Posted on 01/17/2019 7:44:35 PM PST by TigerClaws
First Lady Melania Trump flew to Florida on a government jet Thursday for a weekend vacation, hours after President Donald Trump dramatically postponed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip with other members of Congress to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan, NBC confirmed, citing a law enforcement source.
President Trump cited the ongoing government shutdown as his reason for postponing Pelosi’s travel plans, shortly before she and her team were scheduled to depart on a military plane.
While Pelosi was practically grounded by Trump’s actions, the president’s wife headed to Joint Base Andrews for her own trip on a military aircraft, NBC said.
The first lady is expected to be in Florida for the holiday weekend at her family’s private Mar-a-Lago resort, according to NBC, which reported that the president is set to stay in Washington.
CNN said the flight to Palm Beach was previously scheduled.
The flight was officially designated EXEC1F, a call-sign known to be used when members of a president’s family are aboard a military plane. The jet was a Boeing C32-A, which is the same kind of plane used to transport the president, the first lady, the vice president and the secretary of state.
I’m grinning from ear to ear.
No problem. Happy to share with a fellow Freeper!
“Turns out this President
has a phone
and a pen
and the keys to the jet.”
Heh heh heh. Good one!
Not to mention she wasn't running away from negotiations for the wall.
No problem whatsoever with FLOTUS flying to Florida on government plane.
This is yet another example of our Goebbels Mushroom Media attempting to downplay democrat dirty deeds.
Hope the goose has it’s shots.
They do if they live in DC in the winter and have a house in Florida.
And pelosi had plans... Great plans...
Not only that, but I expect that Pelosi’s trip would be far more costly than Mrs. Trump’s in terms of security, fuel, and whatnot. Mrs. Trump is going to her home in Florida, not a new location and still in the US. Peolsi’s trip was overseas, going to several countries, and doubtless involving a much larger entourage.
Wouldn’t you just have loved to see Pelosi’s face when she heard the news??
Seeing her face is a nightmare. I don’t need her face in my world. s/
That’s a good one; best laugh I’ve had in a while.
keyboard spew alert
Eek. How awful. Melania is second in line for the Presidency and is vitally needed in the negotiations to reopen the government.
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I’m guessing you’re trolling, right? I’ve never met anyone who believes the wife of the president is in line for the presidency before.
Anyone trying to get into a tit-for-tat with Trump is not going to win.
He is the master troll.
Nancy needs to look to AOC for how to deal in a digital world. The Media has made her into the 2024 Obama.
We have gone from ‘Let’s Roll!’ to Let’s Troll! Lol.
How else is she supposed to get there if not government jet? There are security issues involved.
i’d pay money
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