Billionaire Trumper Claims Pandas Will Get NYC Out Of Its “Deep Doo-Doo,” Draw Ten Million Tourists Annually

Gothamist reports:

Cute pandas will save the city’s economy – and ease tensions between the United States and China, local billionaire John Catsimatidis declared during a bizarre press conference on Tuesday. “New York is in deep doo-doo right now. We need tourism, we need people to come to New York,” Catsimatidis told reporters at his Midtown office. “Who doesn’t love pandas? Everybody loves pandas, they’re beautiful.”

A spokesperson for the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the city’s zoos, said in a statement that the group has not been involved in any recent discussion to bring pandas to the five boroughs. Catsimatidis claimed the pandas would attract 10 million additional tourists to the city each year, but did not explain how he came up with the number. He hoped to pitch the idea at a U.S.-China Cultural Foundation event at Carnegie Hall.

Read the full article. Catsimatidis owns New York City’s once-storied WABC, now a far-right talk radio station that hosts shows by Rudy Giuliani and other cultists. He also owns the perpetually grimy grocery chain Gristedes.

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