Newly confirmed Marine Commandant says Mar-A-No-Go to Mar-A-Lago

[Baked Potato]

A big OO RAH ! to General Berger!

He doesn’t like the “optics” of having the Marine Corps Ball at Trump’s Florida spread.

NEWSWEEK

MARINE COMMANDANT ANGRY WITH FLORIDA UNIT FOR BOOKING GALA AT DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO
BY JAMES LAPORTA ON 9/20/19 AT 3:29 PM EDT


DELRAY BEACH, Florida — U.S. Marine Commandant General David H. Berger of the Marine Corps is angry with one of his units in South Florida after the unit planned to hold its annual military ball at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Newsweek has learned.

The four-star general is upset with leaders of 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) in West Palm Beach, Florida, from an optics standpoint after the unit booked its annual gala at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate the 244th anniversary of the Marines' founding, said two Defense Department sources who spoke to Newsweek on Friday under condition of anonymity due to Pentagon media restrictions.

https://www.newsweek.com/marine-commandant-angry-florida-unit-booking-gala-donald-trumps-mar-lago-1460540

[dhol82]

1. I'll wait to cheer until the event is definitively moved elsewhere.

[Baked Potato]

5. That would be a great big cherry on top, for sure

[pangaia]

9. My sentiments exactly

[Hekate]

2. Good man, that. Betcha they don't get their deposits back from Trumpy.

[ffr]

3. Thumbs up to General Berger.

The optics of being seen at a traitors property would be a black eye on the USMC.

[pangaia]

10. Not yet, just hold your horses,, As far as I can see it is not cancelled yet...

[Wounded Bear]

4. Semper Fi!

Still some integrity left.

I hope.

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R

[Rebl2]

7. All he

has do is order them to move the gala somewhere else.

[pangaia]

11. we'll see if he does.. if not.... blechkkkk

[dlk]

8. Paying a direct emolument to the President

A bad idea from the get-go beside being illegal.

[Miles Archer]

12. He got caught.

I posted the story here when he was in the "decision" stage, when it hit the papers. So he found himself in the spotlight, didn't like it, and backed out.

[Baked Potato]

15. He only assumed command in July

No matter how this comes out, it’s a very significant position to take. I can imagine with everything else that lands on a new Commandant’s desk, the venue for the Marine Ball was not the highest priority.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Will Cadet Bone Spurs attend or just a big cardboard cutout for photo ops?

Will Cadet Bone Spurs attend or just a big cardboard cutout for photo ops?

[keithbvadu2]

14. Any POWs who he can ridicule?

[Baked Potato]

16. Update, it looks like they have in fact moved the venue

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190923/west-palm-beach-marine-unit-cancels-mar-a-lago-ball-after-blowback

And, it appears moving the venue this late was a very hard thing to do. It’s too bad things are as they are with the president, because Marines deserve a good night out, IMO.

It would be nice if another hotel would step up to see what could be done.