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there were a parade of people going back and forth there doing just what you mentioned - basically (in diplomatic terms) - "Ignore this madman, we're not buying what he's selling". I gave you links to the most recent junkets of those that were actually covered and reported by the media. They tend to go on those trips during the spring and especially their summer "breaks".

But again, "absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence".

IOW, many of these trips are not covered by the media but the members of Congress DO generally put that info on their websites, which is "evidence", but obviously only if you bother to go look for it.

I know on DU, it's usually not "good enough" and the trusty flow chart ends up applying -