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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsa taxpayer funded pub crawl... check
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Donald Trump jr & brother Eric receive a warm reception as they arrive at Morrisseys pub, the first of four bars on a pub crawl of Doonbeg, buying drinks and thanking locals for their support of the familys golf resort - via @IrishTimes IrishTimes #TrumpVisit #TrumpInIreland
5 pubs in an hour.
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So I got to ask @EricTrump a question as the Trumps did a pub crawl thru Doonbeg - is his trip a good use of US taxpayer money? Were just trying to have a good time the answer, poses for selfies, refuses to answer further & ducks into Madigans pub surrounded by fans &security
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a taxpayer funded pub crawl... check (Original Post)
deminks
Jun 2019
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Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)1. The US Treasury department really
should be reimbursed for the travel, hotels and transport of these free loaders. Grifters to the core, as useless as their lazy orange daddy.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)2. I think that answer is the answer
Is this pub crawl a good use of taxpayer money?
"We're just trying to have a good time"
Interpretation..."No, no it isn't. Fuck you all anyway"
Maeve
(42,282 posts)3. And the locals thanked them with traditional toasts
Such as "Pog mo thoin!" and "Is amadain iad, gan amhras"
(for those without the Irish, that's "Kiss my....shamrock" and "They are (intrinsically) fools, without a doubt" )
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. The Trumps bought rounds for the locals?
That would be news. Somehow, though, I suspect payment for those rounds will ultimately be made by the American taxpayers.