Military has spent nearly $200,000 at Trump's Scottish resort since 2017
Source: Politico
Since Donald Trump took office, the U.S. military has spent nearly $200,000 at the presidents luxury Scotland resort, according to documents the House Oversight Committee said it received from the Pentagon on Wednesday.
The spending, which has all occurred since August 2017, paid for the equivalent of hundreds of nights of rooms at the Turnberry resort over approximately three dozen separate stays, the committee said.
The Air Force confirmed last week that its crews had stayed up to 40 times at Trumps property since 2015, but has not provided a breakdown of the number of stays since Trump was elected. The figures provided to the House Oversight Committee suggest the vast majority of stays if not all of them have occurred since Trump took office, raising concerns among Democrats about a conflict of interest.
POLITICO first reported earlier this month that the Oversight Committee had been probing military spending at Turnberry since April to determine whether the money constitution a violation of the Constitutions domestic emoluments clause, which prohibits the president from receiving any compensation from the federal government other than his salary.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/18/military-trumps-scottish-resort-1501877
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(9,777 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)Money is sacred to him, and no amount is too small to worship.
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(9,777 posts)Freethinker65
(9,934 posts)Did the resort offer a discounted rate? What was the going rate and occupancy at the resort around those dates?
Frances
(8,531 posts)Trump's property should be off limits because of the appearance of impropriety
Just suppose the military had spent $200,000 at a property owned by Hillary or Obama or Bill.
Freethinker65
(9,934 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)...for them to fuel at RAF Mildenhall, England, or Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and lodge in base transient quarters.
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)That is a start, but don't end there.
Don't stop until you have accounted for every penny him and his grifters have stolen from the taxpayers.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Other articles mention that there is closer lodging that is cheaper.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)Is there a strategic reason to stay at this property. . .
Just impeach him already! !!
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)There are no shortage of US Air Force installations in Europe.