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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In addition to your list (donors, lobbyists, staff) what members of the press were scheduled to accompany? Judging from the reaction of the press, it appears the press was personally stiffed by this move.
Nope...that’s just NOT possible; thankfully.
So she was going to meet with leaders from a bunch of countries that have already surrendered their national sovereignty anyway. Great. Trump should have let her fly over and then left her there.
Apparently not quite Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces yet... lol
What Trump did was inform all furlough workers what she was up to this week. If that flight took off maybe 2-3% of them would have known.
It’s a brilliant way to get the info out.
Bingo!
BOL———Napa Nan......good one.
But, but, but......she’s equal to the president
(Am I prescient or what?)
Just the other day Pres Trump said, in answer to pelosi not budging on the wall.. that there would come a time when she would want something from his side.... haha.. 2 days later.. BOOM!
Has the 9th circus step in yet...:)
If the plane had been diverted to Gitmo, that would have made heads explode.
Get Soros to pick up the tab and MS-13 to provide security.
This stupid dame cant think beyond her own self-serving interests.
The SOB calculatedly wrote the letter ....hoping Donald would get angry and lash out.
But Donald had other plans......a "postponement" of his own.....BOL.
Commies NEVER want to fly commercial..WHAT, and use their OWN money for the trip..that would be HORRIBLE..obviously making US pay for it is the way to go!
Our amazing kick ass President has is VERY smart..the commies will NEVER understand, he is smarter than they will EVER be..remember when Pelosi’s daughter said that her mother can destroy someone and that person wouldn’t even see it coming..well President Trump just proved he can beat the supposed “best”
Nice catch.......she’s been outsmarted....but she’s too stupid to know it.
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