You are trimming the string and turning it into an invalid JSON.
Your JSON starts with a “[” that indicates it is an array. If it starts with “{” you can assume that is an object.
So, as your JSON is an array, you can parse this exact content you mentioned with:
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(string);
And access the elements like in a List:
jsonArray.get(0);
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