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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Obama did a response to the film The Laundromat (which is excellent), where he said, yes this is one of the keystone problems we have, but there is not going to be a fix for it, because the people that could fix it are benefitting from it. I've never seen him quite that defeated before.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any chance you have a link or transcript?

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I found a related clip, not precisely what the commenter mentioned but it's the same mold - Obama talking about the Panama fraud itself, rather than the movie

[–] derry@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a fix but it will be bad

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] derry@midwest.social 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

I vote for both