We’re rolling low into Vegas!!!!!! Did you get enough sleep after the rally yesterday? Hope so, because this rally is early Afternoon!! Las Vegas, NV Fri, February 21, 2020 12:00 pm (PST) We’re following the schedule:

• President left Tuesday for the west coast. First stop is a fundraiser in Rancho Mirage, California at Larry Ellison’s house. It’s a big deal. Expected to raise about 10 million dollars.
• President spoke in Bakersfield at the Water Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tweR60u_dMg (41 minutes, full video)
• Phoenix, AZ Wed, February 19, 2020 07:00 pm (MST) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C0mt8sa8Rw (full video)
• President flies back to Vegas to spend the night.
• Thursday Morning, President attends Graduation Ceremony for Prisoners in Vegas, signature program. If he can actually reduce the recidivism rate, it would be a major accomplishment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L79bm98B0IM (many comments on Roger Stone)
• President flies to Colorado Springs for rally.
• Colorado Springs, CO Thu, February 20, 2020 05:00 pm (MST) Full rally found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXorIaY0gVk
• President flies back to Vegas to spend the night.
• Las Vegas, NV Fri, February 21, 2020 12:00 pm (PST)
• VP Pence gives a rally in Reno, 1:15pm.
• Fly back to DC or to Mar-A-Lago? Is Baron on spring break? Melania did not come back to the WH with President after the Daytona 500. Maybe they are still in Florida? No….. if you thought we were done, you were WRONG.
• President is flying BACK to DC.
• After speaking at three rallies in three days in three states, attending a California fundraiser, The Bakersfield Water Board, the Olympic Committee, and Las Vegas graduation speech, Trump will have one day to rest up before he heads to India for a two-day visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (and Melania is going to India with him) We’re on that roller coaster.

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• Follow these links for live streams:
• CSPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?469439-1/president-trump-campaign-rally-las-vegas
• FOX10 Phoenix: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg
• RSBN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHigqMMw5Ng
• Golden State Times: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWXPkK02j6MHW-4xCJzgMuw

“President Trump has delivered for Nevada creating 125,600 new jobs since his election, including 16,800 new manufacturing jobs and 24,400 new construction jobs,” wrote Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. “President Trump looks forward to celebrating this success and more with the great men and women of Nevada.”, according to the Reno Gazette: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/15/trump-rally-supporters-las-vegas-next-week/4772971002/

Do you suppose President Trump will stay in the Presidential Suite of the Trump Tower in Vegas? Here is one penthouse suite, three bedrooms, about 3,000sq ft., and goes for about $1500/night. the view is right up the strip. Here is the bathroom. Not bad, eh?

You know how campaigns are often limited in their sign sizes? And we all know how expensive it is to buy billboards during campaigns, right? Well, how about this TRUMP sign, strategically placed at the end of The Strip?

Somehow, Bernie and Bloomberg just don’t have the same kind of presence in Nevada as Trump does. Hmmm…… In a BRILLIANT move to save funds and unify the party, the Nevada Repub Comm cancelled their caucus in February over a year ago. Effectively, all NV delegates will go to Trump for the convention, according to the Reno Gazette. https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/15/trump-rally-supporters-las-vegas-next-week/4772971002/

The timing for this westward campaign swing is extremely tight as his schedule is packed. AFTER the Phoenix Rally, the President flew back to Vegas. Thursday, Trump will speak at the Hope for Prisoners graduation around 11:30 a.m., then head to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a 5 p.m. rally. White House confirmed that Trump would speak at a graduation ceremony at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters Thursday for Hope for Prisoners, a Las Vegas program that helps ex-inmates re-enter society, a signature issue for the president, per the Las Vegas Review Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/president-trump-to-hold-rally-in-las-vegas-next-week-1958412/

After the Colorado Springs Rally, The President flew back to Vegas for a rally at the Vegas Convention center at noon…… and then back to DC.

In the afternoon, VP Pence will rally in Reno, following the campaign strategy of deploying heavy hitter Trump officials to a state for key events. Barnstorming the state is a good use of assets and the officials, when they travel together, have begun to look like a travel team for a sports league. Whoever came up with the idea deserves a raise. VP Pence event is scheduled to start at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 at the Atlantis Casino and Resort, 3800 Virginia St. in Reno. Per the Reno Gazette Journal.

Back in Vegas, the President’s rally is at high noon (3:00pm Eastern time), the day before the Nevada Caucus for the Dems. The rally will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in a room which only seats 2,500 people, according to The Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483246-trump-to-hold-rally-in-nevada-day-before-states-caucuses

Currently, for the Dems, Bernie is in the lead, followed by Biden, then Warren (who lost her voice earlier this week).

Trump lost Nevada to Hillary in 2016 by about 2.5 points. Nevada would be an easy get. In Colorado, Trump lost to Hillary by about 136K votes, and Gary Johnson got 144K. These states are close and doable for 2020. Especially with an egomaniac candidate like a Bloomberg, or a crazy socialist like a Bernie. Did you KNOW the Culinary Union in Vegas specifically rejected Bernie’s Medicare for All proposal…….. they LIKE their healthcare.

