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Living large in the lap of the ‘Great Satan’

Seldom has “good riddance” tripped more easily from the tongue.

It’s gratifying to see the Trump Administration expel foreign nationals who enjoy US freedom while cheering US enemies. 

In recent weeks, The California Post has reported extensively on Iranian nationals — mostly, the pampered relatives of regime elites in Tehran — living posh lives in the United States. 

For Americans, that’s galling.

It can also be a threat to national security. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets that, and has systematically revoked the green cards of foreign visitors linked to US foes. Good.

The State Department announced more (pending) expulsions on Saturday, — after authorities nabbed Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the son of a propagandist dubbed “Screaming Mary” for her vile anti-US rhetoric.

The mouthpiece mom, Masoumeh Ebtekar, was a shameless flack for the militants who kidnapped 52 Americans from the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held them captive for 444 days.

And now her family lives — lavishly — in the lap........

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