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Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trumps Scottish resort

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[h=1]Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort[/h]



One more, in a growing list of examples, of Trump profiting from being president. In this, military planes stoped at this commercial airport that just happens to be losing money but also is near Trump's golf course. This airport charges higher rates for fuel- - while military airports are easily available, at lower cost. If this airport closes due to losing money, it would negatively effect the ability of golf course guests to fly into the area.

What's not known is whether Trump directed the military to do this. However, the Pentagon refuses to answer Congressional questions on this matter.
 

Air Force troops spent $3 million dollars at Trump's resort? Ain't...no...way...lol
 



I’m no geography major but, Scotland doesn’t seem like a natural layover for flights between the US and the Middle East.
 
And how many of our military layover at a luxury resort?
 
Is this one those things we are suppose to pretend we care about?

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trouble13 said:
Is this one those things we are suppose to pretend we care about?

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Yep. That you don't says a lot.
 
The weather report says it's a storm.

So Trump showed a picture with the sun shining. A picture from six years ago. It's Scotland after all innit.

Trump Turnbull Revenue went up last year by $3 million. The USAF NG aircrews said they didn't have enough per diem in their pockets though. For Trump it's just another day, another dollar. Three million more of 'em. And here I'd thought 3 million bucks was Trump pocket change. It turns out to be big bucks for a small man.

The picture was upside down btw but no matter. We saw the sun. Which is all Trump wanted.
 
trouble13 said:
Is this one those things we are suppose to pretend we care about?

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Corruption is not something you should be interested in?

Governmental employees using there position to enrich themselves is not an issue. Next bribes will become SOP and America will start growing bananas to match what will become
 

:lol: I remember some of the press were furious because the President went somewhere without telling until after he had been there.

It seems like the aircraft the President is on should be flown to where ever the President wishes to go. I'm fairly certain it has always worked this way. That said, you could send a letter to the White House explaining to the pilot and co-pilot why they should fly Air Force One where you say it should be flown to. Good luck with that. :thumbs:
 

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail by President Obama and Crooked Hillary. A total disgrace!" - Donald J. Trump
 

The president does not normally fly on C17 globe masters like the plane crew on question was flying
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Corruption is not something you should be interested in?

Governmental employees using there position to enrich themselves is not an issue. Next bribes will become SOP and America will start growing bananas to match what will become
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Oh the horror... I'm outraged... Bad Trump...
Do you all feel better now?

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lwf said:
"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail by President Obama and Crooked Hillary. A total disgrace!" - Donald J. Trump
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Yes, and some can see that as more than a bit hypocritical. However if you're trying to make a point. Pleas try not to make it seem that you were perfectly fine with such waste, only because the person benefitting wasn't Trump.
 
The problem with your post is that it has nothing to do, at all, with this thread. These were military planes without the president aboard -- which makes everything you wrote moot.

This is the crux, which seems to have gone over your head: Trump has a financial interest in keeping the troubled airport close to his golf resort financially viable because it would negatively impact the financial viability of his resort/golf course should that airport close. The implication is that Trump directed military planes for the sole purpose of giving this financially troubled airport business. The military planes could have easily used nearby military bases, saving millions of dollars.

Don't any of you "drain the swamp" Trumpites still care about conflicts of interest or was that just a campaign slogan that you forgot all about? Now, corruption just doesn't matter to you.
 
The use of Air Force One for political and private use by the president is highly regulated. The rule is covered in this citation. Let it also be clear that Trump mixes business and private use of AF1. (Donald Trump slammed Obama for using Air Force One for election campaigning. Now he does the same)

Since the president must use Air Force One for nation security reasons, he/she has no choice. In those cases when the AF1 is used for non-governmental business, the campaign or individual reimburses the government at a set rate.

You are making a false equivalence. Thinking that Trump directing the military to use a private airport that not-so coincidentally is near his golf course in Scotland -- costing taxpayers millions of more dollars, just so it helps put money in his pocket, is anything like presidential use of AF1 is an obvious attempt to defend Trump's indefensible action.
 
