website noting the former iwgp world heavyweight champion is booked in a Loser leaves japan match in february, which has spurred speculation. He's on his way out Fightful select wwe also long expressed interest in hikuliu, which puts the results of the match in doubt Those on the new japan pro wrestling roster are the belief that jay white wants to be in the us for the time being World hold that wwe was heavily recruiting him Which wind himself confirmed a fight will happen in early 2021 and were told that only accelerated Ace told us prior to 2021. He'd never been approached by aw but has since enjoyed his experiences there Would you guys like to see jay white in either aw or wwe? Let us know in the comments down Not too familiar with all his work. Um but Uh, I think it was he was at forbidden door if i'm not mistaken correctly if i'm wrong. I believe he was at forbidden door um Seen like he enjoyed what he was doing in aw just for that just for that door Door just for that show itself. He seemed like he was enjoying himself. Um, honestly That's a really really break it down and think about this honestly I don't know I don't know with triple h in charge Yeah, you know, I think that you know that that could be interesting But at the same time, I don't know if wwe should be getting anybody anytime soon Especially if we don't even know what the landscape is going to be and who's going to hold on the damn company So, I don't know if that would be something that happens relatively soon But you know, hey could be interesting. Let let me know down below all the uh, Um, all the all the jay white fans.  Let me know down below below. And finally a wwe couple getting married last but not least congrats Oh, yeah, wwe super star kashay and smackdown ring announced to smantha ervin on their recent engagement Congrats to them man. She posted a picture of the ring on instagram for this message Congrats to the couple as we wish them lasting happiness But they haven't focused the wildest that's that's awesome to see I saw a couple you guys comment on Twitter with the meme the you yo mean it should have been me Come on. Y'all come on man. Let that ricochet be happy. He deserves his happiness, man But this was an interesting video once again did get a chance to check out aw Enjoyed the parts. I definitely did check out and it was it was a pretty enjoyable show and the crowds for aw dynamite Y'all are always on 11 and I appreciate it makes the shows even that much more better But comment down below. Let me know. Do you think disney could be the company that could finally buy Uh, wwe they do have the money. How would y'all feel if disney was to buy? I know a lot of us We would probably be devastated if the soddies bought the company But how would y'all feel if mickey mouse himself? Buys the company. Let me know. I really want to get your opinion on that. Do you think disney would do Right by wwe knows man, but I appreciate all the love and support you guys for showing on channel and I am still your undisputed youtube wrestling champion The world appreciates. I'll see you next one


All right, so let's talk about a couple of these things, right? All this weight sitting on it with the amount of actual, like... ...grounds. You know, suspension is that actually giving you... ...it doesn't look like it's really meant for absorbing it. It's just like it's meant for tension and traction, so you can wheel it around.


There's really not much that they can't do. They look great for business, they're an absolute no-brainer for business casual, and they've got a singular way of elevating a casual look. And in this video, we're going to take a look at five ways to wear navy chinos this fall. I'm Brian Sakawa, and you are watching He Spoke Style, where we are dedicated to giving you all the tips, knowledge, and inspiration you need to dress well, have more confidence, and unlock your potential. Navy chinos provide a great base and alternative for business looks if you want to get away from, say, a full suit. You still look very put together, but with the addition of a sport coat, it's slightly more relaxed and, in my opinion, shows an even greater command of classic men's style. Some simple pattern mixing going on here. The jacket has a big window pane pattern, and the tie is striped. And combining two different patterns is one of the easiest ways to start pattern mixing. I decided to go with a black belt and black shoes to keep a more kind of serious tone, and also maximum contrast with the white shirt. Obviously, when we're getting into fall, that is when outerwear becomes such an important part of an outfit. And because of that, I specifically built this look around this jacket. It's by Valstar in a sand suede. I really love how this brings to this look not only an element of elegance because of the fabric, but also a degree of sportiness because of the style of the jacket. Combining these elevated and luck sporty pieces with more classic and traditional styling is one of my absolute most favorite things to do. We all know that there are days during these seasonal transitions when it can maybe not feel quite like the season we're transitioning to. So it's okay to take pieces that you might consider part of your summer wardrobe and repurpose them for fall. Here, that's the jacket, which is linen. It is a heavier linen fabric, though, which is why I think it works really well as a transitional piece. You know I love grounds, and I've paired it here with a brown gingham shirt, no tie, which makes for a nice and laid back business casual look. I love basics when it comes to casual looks. It's just so easy to put together simple, classic, and compelling outfits with basically just a few pieces. It's beautiful. Pairing a classic Heather Gray athletic sweatshirt with navy chinos and crisp white sneakers is an absolute no-brainer.  Classic sunglasses, a suede trucker jacket adds an element of elevated sophistication. And a sporty watch ties everything together. One of the things I'm looking forward to most about returning to fall is breaking out the turtlenecks. I think turtlenecks are such a great laid-back and sophisticated garment. Paired with the navy chinos here, there are a lot of different ways that you could go with this look in terms of finishing it off. And I went with a flannel glen plaid sport coat, which I'm using more as a piece of outerwear here for a more sort of sartorial touch. If you're looking for some more fall outfit inspiration, I've got you covered with that playlist right over there. You'll find some great business casual looks, fall suits, boots, outerwear, and casual looks as well. So click on that, hop over there, and get inspired for the fall season.