Blanche confirmation update: The DOJ told Cornyn and Tillis in writing that the Anti-Weaponization Fund is “rescinded and shall have no force or effect,” source familiar tells me. Blanche’s conversations with the senators have been going very well, until this Truth from Trump angered Tillis (who is publicly blaming “an incompetent personal advisor to the President” who “refuses to amend the bogus settlement”).

POTUS makes it clear Spain's "catastrophe" will be a midterm talking point: "It looks like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people. And that same thing will happen to us if the Republicans don’t get elected, except worse. Much bigger...If we’re not in office, our country will be invaded at levels that made Spain look small time." Adds later: "They say that will be a talking point for the mid-terms because when you look at what happened to Spain. They don’t know what to do. It is happening again today. Coming in by the tens of thousands. They are just invading the country....That will look good compared to what will happen to the United States."

NEW: Claire Lai weighs in to @realDailyWire on news that President Donald Trump advocated for her father to President Xi Jinping. “True to his word, President Trump brought my father up to President Xi. I remain endlessly grateful for the support he and his administration has shown to securing his freedom,” she says. “An ailing man turning 79, who was always pro democracy, anti violence, anti independence, and just wanted the promises made in the Sino British joint declaration, which China signed in the exercise of its sovereignty to be kept. We hope the Holy Spirit will move President Xi’s heart.” “I remain confident it is President Trump and his administration who will free my father. In the meantime I know Our Lord and the Blessed Mother will continue to watch over him as they always have.”