Regarding Pence staying at Trump's hotel. Pence was always going to visit Doonbeg since his relations live there, and the Trump hotel is the only place they could really stay. More interesting is that Pence stayed at the Doonbeg hotel back in 2013, when it was losing money and the owners were looking to sell it. Its in the middle of nowhere, but only 1 hour from an international airport, that is only 5 hours from the US east coast. The hotel was €80 million in debt, but somehow Trump bought it in 2014 for a knock down price with the debt cancelled. Did Pence get the VP position for recommending a good golf hotel deal to Trump?
Where's the lie in that Tweet? He's busy AF, of course he knew nothing about a routine flight refueling there, or the crew staying at his resort.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/trump-hotel-turnberry.html “As a list of hotels that we use for our business, being honest, Turnberry was always last on the list, based on price,” Jules Matteoni, a manager at Glasgow Prestwick, wrote in June 2015 to executives at Trump Turnberry. “Yesterday’s proposal places Turnberry in a favorable position and gives us food for thought in our placement of crews moving forward.” Mr. Trump visited Glasgow Prestwick in 2014 and promised to help increase traffic at the airport, although at the time he was largely referring to plans to drive corporate jets there and attract other commercial traffic perhaps carrying golfers on the way to his resort. “A local agent on contract with the U.S. government assisted with the reservations and indicated that there wasn’t a room available closer to Prestwick airport,” the Air Force said in a statement. A Defense Department official added on Monday that “yes — the Air Force relies on a contracted representative at the Prestwick airport to support our aircrew needs.” The number of such stops by Air Force planes at Prestwick rose from 180 in 2017 to 257 last year and 259 so far this year. The 259 stops this year included 220 overnight stays. Since October 2017, records show 917 payments for expenses including fuel at the airport worth a total of $17.2 million. (5 million at Trump properties).---an upsurge from 119,000$ spent in the 4 yrs at the same destination under Obama https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/08/trump-resort-air-force-probe-1485447 Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays Stopovers at Scotland airport have tripled since 2015 and overnight stays in the area are up five-fold. The Air Force did not immediately respond to questions about that September stay, but Air Force Brig. Gen. Ed Thomas, the chief spokesman, told POLITICO in a statement that “initial reviews indicate that aircrew transiting through Scotland adhered to all guidance and procedures." He acknowledged, however, that U.S. service members “lodging at higher-end accommodations, even if within government rates, might be allowable but not advisable. Therefore, we are reviewing all associated guidance." He added: “Even when USAF aircrews follow all directives and guidance, we must still be considerate of perceptions of not being good stewards of taxpayer funds that might be created through the appearance of aircrew staying at such locations." The frequency of the stops and overnight stays has increased steadily each year, from 95 stops and 40 overnights in 2015; 145 and 75 in 2016; 180 and 116 in 2017; 257 and 208 in 2018; and 259 stops and 220 overnights through August 2019.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...urce=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf A Trump hotel mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms The House is investigating whether groups tried to curry favor with Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never using them. House investigators are looking into an allegation that groups — including at least one foreign government — tried to ingratiate themselves to President Donald Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never staying in them. It’s a previously unreported part of a broad examination by the House Oversight Committee, included in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, into whether Trump broke the law by accepting money from U.S. or foreign governments at his properties. “Now we’re looking at near raw bribery,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), a House Oversight Committee member who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over Trump’s hotel in Washington. “That was the risk from Day One: foreign governments and others trying to seek favor because we know Trump pays attention to this. ... It’s an obvious attempt to curry favor with him.” The investigation began after the committee received information that two entities — a trade association and a foreign government — booked a large quantity of rooms but used only a fraction of them, according to a person familiar with the allegation who isn't authorized to speak for the committee. The emoluments clause of the Constitution forbids a president from profiting from foreign governments or receiving any money from the U.S. government except his or her annual salary. Rep. Ro Khanna, (D-Calif.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, said if Trump or his staff solicited the hotel reservations, they could have broken the law. But even if they didn’t, it’s still a problem. “If true, at minimum, this suggests there is a culture of corruption that the administration has created,” Khanna said. “There’s a sense that to curry favor you have to engage in pay to play. That’s exactly what the American people hate about Washington.” Connolly confirmed that committee staff is investigating but said he didn’t have the details of the allegations. The committee, the White House and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. Trump has repeatedly denied that he is using the presidency to promote his resorts. “I have a lot of hotels all over the place, and people, they use them because they’re the best,” he told reporters last month. