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## Transcript

I guess I'd have to say Barack Obama, because he's the President [ LAUGH ] of America. I think, usually the president takes it. I think, it's hard to take it away from the president. There wasn't I think now see, now I'm rethinking my answer. You know what, it might be the, the people of Egypt and Syria, and and Yemen. I think all those people. You're allowed to give it like a bunch of people, I think. Yeah. Yeah. The whole Arab Spring. Yeah, I think it's the Arab Spring people that drove that. I think it's the common Ar, Arab person who keeps going on the street even though they're getting shot in the face.

I think it's all the people who are doing that. I think that's taking a crazy amount of courage, and it's making a huge difference. So yeah, I'd have to say them.

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