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trouble13 said:
Oh the horror... I'm outraged... Bad Trump...
Do you all feel better now?

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Yes we all know you will excuse anything trumptard does like the good little Trumptard supporter you are.
 
trouble13 said:
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Why would the folks on the right care that our president is doing his best to keep an airport open that supports his golf resort? After all aren't our tax dollars meant to enrich the president?
 

1. What does Prestwick Airport have to do with anything you're trying to assert? Unless you can show the air port is providing kickbacks to the resort, you make no point.

2. Providing military members cheap rates for a luxury resort is not a money-making scheme. It's called being considerate.

3. What a fail thread.
 
trouble13 said:
Oh the horror... I'm outraged... Bad Trump...
Do you all feel better now?

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Glad to see Conservatives are accepting of government corruption and people using government positions to enrich themselves. When the judge asks for $10 000 to let you our of prison I am sure you will find it just as appealing, or when the cop asks for $200 or the ounce of Meth he "found" will send you to jail for long time.

Of course it cant happen in the US, just like a president cant use the government to support his business's
 
bongsaway said:
Why would the folks on the right care that our president is doing his best to keep an airport open that supports his golf resort? After all aren't our tax dollars meant to enrich the president?
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Why would anyone care about any accusation that 2 far left propagandists and an unnamed democratic staff member make about a president that there is open hostility for, from that side of the aisle? They do not have all the facts yet but tather than wait for them, they rush it into publication assuming the worst about Trump which suits there perferred narrative the best.

Furthermore if the left wants me to take them seriously about these kinds of allegations they need to start targeting the people on the left who are guility of what they are accusing Trump of. If you dont realize that democrats profiteer off of gov services you're naive

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Oh, so it's not true, it's just more fake news from the crazy left?
 
bongsaway said:
Oh, so it's not true, it's just more fake news from the crazy left?
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Without an explination from the pentagon how does anyone know why they chose to refuel at that airport. Of course that did not stop politico from painting it in the mose negative light about Trump that they could.

I got an idea add this to the least of impeachment charges that the democrats are too cowardly to follow through on. More empty accusations and empty threats from the left and you wonder why your outrage is met with the same indifference the leftbshows to anything and wverything that shines a negative light on them.

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So why is the pentagon refusing to let the public know if it is some harmless reason and not to help support that airport that the president needs for his golf course?

It really is sad that the right is so willing to dismiss any truth that is negative about this president. How many of his lies do you guys need to listen to in order to realize he lies constantly?
 

Ireland is packed with Pence fans. They generally don't like him.

Also there is the difference of security at a public airport and security at US military air base.

And then there is the pissing off of the locals. Apparently Pence has a entourage of hundreds who accompany him. Doonbeg locals were most likely not at all pleased as everywhere Pence went daily routine was disrupted, foot and vehicle traffic were greatly impeded. It was no doubt an ugly American spectacle all around.

I don't know how far Pence's motorcade had to travel to reach the airport near Doonbeg but it screwed traffic to hell coming and going everyday.

How did Pence travel from the Dublin airport to meet with Taoiseach Varadkar? If Pence motorcade drove from the Dublin airport I'm surprised the locals weren't throwing rocks and eggs. Dublin traffic would have stood at a standstill as Pence motored through on a 15 or 20 minute ride. Morning and afternoon.
 

From the article in post #1:
"...the military has spent $11 million on fuel at the Prestwick Airport — the closest airport to Trump Turnberry — since October 2017, fuel that would be cheaper if purchased at a U.S. military base."
"... the incidents raise the possibility that the military has helped keep Trump’s Turnberry resort afloat — the property lost $4.5 million in 2017, but revenue went up $3 million in 2018."
While the claim is that Trump provided "cheap rates" is undercut by one of the crew that wrote:
"..the crew’s per diem allowance wasn’t enough to cover food and drinks at the ritzy resort {let alone the room}."


It's really true, your side, which railed against corruption {that ended up not being corruption} in 2016, look the other way when the corruption is Trump's.
 
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