Says he knows nothing about Air Force crews staying at his resort

[struggle4progress]

By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Browne, CNN
Updated 11:41 AM ET, Mon September 9, 2019

... "I know nothing about an Air Force plane landing at an airport (which I do not own and have nothing to do with) near Turnberry Resort (which I do own) in Scotland, and filling up with fuel, with the crew staying overnight at Turnberry (they have good taste!). NOTHING TO DO WITH ME," he tweeted ...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee earlier this year launched a probe of the stays after aircraft were directed to land at Prestwick Airport, in Glasgow, Scotland. The crew members would then stay at Turnberry. The Air Force had previously launched a separate inquiry into those stays.

The number of overnight stops at Prestwick has steadily increased in recent years. There were 40 in 2015, 75 in 2016, 116 in 2017, 208 in 2018 and 220 through August 2019.

The Air Force was unable to immediately say how many of those overnight stays were made at Turnberry ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/trump-air-force-crew-turnberry-hotel/index.html

[wasupaloopa]

1. He is a liar. Who cares what he says?

What would happen if the media stopped paying attention to his 24/7 show?

[struggle4progress]

5. Just look at the increase in stops at Prestwick!

[TheRealNorth]

14. Good point

Aren't there flight plans that are logged or a record of take-offs and landings at the airport?

[struggle4progress]

16. "Between 2015 and 2019, AMC Total Force aircraft stopped at Prestwick

a total of 936 times (*659 overnight stays), including 95 (*40) in 2015, 145 (*75) in 2016, 180 (*116) in 2017, 257 (*208) in 2018 and 259 (*220) through August 2019," <Brig Gen Thomas'> statement added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49633936

Number of stops is way up (95 in 2015 and 259 in 2019 so far), and so is fraction of stops with overnight stays (42% in 2015 and 85% in 2019 so far)

[brush]

31. So the stops went up dramatically after he became president. S-u-u-u-r-e it's just a cooincidence.

[Iwasthere]

27. He won't go nuts!

It will never happen. Being ignored would put him over the edge though, no doubt. I wish they would at least quit calling him President and/or putting out pics and videos.

[Ilsa]

2. More bullshit. Is it possible to threaten the

AF leaders who signed off on this with prison or brig time or loss of pensions for stealing taxpayer money? Maybe they'll suddenly produce an email from Mulvaney saying trump instructed him to authorize it.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. BS...this guy is so hungry for money, it's reeks and its pathetic. Probably going broke, ...

which is why he doesn't want to share his tax records or other bank records, because they would all clearly show that he's going bankrupt again (and again, and again, and again, etc.)...

[struggle4progress]

9. Turnberry posts losses for fourth year in a row

5 October 2018

... According to Companies House filings, SLC Turnberry's parent company Golf Recreation Scotland was in the red by almost £3.4m in 2017.

In the previous year, it posted losses of £17.6m after the resort was closed for six months for redevelopment.

Since Mr Trump took over Turnberry in 2014, its losses have totalled £33m.

Mr Trump stepped down as a director in January last year after becoming US president, handing control of his business empire to his sons ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-45758467

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Thanks. Not surprised at the losses. If one looks at the entire golf industry, golfing has ...

taken a big hit over the last 10-20 years (the industry in general). More than likely due to lack of customer demand (golfing is not as big as it was at one time). Figures and serves idiot right, since he's been wrong constantly in his investing decisions. I hope that he loses it all when it all finally comes crashing down.

Take care!

[tikka]

4. Why were there any stops at Prestwick in 2015 and 2016?

One or two might be explainable, but 40 and 75 seem high considering the advantages of stopping at military installations.

[struggle4progress]

7. Maybe there were some Trump supporters routing the flights even before the election?

[struggle4progress]

6. Turnberry and Prestwick 'kept afloat by US Air Force'

... In July we told how the luxury resort raked in over £11,000 from his own government, according to a report.

It was claimed the hotel and golf course received cash to cover the cost of rooms.

We told last year how the Trump resort made a loss of more than £3.3million.

But the losses at Turnberry had shrunk compared to previous years – with revenues improving ...

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4693319/trump-turnberry-prestwick-airport-us-air-force/

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Strange, isn't it?

Here's the man who consistently claims "I know more about __(insert topic of choice here)__ than anyone" and yet he never knows about items directly attributed to him. Such a convenient lapse of knowledge/memory!

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Should have went with a blind trust Trumpo

This is why every President before him disengaged from their business and put their interests into blind trusts. Trump is 100% responsible and culpable for what his businesses did. There is no deniability, he is the acting CEO of this resort.

And besides, it's a certainty that the military was staying there at Trump's request to funnel money to his private bank account.

[Thomas Hurt]

12. Lets just avoid getting distracting here...

The problem is not stopping at Prestwick as much as putting up military personnel at his failing expensive resort.

Unfortunately, I think FF45 is correct, this is some christofascist supporters work.

[jberryhill]

13. He's not smart enough to have thought of it anyway

It is someone who thought they'd do him a favor.

The idea that he knows anything about how the Air Force operates to even come up with the scheme gives him too much credit.

[struggle4progress]

19. The "not corrupt, just incompetent" defense, used worldwide!

[jberryhill]

32. It's not a defense for whomever came up with the scheme

[tblue37]

20. Deleted:Posted in response to wrong post. nt

[brush]

28. He did suggest Doral for the next G7. He knows how to grift.

[Kingofalldems]

33. Exactly. He's behind all of it.

[Kingofalldems]

30. I love that story!

[brush]

29. More likely both. If the airport folds easy access to his resort does too.

Buying a remote course dependent on a small airport for access was not the wisest business decision. But trump is not known for making great business decisions. Multiple bankruptcies tell the tale.

[tanyev]

15. Hey, that's what he said when he was asked if he altered the NWS map with a Sharpie.

“I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know.” I believe the Trumpspeak to normal English translator would translate that as “Yes”.

[struggle4progress]

17. +

[tblue37]

23. See my post #18. Check our time stamps. GMTA! nt

[tanyev]

34. .

[tblue37]

18. "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." (His response to a reporter's question about

who Sharpied the weather map. It is his response to getting caught at anything, at least until he can pin the blame on someone else.)

[Vinca]

21. 2 words: bull, shit.

[Initech]

22. Of course he doesn't.

[Elwood P Dowd]

24. When he gets caught, Trump developes Sgt Schultz syndrome.

[Zambero]

25. Yes, he doesn't do emails or put anything in writing for a reason

Trump's choice of a national motto to replace "E Pluribus Unum" would be "I Plausibly Deny". Never knew what David Duke is. Doesn't know what white nationalism is. Never a friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Was not aware of Russian any intrusions into the 2016 campaign. Hush money paid to Stormy WHO? To name but a few. There is apparently no upper limit to the number of outright lies told or yet to be told.