• With the Larry Ellison fundraiser in Rancho Mirage, CA.
• The rally in Phoenix for McSally and AZ
• The Graduation Ceremony for Prisoners in Vegas
• The Rally in Colorado Springs with Gardner
• Rally on Caucus Day in Vegas

The President’s western swing has been most profitable and noteworthy.

It’s Vegas, unlike any other place on earth.

Welcome to the Friday OPEN THREAD at the QTree! It’s the weekend and time to crack open a beer and put some steaks on the grill! Thank you for the Thursday hand-off TrumpIsMine. Thank you to Wolfie for keeping us all organized, up and running. What would we do without FLEP’s News Roundup to keep up? Thank you, Flep. Hat tip and a hearty thank you to Wheatie, Dep, BakoCarl, Michael, all contributors and the lurkers!

We don’t believe in political correctness at QTree. Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it. This board will remain a REFUGE for those who need civility, either some or all of the time. Important Guidelines are outlined here in the January 1st open thread, with an addendum on 20191110. In other words, please keep it SOMEWHAT civil. We have a new board – actually a new SITE – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

• What a week we’ve had in Trump time.
• It was just last Friday we got the news of “No Charges against McCabe”, which sent us all into a fury.
• We left Daytona on Sunday, before the horrible accident of Ryan Newman (prayers up).
• The President came back to DC to proceed with more swamp draining (Get the feeling something is going on behind the scenes?)
• Coming out of the NH primary, Bloomberg dwarfed Liz Warren/Pete/Biden/and Amy with his money and the Dems are eating each other alive.
• Rich Grennell as Acting DNI!!!!!
• Meanwhile, the President took off for the west coast to meet with Larry Ellison, Bakersfield Water Board, Prisoners graduating, and rallies in AZ, CO, and Vegas.
• Now, the President is headed to India….. a full State visit.

Does the President and the Administration seem a little different to you lately? With ShaMMMpeachment in the review mirror, the President’s approval numbers are up. Heck, the REPUBLICANS approval numbers are soaring. The resistance from the Repub side, which worked against Trump in 2016, has all but evaporated. Now, the Congressmen and Admin are traveling together, campaigning for each other. There will always be sniping (Mitt Romney), but there is definitely a new Espirit de Corps! It’s as though his foot is off the brake, the way the President always intended. Clock is ticking and there are GREAT THINGS yet to be done.

Great things…………… Hmmmm…………….. it’s been a while.

Our President is an impatient man and in these few months, we will could see extraordinary things which used to be commonplace in America. No doubt, Donald Trump is a big thinker, strategic, and “impossible” is his starting point. Funny, we used to ALL think that way as Americans. Can you imagine what would happen in the USA if 1%, or 5%, or 10%, of our population adopted the same mindset? Why can’t we?

Let’s face it, most people don’t have the same kind of far-reaching vision of a man like President Trump. We can’t imagine something until we see it. And when it happens, when we see it, everything changes.

Where does determination come from? What makes a man excel, despite all odds, and stand tall – against a storm of opposition? What is the source for such courage? Faith, grit, perseverance? We all have it, we need to use it, more.

As Americans, we used to never quit. We’re defiant warriors. We used to ALL be that way. Nothing stopped us. When did “giving up” become an option? When did “managed decline” enter the American vocabulary? We voted for Trump because we LIKE the idea of WINNING

We didn’t complain when weather was bad. We didn’t use the weather to control governments, the world, our economy. And we didn’t turn bad weather into a substitute for religion by using bad modeling with questionable data sets in order to get a government grant. When did American start whining? We found a way to dig out, help neighbors, and go back to work. We didn’t have time to fight with each other.

We did great things. As Americans, there was no reason we couldn’t.

And we took that “can-do” attitude from coast to coast, all across America.

Yet today, the refurbishment of the Golden Gate Bridge is being done by a Chinese company. How did we let that happen? WHY would we let it happen? The Americans are the ones who innovate and build!

Sometimes, it took a few of us to come together to solve big problems…. to accomplish GREAT things, but we did it. Do you think this guys would have kicked someone off their team because of political affiliation? Of course not!!

We did our duty. We admire talent, wherever it comes from. After all, it takes ALL Americans to accomplish great things. It makes no sense to exclude people and make the USA weaker.

Because when America wins, we all win. We can save the world from tyrants. We can change the world with innovation. We can travel to the moon and explore the stars. There is no limit. We can do these kinds of things again, and President Donald Trump knows it. Deep down, we know it as well. Way back in our memory, we can remember what it feels like to be proud, walk tall, work hard, and stretch.

It’s why attending a Trump Rally feels so good.

Yet, we cannot be divided. We have to work together as Americans. No room for petty animosity. Do you suppose the media admonished these soldiers? Shamed people to curtail the celebration? Do you suppose teachers removed the American flags so as to …. “not offend anyone”?

“Q” has often said, “they want you divided”.

Who is “they”? Because that is the “they” we need to go after with all our might.

THAT is the “they”, which stands in the way, …….. of Great Things.

We’re headed higher, if we can work together, following the guy who has the vision to Keep America Great.

“Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People.” Candidate Donald J Trump

Remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights.
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

See you all tomorrow morning at Wheatie’s treehouse!