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Even before the meeting began Monday, South Korean Environment Minister Kim Wan-sup was trying to dial back expectations, telling reporters: “I believe it may be more realistic to pursue stepwise measures.”

“If there’s a silver lining” to Trump’s victory, said Ramses Madou, chair of the Open Mobility Foundation, “it’s that Elon Musk can dial back on Trump’s anti-EV-ness.”

Representatives of 16 Asian American nonprofit organizations, including Chung Joe and Choi, last week sent a letter to the Democratic Party and Republican Party of Orange County stressing that candidates should dial back rhetoric that “implies falsely” that Asian American candidates are “national security threats.”

You’ve said that making “Vera” grew out of a decision to dial back Brandi’s touring for a while.

Biden, who gave that interview a week ago, seemed to dial back his criticism in a brief exchange with reporters following an immigration speech at the White House.