Air Force just threw Donald Trump under the bus

[Demovictory9]

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/air-force-just-threw-donald-trump-under-the-bus/20674/

Mike Pence’s decision to stay at a Trump resort on the taxpayer dime has set off a chain of events, making it possible for the media to expose that the Air Force has been pumping money into a Trump-owned property as well. Now things have escalated, prompting the Air Force to throw Trump under the bus.


Earlier this weekend it was reported that Air Force crew members stopped at Donald Trump’s Turnberry property in Scotland for what couldn’t possibly have been above-board reasons. This led the House Oversight Committee to immediately launch an investigation into why the U.S. military was improperly lining Trump’s pockets.

In response, the Air Force has confirmed to Politico that seven Air Force crew members did indeed stay at Turnberry in March of this year. It’s not difficult to figure out why the Air Force is throwing Trump under the bus so quickly. Whatever he did as Commander-in-Chief to coerce Air Force personnel into spending money at his resort, he’s sullied the reputation of the United States military in the process.

Donald Trump will no doubt attempt to interfere with any Air Force effort to formally cooperate with the House Oversight Committee probe. But by publicly confirming that the incident did indeed happen, the Air Force is signaling to Congress that it’s eager to provide information about this Trump scandal by any unofficial means possible.

[lunatica]

1. I hope they really do throw him under the bus.

[dchill]

2. And I hope they really are eager to do it!

[warmfeet]

37. Oh yes.

This is one life that takes many more lives. Buses can be very useful, when saving lives.

[Grokenstein]

39. C'mon, now...

...it's the USAF!
Much more fun to throw him into a running jet turbine engine!!

[oswaldactedalone]

3. And I hope they back up the bus and run it over

his sorry ass. F U Dump and your rethuglican enablers.

[SergeStorms]

13. Run over him...

again, and again, and again. Just to be sure the job is done correctly, you know?

[ut oh]

30. Double Tap

Double Tap....

[SWBTATTReg]

28. Yes, indeed. Dump his a&& and then let justice take over in 2020 when democrats finally...

gain control of government, and see that justice is served, per Mueller's report (he would have charged rump w/ crime(s) if he were not the president).

[captain queeg]

4. Easy to back track who signed off on these illegle expenses

Some officers name will be on it. Then hold them accountable till they say who directed them to do so.

[triron]

5. yep.

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[Brother Buzz]

6. This is the Palmer Report so go slow with it

He's got his facts correct, but his analysis and conclusions are often half a bubble off.

[GP6971]

7. Very true.

I didn't see any references cited.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. I'd rather they threw him out of an F-16 from the stratosphere. nt

[Brother Buzz]

9. I'd settle for launching him on a Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System off an aircraft carrier

[Pluvious]

24. Isn't that the system Ensign Bonespurs has decreed be reengineered back to steam powered ?

I can't make this stuff up

[Brother Buzz]

25. Yes, and that's why it would be a nice dish of poetic justice

But at the end of the day, I'd be fine if either system launched him

[gordianot]

10. My first thought at these stories someone squealed to Congress this story will grow.

Give it time the cards are in play and we have not seen them all. It is still early in the news cycle. The massacre if it is coming will be broadcast on Twitter.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Air crew tweeted to family/friends that they couldn't afford expenses at 45's hotel ...

... because of their limited allotment of travel funds.

So yeah, word gets out, usually from the lowest ranks involved.

[milestogo]

11. Air Force One should throw him under the plane

figuratively speaking, of course.

[EveHammond13]

12. In its response a Brigadier General called the crew's actions "normal"

[SCVDem]

15. How many stops

are we talking about? Just the one time?

The story was that this was a regular ongoing thing.

Did I misunderstand?

[70sEraVet]

40. Sounds pretty ongoing, if not 'regular'

Don't know yet how many times troops stayed at the Scottish Golf resort, but "The US military has stopped at Prestwick Airport 629 times since October 2017" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7438631/Military-spent-11m-refueling-airport-near-Trumps-golf-resort-troops-stayed-overnight.html
Sounds pretty ongoing, if not 'regular'.

[eggplant]

41. That's pretty much daily. n/t

[czarjak]

16. They were for him...

Before they were against him?

