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erpowers

(9,350 posts)
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:48 PM Mar 2017

Who Would Not Want to Go to Camp David

I guess I could get bored at Camp David, but from what I have seen so far it seems like a pretty cool place to spend a weekend. I will say it does seem like more of a place for an athletic President as opposed to one who just wants to lounge around. However, it does seem like Camp David could be a decent place to spend three or four days every week.

https://whitehouse.gov1.info/camp-david/



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Who Would Not Want to Go to Camp David (Original Post) erpowers Mar 2017 OP
It doesn't have the direct lines to Russia installed like Mar-My-Ego. nt JTFrog Mar 2017 #1
THIS BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #2
And there is not enough gold. dalton99a Mar 2017 #3
Yup in Camp David, everything is recorded, no dodgy backdoor entries here for Russians sunonmars Mar 2017 #6
There is a putting green but no 18 hole golf course Warpy Mar 2017 #4
It looks so gorgeous, beautiful trails to walk, rustic interior of the house, etc. What is not to monmouth4 Mar 2017 #5
With that big gut and fat ass do you really see Trump taking Doreen Mar 2017 #28
Because real beauty escapes Trump and he likes tacky ass gold everyplace. Botany Mar 2017 #7
Somehow I dont see DT as any kind of outdoorsman or even as Arkansas Granny Mar 2017 #21
The woods in the Appalachian areas in spring shows beauty and richness beyond measure ...... Botany Mar 2017 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author Botany Mar 2017 #8
I'm amazed they have not tore Obama's pictures out of that page yet.... sunonmars Mar 2017 #9
Wouldn't it be a great place jehop61 Mar 2017 #10
Probably doesnt give a shit about him, he didn't about the older 2 sons. sunonmars Mar 2017 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #18
He only gives a shit about his kids when they're old enough to work for him crazycatlady Mar 2017 #23
Forget it, that stuff is beyond Melania and Barron's. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #19
Malaria Mendocino Mar 2017 #20
I would love to go there... demmiblue Mar 2017 #11
It's not opulent enough for the drumpfs. femmocrat Mar 2017 #12
Obama Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #13
It would cost so much less to go there. murielm99 Mar 2017 #15
"Were going broke": West Palm Beach business owners want Trump to spend weekends somewhere else Miles Archer Mar 2017 #17
A disturbing lack of gold toilets Miles Archer Mar 2017 #16
Because it was 32 F in Thurmont, MD, which is very near to Camp David Lurks Often Mar 2017 #22
No added income for him for housing Secret Service and staff. SeattleVet Mar 2017 #24
Exactly! There's no money to be made by him at Camp David Rorey Mar 2017 #31
Camp David? Staph Mar 2017 #25
these folks... spanone Mar 2017 #26
Have you ever wondered what is going Doreen Mar 2017 #29
When I was a kid I did not have FuzzyRabbit Mar 2017 #30
I see a reality show on the horizon. Mendocino Mar 2017 #34
I wonder if they get any shot from the skeet range in that pool? nt doc03 Mar 2017 #27
Trump..in the woods? Mendocino Mar 2017 #32
Not enough fawning sycophants ornotna Mar 2017 #33
Aaaah... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #35
trump can't profit off Camp David liberal N proud Mar 2017 #36
Thanks for posting this. It is rustic, looks like a great place to unwind! JudyM Mar 2017 #38

Warpy

(111,395 posts)
4. There is a putting green but no 18 hole golf course
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:52 PM
Mar 2017

and it's not encrusted with gilt and marble in true nouveau riche style. I'm sure he finds it overly rustic and simply not up to his standards.

monmouth4

(9,711 posts)
5. It looks so gorgeous, beautiful trails to walk, rustic interior of the house, etc. What is not to
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:53 PM
Mar 2017

love? They even have tv donald..

Botany

(70,618 posts)
7. Because real beauty escapes Trump and he likes tacky ass gold everyplace.
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:55 PM
Mar 2017


American Bloodroot



Bluebells and Lindera

Mt. Laurel



BTW if anybody ever gets the chance you shold go to New Germany St. Park in Western MD.

Arkansas Granny

(31,536 posts)
21. Somehow I dont see DT as any kind of outdoorsman or even as
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:26 PM
Mar 2017

someone who would enjoy that environment. To him, land is only valuable if it's being developed. The beauty of nature is more than likely lost on him.

Botany

(70,618 posts)
37. The woods in the Appalachian areas in spring shows beauty and richness beyond measure ......
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 10:10 PM
Mar 2017

..... as long as the invasive species haven't over run the area. But to somebody like Trump
it is like trying to teach physics to a labrador retiever.