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed six committees, including Oversight, to continue their investigations as part of the impeachment inquiry and then send relevant cases to the Judiciary Committee. Pelosi is considering narrowing the House inquiry to Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but one lawmaker told POLITICO that even if that happens, she might allow a couple other issues to be included. Those could include accusations of both Trump illegally making money off his presidency and obstructing justice during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Trump associates colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has admitted he asked Zelensky to look into whether former Vice President Joe Biden pressured Ukrainian officials to fire a prosecutor to quash a probe of a company on whose board Biden's son served, but he insisted there was nothing wrong with what he did. “The unifying theme of congressional investigations is examining the president’s abuse of his office and his power to advance his personal political agenda and his goal of financial self-enrichment,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the House Oversight Committee. Trump has faced criticism for not fully separating himself from his eponymous company after he was sworn into office. The president still owns his business but has placed his holdings in a trust designed to hold assets for his benefit. He can receive money from the trust at any time without the public’s knowledge. Last month, the Oversight and Judiciary committees released letters they sent to the administration and Trump’s company demanding details about both the president’s call to host a G-7 summit at one of his Florida resorts and Vice President Mike Pence’s recent stay at a Trump resort in Ireland. But, according to people familiar with the congressional investigation, Oversight’s inquiry goes beyond those two recent instances and into a broader look at other spending at Trump properties that could lead to conflicts of interest, a waste of U.S. taxpayer money and violations of the Constitution. “Potential violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution are of grave concern to the Committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment,” wrote Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.). Trump frequently visits his properties — primarily in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia — and has traveled to them more than 300 times since he was sworn into office, according to a compilation of information released by the White House. In 2017, he and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a top presidential adviser, even made a brief unannounced stop at the Trump International Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, to thank employees for their work. Trump's trips — and the regular visits by Pence and Trump’s adult children — have led the Secret Service and other federal agencies to spend money at his properties. The Air Force acknowledged in September it has housed crews at Trump Turnberry in Scotland up to 40 times since 2015, and it's undertaking a broader review after POLITICO first reported the stays. No entity tracks how much the administration is spending at Trump properties, but it’s likely well into the millions of dollars. Some federal agencies, including the Secret Service and the Air Force, have disclosed some documents in response to public records requests. Public Citizen, a watchdog group, compiled a list of federal agencies, including the National Security Council and the General Services Administration, that spent money at Trump properties in 2018. By that time, the Secret Service had already spent $64,090 at Trump businesses since 2015. Trump already faces lawsuits alleging he violated the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign officials at his resorts and hotels. His company donated nearly $200,000 to the U.S. Treasury in February that it said came from profits from foreign governments, but watchdog groups say the amount should higher. Revenue increased at many of the resorts Trump visited in 2018, including the Trump International Hotel in Washington, which has become a top destination for Republicans, according to Trump’s most recent personal financial disclosure forms. That comes even as Trump’s overall income dipped slightly from $450 million in 2017 to $434 million in 2018. Several House committees have pushed Trump to release his tax returns to learn more about his businesses, but he has refused to do so. The Trump Organization, which comprises more than 500 businesses, is not required to publicly release financial information
"The president still owns his business but has placed his holdings in a trust designed to hold assets for his benefit." Case closed. "He can receive money from the trust at any time without the public’s knowledge." Oops, wait a sec...
pass the buck Donnie. Now, I'm not faulting Donald for exerting war time powers and granting companies the go ahead to build ventilators. I'm criticizing how he's setting them up to be at fault for not delivering enough of them "go for it, let's see how good you are".
That's all projection on your part. Your mind is just a robo-machine that turns out ways to find fault with Trump rather than solve problems so you assume others are like that. Quite a few people are giving credit and stand ready to give credit to anyone of any stripe who can help. Because your mind dwells in the lower realms of consciousness, you will never be among them. Best thing to do in any crisis is to identify your ilk and keep them away from those who are trying to help. Not only are they worthless but they demoralize and take energy from those who are helping. Do the country a favor and go away for six months or so. You are not needed. Praying for dead Americans is your only area of focus. Not needed. Put your dress on and get in the lifeboats with Peizoe.