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Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for foreign trip in response to call for State of the Union delay
Fox ^ | 1/17/18 | Brooke Singman |

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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 6; aircraft; brussels; congress; pelosi; plane; shutdown; stateoftheunion; trump
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While he’s at it, cancel her C32 (757) that she flies home to Napa in weekly. Or at least downsize her to a King Air.


121 posted on 01/17/2019 1:00:01 PM PST by llevrok (Vote while it's still legal)
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To: MagUSNRET
What I would have given to be the Secret Service officer that got to go tell Pelosi, " This bus ani't going anywhere. Your trip has been cancelled!"
122 posted on 01/17/2019 1:00:41 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

ROFL HA HA HA HA HA HA HA on pelosi
President Trump is like a fine wine.
He gets better and better and better and he is soooo FINE!
What a smart HUNK!
.....I need my smelling salts

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

he’s just learning the ropes


123 posted on 01/17/2019 1:00:59 PM PST by thinden
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Making deals behind Trump’s back.


124 posted on 01/17/2019 1:01:53 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: NorseWood

Great questions. I will reiterate, what the hell does any Congress person need to go on foreign trips paid for the people? No representative from a congressional district or State have any business leaving work they have been elected for and paid for to travel oversea’s.

POTUS represents the Republic. Not the congressional buffoons.


125 posted on 01/17/2019 1:02:46 PM PST by ImpBill (Conservative little "l" libertarian)
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To: 11th_VA

I read a post on another site that they were already on the bus to take them to plane. Anyone else read that? Bless her heart. She has money to pay for her own trip.


126 posted on 01/17/2019 1:03:03 PM PST by MamaB (Heb :13:2)
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To: All

#RequestDenied

127 posted on 01/17/2019 1:03:15 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: conservative98
I would like to vote for him again today.

JEB! or Romney would have rolled over.

128 posted on 01/17/2019 1:03:58 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: conservative98

Would have been better if he had waited until the first plane started down the runway and had it just return to the ramp. Where it would have sat for hours before notification of the cancelation was given.

Let her have taste of what the we “little people have to put up with.


129 posted on 01/17/2019 1:06:26 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: ladyjane

The media is an absolute joke in this country, we don’t have a media, we have a Rat protection service. Can you imagine what it would have been like if it weren’t for the internet? We would have been rivaling North Korea for filtered news.


130 posted on 01/17/2019 1:07:00 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Until Hillary is in jail, equal justice under the law will not exist in the USA)
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To: nopardons

Ran Paul is backing Trump!!


131 posted on 01/17/2019 1:07:38 PM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: conservative98

MSDNC is saying Trump has deprived our troops in Afghanistan a chance to share valuable information with Pelosi. A clear cause for impeachment.


132 posted on 01/17/2019 1:07:42 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: Baynative

CNN is saying Trump is so dumb he doesn’t realize Pelosi can’t fly commercial into a war zone!


133 posted on 01/17/2019 1:09:00 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: ImpBill

Yep. How long would this be allowed if the states and districts they represent had to pay for these trips?


134 posted on 01/17/2019 1:09:11 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: TangledUpInBlue
"Why does the Speaker of the House even need to take such a trip????????????"

That's my question. President Trump called it a 'public relations' trip (aka seeking funds from foreign governments?), so how much taxpayer $$$ was she wasting on this nonessential 'PR' getaway?

Why didn't the American public know about this trip? What happened to your transparency promise, huh Nancy?

135 posted on 01/17/2019 1:09:12 PM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: Baynative

She can fly commercial to Brussels and Egypt and call into Afghanistan.


136 posted on 01/17/2019 1:10:21 PM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Why the F is she going to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan anyway?

Why did Jon Cary go to Antarctica right before he left office. So he could say he's been on all 7 continents, and the taxpayers footed the bill.
137 posted on 01/17/2019 1:11:21 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Openurmind
Making deals behind Trump’s back.

Well she DOES think SHE is CO-PRESIDENT don'tcha know !

138 posted on 01/17/2019 1:11:54 PM PST by timestax
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To: conservative98

Hey, Trump just wanted to spare Nancy, his greatest 2020 campaign ASSet, the risk of possibly “...landing UNDER FIRE...” as Hillary did and possibly being hurt or, God forbid, KILLED!
Then there’s always the thing about “Payback’s a BITCH”, BITCH!


139 posted on 01/17/2019 1:12:05 PM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: deport

Thank you for calling attention to the other threads on this subject.

I am going to enjoy every one of them!


140 posted on 01/17/2019 1:12:24 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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