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Max Armstrong talks about the trucking industry, trade talks and trade impacts with China, and what may, or may not, have been a food at the first Thanksgiving.
The trucking industry isn't doing so well; truck orders were down from last year, and some layoffs will happen.
China has offered the most positive message in recent weeks that trade talks are going smoothly.
Historians aren't sure turkey was a food at the first Thanksgiving.