Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort

[rightwinger]

Accountability

If Trump was not hiding everything there would be no need

Trump isn't going to bend over for your Fascist inquisition.

You lose again.

So you believe him to be above the law?

 

[rightwinger]

There is no end to Trump's grifting!

Donating his $400 000.00 salary every year is kinda strange for a grifter.

That's over $1,000,000.00 at this point.

If you thought more, and hated less you'd make a complete fool of yourself less often.

He signed a tax cut that saved his family a billion dollars
His salary is irrelevant

 

[dblack]

The Trump resort was the backup plan. Donnie had originally arranged for them to spend some time on Epstein's Fantasy Island, but that fell through.

 

[MAGAman]

So you believe him to be above the law?

Fascism isn't the law.

The Constitution, including The Bill of Rights, is the law.

Do you think Nadler is above the law?

 

[MAGAman]

He signed a tax cut that saved his family a billion dollars
His salary is irrelevant

You're long on hate, but short on proof.

Yes, it's true that Americans, are better off because of tax cuts.

Woopty do.

 

[skye]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 12h12 hours ago

I know nothing about an Air Force plane landing at an airport (which I do not own and have nothing to do with) near Turnberry Resort (which I do own) in Scotland, and filling up with fuel, with the crew staying overnight at Turnberry (they have good taste!). NOTHING TO DO WITH ME

 

[skye]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

 

[Lesh]

So you believe him to be above the law?

Fascism isn't the law.

The Constitution, including The Bill of Rights, is the law.

Do you think Nadler is above the law?

What law is Nadler breaking?

 

[Lakhota]

Rachel Maddow just reported that The Scotsman and The Guardian have reported that Trump and the little airport next to his resort had an OFFICIAL agreement for the U.S. military to buy fuel at COMMERCIAL rates. Apparently this has been going on for a while. Holy shit.

 

[edward37]

I KNOW NOTHING
“I know nothing about an Air Force plane landing at an airport (which I do not own and have nothing to do with) near Turnberry Resort (which I do own) in Scotland, and filling up with fuel, with the crew staying overnight at Turnberry (they have good taste!),” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.”

But documents obtained from Scottish government agencies show that the Trump Organization, and Mr. Trump himself, played a direct role in setting up an arrangement between the Turnberry resort and officials at Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

The government records, released through Scottish Freedom of Information law, show that the Trump organization, starting in 2014, entered a partnership with the airport to try to increase private and commercial air traffic to the region.

As part of that arrangement, the Trump Organization worked to get Trump Turnberry added to a list of hotels that the airport would routinely send aircrews to, even though the Turnberry resort is 20 miles from the airport, farther away than many other hotels, and has higher advertised prices.

Trump Organization executives held a series of meetings with the airport officials to negotiate terms that would lead to more referrals, the documents show.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

Too bad it is losing money faster than a Trump casino

 

[edward37]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

Too bad it is losing money faster than a Trump casino

Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort

 

[skye]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

Too bad it is losing money faster than a Trump casino

The place is glorious! the beauty is almost unbelievable.

That is there to stay! Love it!

 

[Lakhota]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

Too bad it is losing money faster than a Trump casino

The place is glorious! the beauty is almost unbelievable.

That is there to stay! Love it!

What does that have to do with the thread topic of fleecing taxpayers to enrich himself?

 

[skye]

Absolutely gorgeous! the beauty of President Trump's resort in Scotland is totally amazing too, like the place in Ireland. OMG!

Too bad it is losing money faster than a Trump casino

The place is glorious! the beauty is almost unbelievable.

That is there to stay! Love it!

What the hell does that have to do with the thread topic?

Scottish Resort??

when where who when LOL

you leftists are beyond all hope

 

[easyt65]

Now the layover is part of a broader House inquiry into military spending at and around the Trump property.

In early Spring of this year, an Air National Guard crew made a routine trip from the U.S. to Kuwait to deliver supplies.