[uponit7771]

18. K&R, all the cameras watching these 7 airmen will all go out all at the same time in the near future

[MarkmBha1]

19. Astounding.

Astounding corruption infiltrates all aspects of government.
It is time for a new political system.

[lanlady]

20. Wondering if they airmen had to pay the difference in hotel rate

Maximum hotel reimbursement rate for official USG travel in the Glasgow area is $160/night. Assuming that a night's stay at the Trump property is at least $300, that's $140 that each airman would be out of pocket. No wonder someone squealed to Congress! Dear Leader just picked their pockets.

[hack89]

23. It doesn't work that way

There is what they call the 300% rule that covers situations where per diet doesn’t cover the room rate. The military member is not expected to cover the difference if they are not given a choice.

[avebury]

31. A GSA rate is set for lodging and per diem.

If you exceed that, you are supposed to be responsible for the difference. I work for a state agency and we have to follow the GSA rates. If you attend a conference you can stay at a designated hotel at no extra cost. There is no way this Scotland stop should qualify for any exception to the GSA rates. This should also apply to Pence's trip and all the SS costs when they go to a Trump property.

[kentuck]

21. It's "his" military...he can do what he wants...

Just ask him.

They should summon these military leaders up to Capitol Hill immediately and get the facts. Everything he touches dies....or is corrupted. Now it appears it is the US military.

[lanlady]

22. I don't agree with Palmer Report's conclusion--

--that USAF threw Trump under the bus. DOD will find plenty of Trump flunkies to spin, obfuscate, obstruct, and cover up. The seven airmen will be pressured into keeping their mouths shut or else... career-ending consequences will ensue.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. No, it didn't. It just issued a statement to the effect

that the stopover was within acceptable parameters (just heard on MSNBC). The Palmer Report is a liberal version of Breitbart and is not a reliable news source.

Here's the statement: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2019/09/08/air-force-disputes-report-that-trumps-scottish-resort-was-favored-as-overnight-stop-for-alaska-based-crew/

[Thomas Hurt]

27. Some christofascist in the ranks of the USAF will fall on their sword for Dear Leader Sharpie

It will be: "I ordered them to do it, no one at the WH knew anything about it."

[Mustellus]

29. Air Force personnel get a fixed per diem.....

.. according to country and area. Trump's bedbugs would charge a huge amount more. The service member is expected to swallow the difference, as an incentive to not spend more of Uncle Sam's money than necessary.

The contracting officers might hide the fuel costs at the airport, but a few extra hundreds or a thousand out of the pocket of some Lt or E5 is gonna hurt a lot.

Someone blew the whistle to Polico to reveal what was going on. Betcha it was someone who cant spend like a billionaire.

[Vinca]

32. I just looked it up on one of the travel sites and the cheapest rate is $254 a night.

That may be an off season rate - I'm not up on prime golfing times in Scotland.

[Autumn]

33. No they didn't throw him under the bus. They admitted it happened and odds are

it will happen again and no one will complain. Tight on time. Air Force says nothing unusual.

The crew of a US Air Force C-17 stayed at President Donald Trump's golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, during a March refueling stop en route to Kuwait, the Air Force acknowledged, again raising ethics questions about government use of the President's private entities.

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. "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."

The Air Force said the crew on the March 13 consisted of seven active duty and National Guard crew members, adding that although they stayed at Turnberry en route to Kuwait, "it doesn't appear" they did so on the trip back to the US.
The Air Force said the Turnberry resort was less expensive than a nearby Marriott and that both were under the per diem rate of $166. The Air Force also said it schedules stopovers based on such factors as leg distance and contract fuel availability.

Crews use a commercial airport -- Prestwick in Glasgow -- when they stop for refueling in Scotland.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/politics/air-force-donald-trump-turnberry/index.html

They stay there all the time, I'm sure

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[BigmanPigman]

34. Too bad otters don't have the guts to do that.

Hello NOAA! Yes, I am speaking about YOU!

[trof]

35. What bus? I didn't see a bus.

[IronLionZion]

36. The big blue bus is coming for him November 2020

along with a big blue wave

[real Cannabis calm]

38. K&R