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They: “Netanyahu tricked Trump to go to war with Iran.” Trump, 1987: “We're going to have a war with Iran… Go in and grab one of their big oil installations, and keep it.” 👇 Did Netanyahu trick Trump 39 years ago?! _

“It is a glorious-looking scene.” That’s CNN’s own reporter describing security lines at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport this morning. Last week, the terminal lobby was packed wall-to-wall. Today, lines are gone, and ICE agents are helping move passengers through. CNN: “I think passengers will be happy to hear it is a glorious looking scene.” “We were here all last week. ALL of this lobby of the terminal area was filled with people.” “And you can see how dramatically different it looks this morning.” “All the lines much shorter. They still have everything set up as if there could still be lines, that hasn’t changed yet, but you can see how much easier it is for people to get to the TSA security lanes.” “We are told by airport officials that wait times kind of fluctuate between 15 and 30 minutes.” “But as we’ve been here this morning, we do see an increased number of ICE agents working a little bit more closely in some of the lanes, in the areas where passengers are loading their belongings onto the conveyor belt to go through the x-ray machines, some of them checking IDs as well.” “We had been told by airport officials that they were going through the training to be able to do that last week, but just a dramatically different scene where, if you remember here last week, not only was this lobby filled with people, but it would spill out into the parking lot and it would also go downstairs to the floor below us.” “So a dramatically different scene here this morning.”

@ICannot_Enough I beg to differ, at least with your comment regarding human elevator operators, as we still have buildings downtown Chicago with human elevator operators. Today.

Nobody is skeptical of autonomous elevators because nobody alive today was even around to see a human elevator operator in real life before the last one got laid off. Automation is far safer.

This is the reason we are stopping them.

SECRETARY RUBIO: If you think about what they’ve struck in the region, what has Iran gone after? Embassies, diplomatic facilities, airports. This is what they’ve done in a weakened state. Imagine them five years from now with more missiles. That’s why this needed to be done now.

This aged really, really badly.

BREAKING: A new Harvard/Harris poll reveals that a majority of Americans support the Trump Administration’s Operation Epic Fury.

🚨BOMBSHELL: In a stunning declaration, the Trump administration announced the "National Farm Security Action Plan" which bans future Chinese Communist Party-linked farmland purchases, aims to reclaim existing land with executive actions and imposes fines up to 25% of land value.

The UN finally acknowledges that Israeli women were raped on October 7. Hamas even raped corpses.

Swalwell: This is another example of Trump going after his political opponents. Also Swalwell: When we retake power, we’re going after our political opponents.

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: In a better world, the media would treat the appearance of the hammer and sickle at this weekend’s No Kings rallies like it treated the appearance of the tiki torches in Charlottesville, Va, writes @matthennessey on.wsj.com/4sRFDGk

NATO: If Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense when we need them we ought to close them down and remove our troops from Europe. If they get attacked by Russia we can discuss whether or not we have the time to help.

@StateDept I’m guessing Trump will get a good deal going for Iran too, should they decide to cooperate. Or not.

SECRETARY RUBIO: For the first time in decades, Venezuela is now selling their oil in the global market at full market price. The money is coming back to Venezuela and being spent for the benefit of the Venezuelan people. 💪

“Part of the Rubio thing that’s so interesting to me is that it’s not just MAGA that’s excited about him,” says @MarkHalperin. “Donors are excited about him, and some members of Congress I've talked to. But also, Democrats are worried about him. I think Democrats look at beating JD Vance as not that tough, in part because he’s more closely now associated with the administration (even though, of course, Rubio’s in it, too). But they look at Rubio as formidable— a young, attractive Hispanic guy with great political skill. There are almost shades of George W. Bush, where people are just like, ‘whoa-- if this guy is the nominee, if you look at the electoral map, he could start to do some real damage.’” @marcorubio @JDVance

@amuse Wait. Democrats are going to sue Trump to NOT pay TSA? Thats a good look. When Dems lose in November, it will be due to this faux pas.

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Democrats are preparing emergency litigation against Trump asking Democrat judges to prevent him from ‘illegally’ paying TSA agents.

@Jules31415 The Democrats are getting nothing but a lowering approval rating out of this stand-off.

Democrat Rep. Jim Hines COMPLAINS that President Trump is "illegally paying" TSA agents: Margaret Brennan: "What did Democrats get out of this standoff?" Hines: "Yeah, well, um, the standoff is not done yet, right? The President is illegally paying, apparently, TSA agents." Of course Democrats like Hines are upset TSA agents are being paid and the long lines at airports will begin to dissipate. They're not on the side of the American people.

@StateDept @Valspar111 Well, perhaps next time Spain needs help, they may have to beg.

🚨 SECRETARY RUBIO: If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked, but them denying us basing rights when we need them, then that’s not a very good arrangement. That’s a hard one to stay engaged in and say this is good for the United States.

@samstein I trust that the next Democratic administration will never set foot in it then? Or perhaps immediately tear it down?

The New York Times takes an architectural look at the coming White House ballroom and finds there is a lot of ornamental stairs to no where and faux windows with bathroom stalls behind them

Fact Check: FALSE. The Wong Kim Ark ruling established that the 14th Amendment applies to the children of LEGAL immigrants. That’s it. The Supreme Court has never ruled on whether it applies to the children of illegal aliens or foreign visitors.