The Trump Organization entered into an agreement with a Scottish airport in 2014 to increase traffic to his Turnberry golf resort, The New York Times reported.
In exchange for helping to drive more air traffic to the airport, the Glasgow Prestwick Airport agreed to add the Trump golf club to its list of hotels that it regularly sends aircrews to for accommodations, according to Scottish Freedom of Information documents obtained by the Times. The Trump Turnberry hotel is 20 miles away from the airport and one of the priciest on Glasgow’s accommodations list, according to the Times.
The Department of Defense and Glasgow officials confirmed to the Times on Monday that the U.S. Air Force also has an agreement with the airport– Glasgow provides the Air Force with its necessary refueling services and also helps making arrangements for the aircrews to stay at nearby hotels.
According to a new report in Politico Monday evening, Air Force crew members have stayed the night at President Trump’s Turnberry resort at least four times in the past year.
Both the Times and Politico’s reports come in contrast with President Trump’s denials that he was involved in any decision to house the military personnel at his resort.
"But…we’re giving the AF crews deals on our greens fees. "
I really think the biggest part of this story is the redirection of refueling to keep this airport open since it was going under and without it, Turncoat would in turn go under. The room bookings were just gravy.
Let’s hope November 3, 2020 is Trump’s Termbury.
We knew it was a lie because Trump was denying it.
“From 2015 to 2019, they said, Air Mobility Command aircraft stopped at the civil airport 936 times. Of those, crews stayed overnight in the area 659 times. The service has not said how many of those overnight stays were at Turnberry.”
Multiple reports indicate the military’s practice of patronizing this airport predates Trump’s term in the Oval Office. However, this aspect is consistently elided as a point of emphasis, with the media preferring to focus on the admittedly suspicious relationship it may all have to Trump. Progressive and left leaning reporting would do itself a favor in dissecting the genesis of all this, even if it entails questioning the military’s role during the Obama administration.
Amazing how Donnie not only lies constantly, but gets all those around him to lie.
We don’t have any deal with Trump! Oh, you found the proof? Of course we have an agreement with Trump; there’s nothing wrong with that.