What wasn’t routine was where the crew stopped along the way: President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort, about 50 miles outside Glasgow, Scotland.

Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating why the crew on the C-17 military transport plane made the unusual stay — both en route to the Middle East and on the way back — at the luxury waterside resort, according to several people familiar with the incident. But they have yet to receive any answers from the Pentagon.

The inquiry is part of a broader, previously unreported probe into U.S. military expenditures at and around the Trump property in Scotland. According to a letter the panel sent to the Pentagon in June, 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 letter also cites a Guardian report that the airport provided cut-rate rooms and free rounds of golf at Turnberry for U.S. military members.

Taken together, 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.

“The Defense Department has not produced a single document in this investigation,” said a senior Democratic aide on the oversight panel. “The committee will be forced to consider alternative steps if the Pentagon does not begin complying voluntarily in the coming days.”

The Pentagon, Air Force and White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

More: Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort

Wow, this is very strange. It's also somewhat alarming that the Air Force and Pentagon are not responding to congressional inquires. Has Trump co-opted our military?

So what, snowflake?

Did you shed a tear years ago when a combat veteran C-130 team / flight went down after being ordered to pick up Bill Clinton's CAMPING crap from Arkansas and fly it out to a mountain location for a Clinton family faux elite 'camping trio's?

What a great use if tax payer dollars and loss of American military hero life...

 

[MAGAman]

What law is Nadler breaking?

1. Trump broke no law

2. The 4th Amendment. Being a Butthurt partisan hack does not entitle Nadler to stick his jowls into other peoples private business

Totalitarians investigate political enemies looking for possible crimes but mostly dirt to use for political purposes.

Honorable Americans investigate crimes looking for the perpetrators.

 

[deanrd]

Republicans have become the party of
criminals,
graft,
lying,
Unprotected adulterous sex,
pedophiles,
hate
Racism
Misogyny
And worse.

Most Republicans don’t even bother arguing about it anymore. They just say “so what“.

 

[Lakhota]

Air Crews Spent Hundreds Of Nights At Trump Resort, Other Hotels Near Turnberry

The small Scottish airport with a hefty U.S. Defense Department contract near Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort has “routinely” arranged hundreds of nights of lodging for military aircrews on refueling layovers at the president’s property and at other area hotels, a spokesperson told The Scotsman newspaper.

The U.S. contract with the remote airport just 23 miles from Trump’s club is under investigation by a House committee — as are stays at the resort by U.S. military personnel. The Air Force has also launched a probe into how the Turnberry accommodations were chosen.

Staff at the Glasgow Prestwick Airport reserved 208 nights for U.S. aircrews last year, up from 116 the previous year, during refueling layovers, the airport told The Scotsman. The number of overnight stays the first eight months of this year is already at 220, the newspaper reported.

Such an intentional arrangement to boost the president’s personal income could be a violation of anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution. The Defense Department has so far refused to turn over documents requested by the House committee in a June letter that was first obtained by Politico.

Prestwick’s contract with the Defense Department could reap as much as $21 million for the airport when it expires this month, according to The Scotsman. The newspaper said a new contract to take effect in October will be for even more fuel and will extend to 2024.

Scottish Airport Booked Hundreds Of Nights For U.S. Crews At Trump Club, Other Hotels: Report

Glasgow Prestwick Airport "routinely" arranges lodging for American air crews during layovers, a spokesperson said.

Wow, there is no end to Trump's grifting.

 

[FA_Q2]

Rachel Maddow just reported that The Scotsman and The Guardian have reported that Trump and the little airport next to his resort had an OFFICIAL agreement for the U.S. military to buy fuel at COMMERCIAL rates. Apparently this has been going on for a while. Holy shit.

We told you that a dozen pages ago... Gator looked it up. Maddow is behind.

The deal is not only normal, it has been that way since BEFORE Trump.


Not that you give a rats ass about facts.