USAF probes Trump

Overheal

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/politics/air-force-donald-trump-turnberry/index.html

USAF has launched a probe into how it carries out layovers in response to the profiteering controversy at Trump properties.

According to Air Force statistics between 2015 and 2019, Air Mobility Command aircraft stopped at Prestwick a total of 936 times, and 659 of those stops involved overnight stays. The statistics do not say which hotel was used during those overnight stops, but the number of overnight stays in the area has increased since Trump took office.
The number of overnight stops at Prestwick has steadily increased. There were 40 in 2015, 75 in 2016, 116 in 2017, 208 in 2018 and 220 through August 2019.
The Air Force says the reason for the airfield's increased usage derived from a flight directive issued to mobility crews in June 2017 which it said was "designed to increase efficiencies by standardizing routing locations, with Prestwick being among the top five locations recommended for reasons such as more favorable weather than nearby Shannon Airport, and less aircraft parking congestion than locations on the European continent."

The use of Trump's private properties for government-related travel has been an ongoing controversy during his presidency. Vice President Mike Pence's recent decision to stay at Trump's resort in Doonbeg, Ireland -- hours away from his scheduled events in Dublin -- led House Democrats on the oversight and judiciary committees to demand documents about how the decision was made. Trump also raised eyebrows during last month's G7 meeting by suggesting the 2020 event should be hosted at his golf resort in Miami, and internal Defense Department documents obtained by CNN show that department personnel have charged more than $300,000 at Trump-branded properties since the start of Trump's presidency through last November.

I'm sure its just a massive coincidence that European military operations have been restructured to divert a wild increase in traffic to Trump business interests. Possibly the oddest among these decisions was to have VP Pence stay in Doonbeg rather than in Dublin when all of his business was in Dublin - commuting coast-to-coast during his stay, at the expense of the taxpayer.

It's a wonder Trump doesn't want his tax returns released, I suppose it would show with some precision how much he has profiteered off his role in government.

notobtuse

An Air Force spokesperson said a crew's stay at a Trump resort in Scotland during a refueling stop on its way to Kuwait was "not unusual."

"As our air crews serve on these international airlift missions, they follow strict guidelines on contracting for hotel accommodations and all expenditures of taxpayer dollars," Air Force Brig. Gen. Ed Thomas said in a statement to CNN.

The Air Force said it was reviewing trip records, adding that the Trump resort was less expensive than a nearby Marriott.

"In this case, they made reservations through the Defense Travel System and used the closest available and least expensive accommodations to the airfield within the crews' allowable hotel rates. While we are still reviewing the trip records, we have found nothing that falls outside the guidelines associated with selecting stopover airports on travel routes and hotel accommodations for crew rest," Thomas added.

Much ado about Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Quantum Erasure

a flight directive issued to mobility crews in June 2017 which it said was "designed to increase efficiencies by standardizing routing locations, with Prestwick being among the top five locations recommended for reasons such as more favorable weather than nearby Shannon Airport"

get american troops out of Shannon...

Pence's grandparents were from Doonbeg, I'd say that was his personal choice

TheIrishGrover

USAF probes trump??????



Hope they use the biggest drone they got!

James Brown

notobtuse wrote: »

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Much ado about Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Do you guys come up with little terms for anything you want to dismiss? It's so see through. It might have worked if you'd stuck with snowflake and the like but you'll soon need a dictionary for all the terms created to dismiss all the negative issues surrounding Trump.

Overheal

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Do you guys come up with little terms for anything you want to dismiss? It's so see through. It might have worked if you'd stuck with snowflake and the like but you'll soon need a dictionary for all the terms created to dismiss all the negative issues surrounding Trump.

Well before that it was Bush Derangement Syndrome and even Palin Derangement Syndrome. Quite dull

nullzero

Overheal wrote: »

Well before that it was Bush Derangement Syndrome and even Palin Derangement Syndrome. Quite dull

The problem with all the "right on" anti trump stuff is that it's peddled by people who think Obama was some kind of Saint because of the pigment of his skin.

If someone is the president of the United States of America then you can be assured they are corrupt and have all kinds of horrific skeletons in their closet, regardless of whether they're Republicans or Democrats.

If you want something rational to bash Trump about then his support for Israel's increasing dehumanisation of Palestinians and the ongoing encroachment into what remains of Palestine would be a logical place to start. All American presidents are crooked, even the ones who people don't want to believe could be crooked, it's not exactly a revelation.

notobtuse

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Do you guys come up with little terms for anything you want to dismiss? It's so see through. It might have worked if you'd stuck with snowflake and the like but you'll soon need a dictionary for all the terms created to dismiss all the negative issues surrounding Trump.

The first step towards recovery is realizing you have a problem.

James Brown

nullzero wrote: »

The problem with all the "right on" anti trump stuff is that it's peddled by people who think Obama was some kind of Saint because of the pigment of his skin.

If someone is the president of the United States of America then you can be assured they are corrupt and have all kinds of horrific skeletons in their closet, regardless of whether they're Republicans or Democrats.

If you want something rational to bash Trump about then his support for Israel's increasing dehumanisation of Palestinians and the ongoing encroachment into what remains of Palestine would be a logical place to start. All American presidents are crooked, even the ones who people don't want to believe could be crooked, it's not exactly a revelation.

No it's not, that's more ****e.
Why the need to make comparisons anyway? Trump the human space hopper is big, bald and orange enough to stand for his own actions.

Overheal

nullzero wrote: »

The problem with all the "right on" anti trump stuff is that it's peddled by people who think Obama was some kind of Saint because of the pigment of his skin.

I don't agree with this characterization whatsoever.

BDI

Matt Barrett wrote: »

No it's not, that's more ****e.
Why the need to make comparisons anyway? Trump the human space hopper is big, bald and orange enough to stand for his own actions.

Ah revert to name calling good man

James Brown

BDI wrote: »

Ah revert to name calling good man

I was referring to the skin pigment comment

BDI

Matt Barrett wrote: »

I was referring to the skin pigment comment

He did America a deal with a cheaper room than was available when he seen other hotels trying to milk Uncle Sam.

True patriot.

Clinton would have charged top dollar and ran an oil pipeline through it.

notobtuse

Sharpiegate, AirForcegate… Whatevergate. Desperate ploys from the Left and Democrats who realize they won’t be able to beat Trump in 2020 running on their own merits.

I hearing the Left and Democrats have recently found religion… praying for a recession.