by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump's groveling before Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was not the only outrage perpetrated on America during last week's overseas jaunt. If fact, it was a week awash in moral outrages. One of the most cynical Trump maneuvers on the trip was getting the U.S. government to pay for him to stay at one of his own resorts.
Trump purchased the Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland a few years back for a pricey $205 million (including the cost of renovations). The resort, like many Trump business ventures, has been a consistent money loser. But now, thanks to The Donald's status as a world leader with an unlimited checkbook, that may be on the verge of changing.
Trump and his entourage, which included Eric, one of his two dim-witted adult sons, stayed at Turnberry for two nights and charged Americanchumps taxpayers a modest $68,800 for their mini-vacation. The funds came out of the State Department's budget. When news of this targeted robbery broke - in the Scottish press - Eric was trotted out to try and contain and control the damage. Eric argued that the story was "fake" because the Trump's have a heretofore unannounced policy of never profiting off of their own properties while on government business.
At that point some American journalists jumped in wanting to know why that policy had never been publicized before - and seeking to see the resort's books to back up Eric's convenient claim. Journalists, of course, stand about as much chance of seeing any of Trump's business ledgers as American citizen's have of seeing any of his tax returns.
But that's what Eric said. Poor us, we didn't make a damned dime off of our two-day holiday.
Even if it was true that the Trump's business did not profit from his stay there, the golf resort still received an untold amount of free publicity off of the presidential visit - and that free publicity is all profit. First and foremost, the Trump family takes care of itself - much like Don Corleone did with his relatives!
While the Trumps wine and dine and golf, good Americans, the ones who actually do pay taxes, bend over and pay the bills. No wonder Trump was in such a relaxed mood by the time he got to Helsinki!
(Here's a free suggestion for Theresa May from Pa Rock: Nationalize Turnberry and turn it into a public housing estate. At least then it would benefit real people. And who knows, the Queen herself might show up for the ribbon-cutting - wearing the Obama broach!)
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump's groveling before Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was not the only outrage perpetrated on America during last week's overseas jaunt. If fact, it was a week awash in moral outrages. One of the most cynical Trump maneuvers on the trip was getting the U.S. government to pay for him to stay at one of his own resorts.
Trump purchased the Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland a few years back for a pricey $205 million (including the cost of renovations). The resort, like many Trump business ventures, has been a consistent money loser. But now, thanks to The Donald's status as a world leader with an unlimited checkbook, that may be on the verge of changing.
Trump and his entourage, which included Eric, one of his two dim-witted adult sons, stayed at Turnberry for two nights and charged American
At that point some American journalists jumped in wanting to know why that policy had never been publicized before - and seeking to see the resort's books to back up Eric's convenient claim. Journalists, of course, stand about as much chance of seeing any of Trump's business ledgers as American citizen's have of seeing any of his tax returns.
But that's what Eric said. Poor us, we didn't make a damned dime off of our two-day holiday.
Even if it was true that the Trump's business did not profit from his stay there, the golf resort still received an untold amount of free publicity off of the presidential visit - and that free publicity is all profit. First and foremost, the Trump family takes care of itself - much like Don Corleone did with his relatives!
While the Trumps wine and dine and golf, good Americans, the ones who actually do pay taxes, bend over and pay the bills. No wonder Trump was in such a relaxed mood by the time he got to Helsinki!
(Here's a free suggestion for Theresa May from Pa Rock: Nationalize Turnberry and turn it into a public housing estate. At least then it would benefit real people. And who knows, the Queen herself might show up for the ribbon-cutting - wearing the Obama broach!)
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