Much to the media's surprise, rioters, relatives, and Trump himself got no Trump pardons

Monica Showalter  . . . "While the press was left empty with no Trump self-pardon, for those who get them, it's a huge relief. Trump may have been kind of stingy with pardons, but he did extend another act of clemency, sort of like a pardon, that was extremely generous and heartening:

This, from Politico:

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will offer Venezuelan exiles protection from deportation, a move he has considered for years but refused to do until his last full day in office. . .

. . . "It was sort of like extending a hand to a friend - Venezuelan-Americans after all voted for Trump in Florida in droves, they're known as Magazolanos in those parts, and with many still bringing family members in to save them from starvation, they needed a helping hand on deportations. LIke the pardons, Trump was helping his friends. And it made sense. They were, after all, people who fled a socialist hellhole, so the protection extended is a standing rebuke to all those in Congress and the press, who tell us socialism is just dandy. Besides socialism, they also fled election fraud -- Venezuela has famously rigged elections. It's not as if they've been voting for this socialist mess as some [refugees] from other places have -- they've been voting and seeing their votes cancelled. That alone puts them in empathy with President Trump and the sentiment has been returned." . . .

This hope is dormant for now: Exiles support Trump on his visit to Doral in South Florida

Japanese Trump supporters rally in Tokyo ahead of Biden's inauguration  . . . Some Trump supporters in Japan are drawn to his hardline stance against regional rival China. Others like Kobayashi are part of conservative Christian sects and there are those who are supporters of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that posits that Trump is secretly fighting a global cabal of child sexual predators that includes prominent Democrats, Hollywood elites and allies of " deep state ".

"Tokyo has seen several pro-Trump rallies since the election, with participants waving their campaign banners and wearing their distinctive red caps. Wednesday's march was smaller than some previous events." . . .