The voice of Arabella reciting poetry in Mandarin was apparently quite pleasing to many Chinese people and government officials. And, unlike Hillary’s words that so pleased the special interests for their conflict-driven tendencies, I doubt that Arabella was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for her vocalization. If this child has helped reduce the war-mongering atmosphere sought by the political establishment, Trump has accomplished something very worthwhile even before January 20th.

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