Trump's blunt verdict on the royal family, including one he called…

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe called it brutally honest, and he described one member of the family as terrible. Is that on your scale?

2. IB

   Ignatius BoatengStrictly speaking, terrible is a real grade. It sits just above disappointing and well below adequate, which is where I keep the dukes.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe dukes.

4. IB

   Ignatius BoatengI ring The Verdict after every grade. It's a brass bell on my desk, and it has never once been wrong.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo who hired your firm to review the royal family? Because I don't see a request anywhere in this story.

6. IB

   Ignatius BoatengStrictly speaking, nobody hires a grader. The grade arrives first, and the invoice follows, which is how the weather works too.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. Has anyone ever asked you to review anything?

8. IB

   Ignatius BoatengStrictly speaking, I reviewed my own mother in two thousand eleven. She took it as a family matter and has been in another room since.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo a verdict nobody asked for, delivered by a man nobody hired, about a family that never applied. I think that is a media tour.

10. IB

    Ignatius BoatengStrictly speaking, I'd give that sentence a B-plus, and the royals a terrible. Brock should expect a clear forty percent chance of me.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIgnatius Boateng, thank you. Brock, I hope you brought a bell, because someone is about to grade your forecast.