Why was DIWALI a big "thing" to celebrate among Trump's ethnic s. Asian non-Christian employees (Patel, Gabbard)?

 Diwali

is a five-day festival on the new

moon between mid-October and

mid-November according to the

Hindu lunar calendar.  Celebrated

by Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Hindus.

It is a most important "row of

Lights" festival involving

small clay oil lamps are lit to

signify the victory of good over evil.

It is believed that during Diwali

Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth

visits the house and blesses it.

It commemorates and celebrates

the homecoming of the Hindu

god Ram and his wife, Seeta,

after 14 year of exile, and his

victory over the evil king Ravana.

Peter Spier, illustrator of "The Erie Canal" (1970 Doubleday Publishing children's book)

 his body of work -

+30 books for kids /families

a gifted children's book

illustrator born 1927 in

the Netherlands and moved

to New York as an emigrant.

Lived a vital, long life to age

89 passing away 27 April 2019

of congestive heart failure.

Dividing the $130 million donation among 1.3 million troops (active duty) comes to about $100 apiece

 The donation of Timothy Mellon (Trump-Vance anonyomous

backer who is a reclusive banking heir and railroad executive

gave tens of millions to Trump campaign committees over a

long, long period of time . . .

nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/timothy-mellon-donation-troops.html

unclear how far Timothy Mellon's $130 million "transfusion" to Trump-Vance unplanned salary shortfall will go ? ? ?

 Saturday Day 25 of Trump-Vance

budget / financial / debt ceiling shutdown

of Govt. spending supposedly it is meant

to pay members of the Military --

whether that is a day or two or even a week or

half a month is uncertain . . . a sad chapter in

"BloodSport" politics at its worst

nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/timothy-mellon-

donation-troops.html

The White House family Movie Theater was destroyed -- Trump explains all the East Wing is to be re-constructed thanks to $300 million donors (TECH billionaires)

 HollywoodReporter.com/news/politics-news/

white-house-movie-theater-demolished-

ballroom-east-wing-1236408712/

it has been used this post-1/20/25 administration

since JD Vance admitted to a podcaster

inquirer that he saw Gladiator 2 in the

42-seat private screening theater. . .

story online Thursday Noon Hour

PACIFIC TIME ZONE

all the East Colonnade was destroyed . . .

reporters: 

Alex Weprin, Pamela McClintock

they named the "donors" / CEOs

to be

Apple,

Amazon,

Comcast

Anwar Ibrahim

 First prime minister

of an allied nation to

meet with Donald John

Trump on his global

tour (during a govt.

shutdown) -- Ibrahim

of Malaysia

has sought a trade deal

with Trump 2.0.

There will also be

"peace talks."

[ week of Oct. 26 - 31, 2025 ]

6 - day trip into three Asian ally nations [ahead of 157% tariff on China set for Nov.1, 2025 ]

POTUS 47 (Trump 2.0)

departs on  

Malaysia,

Japan, and

S. Korea.

After these 3 allied nations,

then Trump's bilateral talks

with Xi of China are the

first time the two have seen

one another face-to-face since

2019 [ the era for the COVID-19

"blame-game" / his paralysis

and search for Ivormectin/

Hydrochloroquin therapy snafu

ahead of "WARP DRIVE mRNA

Vaccine discovery" ]