Posted on 01/17/2019 12:00:00 PM PST by conservative98
President Trump on Thursday appeared to deny military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a foreign trip just minutes before the congressional delegation was set to depart, in a stunning response to her call to delay the State of the Union address amid the government shutdown.
In a curt letter, Trump said her trip has been “postponed.”
“Due to the Shutdown, I am sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed. We will reschedule this seven-day excursion when the Shutdown is over. In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” Trump wrote.
“I also feel that, during this period, it would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown. Obviously, if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative.”
According to sources, the president pulled the plug on her aircraft as she was about to leave for her overseas trip. Her congressional delegation military aircraft was slated to leave at 3 p.m. ET.
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Make no mistake, Pelosi’s only reason to take her seven day overseas Vacation was to use the opportunity to undermine POTUS Trump and his Foreign Policy.
So far ...
Pelosi
Schiff
Eliot Engel - D New York
Stephen Lynch - D MA South Boston
The greatest line was him advising that if she still wished to go she could fly commercial!
Adam Schiff is saying Nancy was going to meet with NATO leaders to assure them of our support and they are terribly distressed that this important meeting has been cancelled.
Apparently so.
If they are that distressed they can negotiate a way to open the government.
What’s the big deal? I’ve had a Flight bumped when I was taking a Trip and CNN didn’t care.
One other thing, if POTUS Trump had relented on the Wall while Nancy was on her seven day Vacation, would those 800,000 poor Federal Workers have to wait until she returned to get back to work?
Fox lies. Prove that it was retaliation faux snooze!
YES!!!!! Stick that SOB any way you can Mr President....
I hope that others are too.
LOL!
She called for the SOTU delay due to the shutdown and Trump took her lead.
How’s that Speaker vote working out for you, Dems?
Could this woman be any more tone deaf?
Yep...
Brussels - EU and Bilderbergers
Egypt - United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan - Opium Dealers
Sounds good anyways...
get ready for DNC/MSM/C_A mockingbird spin machine to go into effect:
“when will HE go to a war zone?”
“Iraq is SAFE”
“Afghanistan where the “bipartisan” group was going is a war zone”
“trump is acting like an adolescent””
“trump is throwing a fit”
“trump is not being presidential”
catch it on the 6 0’clock news right before the wheel.
They were leaving on a trip because its what Spineless Rats do - Run Away!
Recall the WI Dems that all packed up and left for Illinois when voting was to take place.
Exactly.
“We will reschedule this seven-day excursion when the Shutdown is over.”
“Excursion”. Perfect. He makes it sound like a three hour tour of a butterfly farm at a cruise port. A boondoggle, and not necessary.
Merely a matter of time until a fed judge rules that he can’t interfere with her travel plans.
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