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The President tells South Korea to sign the Alaska pipeline or he will double it up, and the doubling, in the specific, is the word a dealmaker uses for the word "the number you did not agree to" ◆ Spain calls an election over a housing shortage it cannot build its way out of, and the shortage, in the specific, is the word a government uses for the word "we are arguing about who caused the empty rooms" ◆ Nvidia nears a $6 trillion value by making the math and then approving of itself, and the trillion, in the specific, is the word a market uses for the word "a number we keep adding to because we can" ◆ A man wins the Nobel Prize for turning a cubic kilometer of ice into a camera, and the camera, in the specific, is the word a physicist uses for the word "mostly photographs nothing, which is the whole point" ◆ The NFL suspends two officials for having feelings on the field, and the stripes, in the specific, is the word a league uses for the word "we asked these men to be cameras and they were not" ◆ Starbucks brings back the Black Cat Frappuccino and the country screams on schedule, and the cat, in the specific, is the word a seasonal menu uses for the word "I will return, and you will pretend to be surprised" ◆ A deli swaps its menu photos for AI and customers are hungry again, and the Reuben, in the specific, is the word a menu uses for the word "a possibility, not a promise" ◆ Voters reject both parties at once, and the rejection, in the specific, is the word a democracy uses for the word "we read the whole ballot" ◆ Consumer confidence falls to 81.9, the lowest since 2014, and the 81.9, in the specific, is the word the survey uses for the word "we asked 5,000 households and they answered honestly" ◆ A local man insists his October is the hard one and refuses to elaborate, and the October, in the specific, is the word a sophomore uses for the word "the month that needs a plastic lid" ◆

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The President says he will "double it up" if a country won't sign his pipeline. At what point did you first suspect the number on the deal was a feeling?

"The first time a number went up between the announcement and the signing" — because the range, in the specific, is the word a negotiator uses for the word "I'll tell you what it is when I feel like it" 47%
"Watching a chip company get worth more than most countries by making the math" — because the trillion, in the specific, is the word a market uses for the word "we ran out of zeroes and kept going" 33%
"Ordering the drink that sells out every October and acting shocked every October" — because the cat, in the specific, is the word a menu uses for the word "I warned you, and you bought two" 20%

Poll results reflect the views of 11 readers, a number we chose because it is, in the specific, the number of readers who have ever been told a figure was final and replied "final until when?"

"He's not doubling the tariff. He's doubling the opportunity. South Korea should be calling him to say thank you for the threat, because a threat means someone finally thinks they are worth negotiating with. That is called respect, and it costs $54 billion."

— Dale Hutchins, Definitely Real trade strategist who advises no one, Washington, D.C., who, in the specific, is the word a pundit uses for the word "I have a feeling about this number"