The forest floor can be thick w/spring beauties ...




and if you are very lucky you can see a spring beauty mining bee. These little insects only uses
the spring beauty and is only around for 3 to 4 weeks but it is part of the ecology.

Trump sees flowers as roses by the door to one of his tacky ass gulf places.

Response to erpowers (Original post)

Response to sunonmars (Reply #14)

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
23. He only gives a shit about his kids when they're old enough to work for him
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:38 PM
Mar 2017

AT 10, Barron is not. I'm not sure if Daddy Dearest will live long enough to see his youngest son graduate college.

Mendocino

(7,517 posts)
20. Malaria
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:20 PM
Mar 2017

could put on a peasant blouse and love beads, go barefoot and peddle her newfound "natural" alternatives to actual health care. Donald could go on a snipe hunt. Qusay and Uday could build a tree fort and shoot squirrels with slingshots. Ivanka and Tiffany, hang around the old swimming hole.

demmiblue

(36,907 posts)
11. I would love to go there...
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:01 PM
Mar 2017

it seems like a very relaxing and contemplative place.

I wonder if Trump ever spends a couple of hours without human interaction, sans TV (i.e. people who he can bully/prop him up). His head would probably explode.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
12. It's not opulent enough for the drumpfs.
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:04 PM
Mar 2017

No gold fixtures or Louis-whatever furnishings. I doubt if they own outdoorsy-type clothing.

It looks really gorgeous there in the winter! And springtime must be magical. Their loss.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
17. "Were going broke": West Palm Beach business owners want Trump to spend weekends somewhere else
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:09 PM
Mar 2017


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/were-going-broke-west-palm-beach-business-owners-want-trump-to-spend-weekends-somewhere-else/

NBC News reported that Trump’s weekend visits were not only expensive for the taxpayers, but the safety measures implemented by the Secret Service are also costing local business owners big.

“We’re basically going broke,” a spokesperson for Southern Helicopter told NBC News. “We were not expecting him to come down almost every weekend.”

Jonathan Miller, the president of Stellar Aviation Group, worried that his business would go under if Trump continued to make Mar-a-Lago his weekend destination. Miller estimated that he is losing $30,000 each weekend because of Trump.

Additionally, the taxpayers of Palm Beach County are already on the hook for $1.7 million in extra security, and the White House has so far ignored requests to reimburse the county.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
16. A disturbing lack of gold toilets
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:07 PM
Mar 2017

I don't see how you could suggest that President Trump should make that sacrifice.



 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
22. Because it was 32 F in Thurmont, MD, which is very near to Camp David
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:27 PM
Mar 2017

Camp David itself is located on the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, so it may even be colder then 32F depending how much higher up it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David

I'd go to Florida too, since Palm Beach was a pleasant 70F today.

Weather Link: http://www.intellicast.com/

SeattleVet

(5,480 posts)
24. No added income for him for housing Secret Service and staff.
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 07:42 PM
Mar 2017

Why stay in a government-owned facility when you can be gouging that government for security, lodging, communications upgrades, a new heliport, and all the rest of the crap that he is making money from when he stays at Mar-A-Loco?

Staph

(6,253 posts)
25. Camp David?
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 08:23 PM
Mar 2017

"Sure, I used to go there all the time, but then they changed chefs."










(From The American President (1995), one of my favorite movies!)


Doreen

(11,686 posts)
29. Have you ever wondered what is going
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 08:42 PM
Mar 2017

through the minds of his wife and son in this picture? Neither of them are smiling...in fact they look miserable.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,970 posts)
30. When I was a kid I did not have
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 08:46 PM
Mar 2017

toy limousines, I had toy dump trucks and bulldozers.

I'm 71 now and have never ridden in a limousine, nor do I want to. But operating dump trucks and bulldozers is still fun.

Poor Barron will probably grow up to be as unhappy and unfulfilled as his father.

Mendocino

(7,517 posts)
34. I see a reality show on the horizon.
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 09:08 PM
Mar 2017

Return to Green Acres or The Simple Life II.

Tonights Episode:Malaria breaks heel on her stiletto hiking boots. Qusay mistakes Uday for a bear, shoots him in the ass. Groper Don finds feral mountain girl, gives her KellyAnnes job.

sheshe2

(83,975 posts)
35. Aaaah...
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 09:14 PM
Mar 2017

Pool. Tennis Courts. Archery Range. Skeet Shooting. Basket Ball Court.

Hell, DT can barely make it down the stairs of Air Force I.

liberal N proud

(60,348 posts)
36. trump can't profit off Camp David
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 09:15 PM
Mar 2017

There should be a limit on what a President can charge the government for vacations.

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