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"We thought that everything looked beautiful but when you look at some of the pictures you think they are kind of sad," she said."We looked poor, even though we didn't feel poor because everybody was in the same situation around us."
The women recalled a community where everyone looked out for each other."If Pauline's mother didn't have something she could knock my nana's door and vice versa," said Dawn."And you know what, you were glad to help, you always had somebody that you could turn to or just have a kind word."
The friends all grew up taking part in each other's religious and cultural events.Dawn said at Eid all the children, regardless of religion, would go to the mosque wearing a headscarf and be fed.
"We were taught to respect from when we were little children," she said.
"We didn't feel threatened by other religions and other customs," added Gaynor.Lawyer Ilya Somin, who helped work on the case brought by businesses before the trade court, said he was "guardedly optimistic" the ruling would ultimately be upheld on appeal.
He noted that the trade court order came from justices appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents, including one by Trump himself."It's not normal for the president of the United States to make such an enormous power grab and start the biggest trade war since the Great Depression," he said.
But Terry Haines, founder of the Pangaea Policy, which advises firms on Washington policies, said he thought "the president is probably going to be given the benefit of the doubt" by the courts.Business owners, while expressing hope, said they did not yet feel like the situation was resolved.