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President Trump said the US no longer funds the Ukraine war. He said we now sell weapons to NATO, and NATO can do whatever it wants with them. The MSM and NATO vigorously describe this as Trump's continued support for the Ukraine war.I asked GROK AI specific questions about what kind of aid we are giving in terms of military, budgetary and humanitarian/economic support. Grok says there have been no new appropriations by Congress in 2025; any US funds being spent now (e.g., training Ukrainian troops) were from prior appropriations (Biden). There is still tens of billions in Biden era...

TLDR Summary:Theoretically, the most obvious next step required by law for the POTUS to invoke the insurrection act in one or more cities would be to issue a formal proclamation for the rioters to disperse. If the rioters don't disperse per the deadline provided in the proclamation - Insurrection Act kicks in. If you read the following, you can see it's more complicated than that, but that's my simplified opinion after querying GROK about legal requirements for the invocation of the Insurrection Act in L.A., Chicago, and Portland.For the minimally interested, you may want to skip down to the TABLE...

REQUEST to GROK: Please provide me with a list and links for each of Tulsi Gabbard's Press releases and speeches in 2025 after she was appointed to hold office by Trump. Put them order, include the date and a brief description of the topics covered. If her press releases include one or more links, please include them. Organize the information from oldest to newest.GROK:Tulsi Gabbard's 2025 Press Releases and Speeches as DNITulsi Gabbard was nominated by President Trump on November 15, 2024, confirmed by the Senate on January 28, 2025, and sworn in as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on...