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Trump said he'd love to have Pritzker call and say, "Send in the troops" " even though the governor has repeatedly said he won't be doing that. "If the governor of Illinois would call up, call me up, I would love to do it," Trump said. "Now, we're going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it."
Donald Trump loves a bit of American exceptionalism. But here's one accolade that we won't be hearing from the mouth of the president: the US is set to be the only major economy to suffer a decline in tourism spending this year. The verdict comes from the World Travel and Tourism Council ... And while it is just a projection, it isn't exactly out of line with some of the things that we know are happening, with foreign visitors to the States down by 12 per cent year on year.
To be clear, I think 8 Senate Dems caved on empty promises. But time will tell.
This vote DOES put Mike Johnson in a bit of a pickle. To reopen the government Johnson will have to call the house back into session to vote for something that ISN'T the Republican's so called "clean CR", and everything else that reopening the House implies... Like swearing in the Representative elect from AZ..
According to this linked article, it appears that Johnson intends to shut the House back down almost immediately after the vote. What do you think he's trying to avoid? Following her swearing-in, the House will then vote on a rule for the Senate deal, followed by final passage, and then the House will leave town again, Johnson told members on the call."--FTA:--"The speaker also vowed that, before the House votes, he will swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won her special election Sept. 23. The House has been out of session since Sept. 19 in an unusually long and unscheduled recess.
I don't think the main point of this is that it's cut and dry evidence that Trump molested this victim. This further points to the MUCH larger picture that Trump was familiar with the inner workings of Epstein's trafficking business.
I personally believe Trump is a sexual predator. He's already been convicted of such. More will eventually come to further light. But IMO, having knowledge of the things that were going on in Epstein's circle is just as disgusting, and also criminal. Those that defend Trump in any of this are still defending criminal behavior.