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French AI CEO warns Americans against voting Democrat: 'you don't…

Le Pogam, who runs an AI company, argued in a viral post that decades of progressive spending drove France into debt; Fox News carried the story.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA French AI company CEO named Brivael Le Pogam posted that Americans should not vote Democrat, because France spent decades on progressive programs and ended up with crushing debt, and Fox News has the story.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA guy in France is telling Americans how to vote on the internet, which is our job.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe take that job very seriously, usually in our underwear.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHold on, I need to explain the weather pattern here.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA man in Paris posts, and by Thursday there's a front of opinions sitting over Ohio, and nobody's brought a coat.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCan I get the temperature of the opinions?

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHank, the post went viral, which means a lot of strangers agreed with it for about an hour, and then a lot of other strangers disagreed for the rest of the week.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWith all due respect, you don't want to be France, but you really don't want to be Yorkshire in February, and I have the rainfall charts to prove it.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the warning label is a country now. Every place just gets a sticker that says don't be this.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRhode Island would be on a lot of stickers.

  11. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRhode Island?

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd then the sticker goes viral, and the country on it hires a French AI CEO to post back, and now it's a whole trade war made of captions.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOkay, okay. We have agreed on nothing, the thermometer still says seventy-two, and I'm told that's also France's number.

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