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In the hours that followed, work resumed, statements were polished, and agendas were pushed forward as if nothing had happened. But staffers noticed the difference: people spoke more carefully, listened a little longer, and glanced more often at the man who never raised his voice yet somehow won the day. Behind closed doors, senior leaders are now trying to translate that fragile calm into something lasting, hoping that one measured sentence might become the turning point that keeps future arguments from breaking the room instead of fixing the policy.
