a fan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:25 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:25 amThe Air Force confirmed that seven crew members stayed at Turnberry en route to Kuwait, but said “it did not appear” that they stayed at the hotel on the way back. There are more than two dozen hotels in and around Prestwick, but the Air Force said Trump Turnberry was the cheapest option available at the time and below the per diem allowance. POLITICO could not independently verify the room rates cited by the Air Force.
Dude. Just stop. Federal employees can't stay at a hotel owned by Trump, and line Trump's pockets with taxpayer money. Period.
Stop trolling. We're supposed to believe a man who spent his life following a strict ethical code "doesn't understand the problem here"??? Please.
Just stop. Find some other stupid thing he's done to defend. There's plenty to choose from, believe you me.
I can't believe you are so obtuse as to not see this story for what it is. I have shown you documentation that the USAF is shifting their refueling stopover point on northern trans-Atlantic flights from RAF Mildenhall (where we are downsizing) to Prestwick. There was already a story in a UK tabloid about the airport operators using Turnberry for aircrew berthing.
Nasty Natasha ginned up a hit piece, based on the grumblings of some unnamed disgruntled aircrew member who probably wanted to stay someplace where he could pub crawl rather than golf, like his aircraft commander wanted to, OR as the USAF spokesman said, Turnberry was the best deal they could get, possibly on short notice.
All the other gratuitous details about other airports where the aircraft could refuel were chaff. There are obvious reasons why the mission was routed on a northern route via the UK (going between AK - Kuwait), rather than a southern route via all the other potential stopover airports listed. Nasty Natasha threw out a bunch of misleading detail which appear relevant to readers unfamiliar with the actual operational considerations.
The USAF already provided all the necessary answers in the Guardian article. With RAF Mildenhall downsizing, then closing, the USAF needs Prestwick as a northern route stopover refueling airport & is beginning to route more flights through there. The Prestwick airport operators got a deal for cut rate lodging & comp golf for transiting aircrews. Nasty Natasha's thrust was that the USAF is using Prestwick, just so aircrews can keep Trump's Turnberry in business, which is nuts, but since it slimes Trump, the TDS zombies follow the noise.