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Donald Trump cancels plans for a tower in Georgia. Is it business or geo-politics?

Before becoming President, Donald Trump pulled out of a plan to license a tower in the nation of Georgia. Now, many there fear being β€œforgotten and abandoned” by the US.

Also: the first legal commercial export from Cuba arrives in the US; a former Wall Street man comes up with a plan to save an Indonesian forest; farmers in Vermont are growing a new crop and its worth more than its weight in gold; a family in Mexico is trafficking in donuts; and we find out what country makes the fastest roller coasters (hint: not the US).

(Image: Donald Trump during a press conference to announce a real estate project in Georgia, at the Trump Tower in New York, March 10, 2011. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

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