Air Force crews stayed at Trump's Turnberry resort for days at a time, and were given "PRIDE PINS."

[Miles Archer]

Air Force crews stayed at Trump’s Turnberry resort for days at a time



https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/trump-scotland-turnberry-1499298

TURNBERRY, Scotland— Air Force officers who have earned medals for their tours of duty can pick up some more brass with a short pit stop in Southwest Scotland.

As part of its relationship with the Air Force, the Trump Turnberry resort occasionally gifts high-ranking officers a version of its “Pride Pin,” a lapel pin featuring the property’s iconic lighthouse — an honor reserved for VIPs — upon their arrival, according a resort staffer familiar with the practice.

Rank-and-file members can expect a more basic welcome package in their rooms, featuring goodies like Scottish shortbread.

A five-day visit to Turnberry and the surrounding region revealed that the regular visits from Air Force crews on layovers from Prestwick Airport have become a major facet of the life of the resort. It also revealed that, rather than being restricted to single-night refueling stops, some visits last multiple nights, expanding the known dimensions of the relationship between the president’s luxury resort and the U.S. military.

[lapfog_1]

1. Scottish shortbread?

how about some Haggis



and for an American finish... Rocky Mountain Oysters...

[DetlefK]

2. This begs the question: Who in the Pentagon greenlighted that the government would pay for that?

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. This is getting worse every day.

There is no grift too low for these scumbags.

[exboyfil]

5. You mean it wasn't comped

by the Commander in Chief?

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Did we ever find out how the Air Force managed to fly nuclear missles

to some unknown destination during the Cheney-Bush years?

Time to realize that there is a lot of backdoor hanky-panky going on behind the scenes whenever we have Republican presidents.

[klook]

4. Pride pins? Like these??

Cool!

[imaginary girl]

6. Kompromat?

Could it be they are using the long stays as an opportunity to collect kompromat? I wouldn't be surprised...

[Grasswire2]

7. new story today says that groups of Saudis have also frequented the resort. nt

[Miles Archer]

10. Yes, it's from the same Politico article, I just posted it as a separate thread in GD...

Occasionally, Air Force members in civilian clothes venture into the nearby countryside to visit Culzean Castle, where Dwight Eisenhower was once given permanent use of an apartment, or to eat Indian food in the nearby town of Girvan.

They are not the resort's only conspicuous guests. Earlier this summer, according to a staffer, a group of Saudi royals stayed at the resort for about a week at the tail end of extended travel, bringing a party of 25 people and more than a hundred pieces of luggage.

Despite the controversy around the stays, and Trump’s generally strained relationship with the country, locals near both Prestwick and Turnberry mostly expressed gratitude for the jobs and investment he has brought to the region.

Though Trump has put his ownership interest in the Trump Organization into a trust, which is managed by his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, the president can withdraw money from it any time.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/trump-scotland-turnberry-1499298

[lame54]

9. Equivalent to plastic fire hats handed out at field trips to the fire dept.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. And people wonder why military expenditures are draining the Treasury. . . . nt

[Scarsdale]

12. Time is long overdue

for audits of ALL military budgets. Those $350 hammers should have been a wake up call years ago. It has steadily gotten worse. Now taxpayers are paying for military members to stay at his resorts? Of course this is all O.K. with the gop.

[rockfordfile]

14. I agree

[yaesu]

13. they were probably thinking, damn, glad I voted for tRump. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Another crime right out in the open for all to see.

But, it looks like we're just going to wait it out and hope that Trump doesn't get reelected.

[Miles Archer]

16. I'm not seeing any other options...

...we're about a month and a half away from November. Consider how fast the year to 2020 will pass, and the pace of what's happened so far. Trump has stonewalled every inch of the way. I see no other scenario except this falling into the hands of voters. That's his ticket out, not oversight or hearings or impeachment. And then, he'll be "private citizen Trump," and it will be the SDNY's turn at bat.