09-05-2019, 07:00 AM
Pence Is Staying in Doonbeg So Trump Can Turn a Profit on His Ireland Trip
The VP’s chief of staff insists the president merely suggested Pence stay at his resort and that it wasn’t a “command.”
Back in June, Donald Trump used his trip to Europe—ostensibly arranged around a state visit with Queen Elizabeth, a meeting with the Irish prime minister, and D-Day commemorations in France—to pimp Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland, his money-losing resort in the town of Doonbeg. At the time, critics pointed out that it made little sense for the president to fly hundreds of miles back and forth across Europe to fit in a couple sleepovers at the for-profit business he owns, and that it was patently obvious he was doing so to bring publicity and a cash injection to a course that has lost more than $1 million every year from 2014 to 2017. But apparently the White House was unencumbered by such ethical concerns, because Vice President Mike Pence’s current trip to Ireland will include a similar scheme to line the president’s pockets.
Pence, who arrived in Ireland on Monday after Trump decided to stay in the U.S. to play golf at his Virginia course, will be staying at Doonbeg during his visit, despite the fact that it makes no logistical sense, as his meetings are located 180 miles away in Dublin and will require him to commute via plane. While the VP has never missed an opportunity to suck up to the boss, Marc Short, his chief of staff, insisted that brownnosing was absolutely not a consideration here. Short told reporters Tuesday that Pence had been planning to visit Doonbeg anyway for “family reasons,” and sure, yeah, the president mentioned Pence could stay his resort (for a price), but it wasn’t like he put a gun to his head or anything:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/mike-pence-ireland-doonbeg
Pence changed his story three times.
Keep draining that swamp Donnie.
The VP’s chief of staff insists the president merely suggested Pence stay at his resort and that it wasn’t a “command.”
Back in June, Donald Trump used his trip to Europe—ostensibly arranged around a state visit with Queen Elizabeth, a meeting with the Irish prime minister, and D-Day commemorations in France—to pimp Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland, his money-losing resort in the town of Doonbeg. At the time, critics pointed out that it made little sense for the president to fly hundreds of miles back and forth across Europe to fit in a couple sleepovers at the for-profit business he owns, and that it was patently obvious he was doing so to bring publicity and a cash injection to a course that has lost more than $1 million every year from 2014 to 2017. But apparently the White House was unencumbered by such ethical concerns, because Vice President Mike Pence’s current trip to Ireland will include a similar scheme to line the president’s pockets.
Pence, who arrived in Ireland on Monday after Trump decided to stay in the U.S. to play golf at his Virginia course, will be staying at Doonbeg during his visit, despite the fact that it makes no logistical sense, as his meetings are located 180 miles away in Dublin and will require him to commute via plane. While the VP has never missed an opportunity to suck up to the boss, Marc Short, his chief of staff, insisted that brownnosing was absolutely not a consideration here. Short told reporters Tuesday that Pence had been planning to visit Doonbeg anyway for “family reasons,” and sure, yeah, the president mentioned Pence could stay his resort (for a price), but it wasn’t like he put a gun to his head or anything:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/mike-pence-ireland-doonbeg
Pence changed his story three times.
Keep draining that swamp Donnie.
