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Rhiannon12866

(249,328 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:54 AM Jan 2025

House GOP holds annual retreat at Trump resort - The 11th Hour - MSNBC



House Republicans flocked to Trump National Doral Golf Club for their annual retreat. David Jolly and Brian Schwartz discuss on The 11th Hour as we continue to ask throughout this administration, is the White House for sale? - Aired on 01/28/2025.
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House GOP holds annual retreat at Trump resort - The 11th Hour - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 OP
They have to increase Trump's personal revenue. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #1
Like when Secret Service had to pay to stay at his hotels whenever he did Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 #2
Didn't Trump even make the military stay at one of his hotels? Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #3
I'm sure that's true, that's what he does - using his office to make money, unlike Jimmy Carter Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 #5
Right, double standard. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #6
Yes, in Scotland unc70 Jan 2025 #8
... CentralMass Jan 2025 #7
I guess we don't care about trump enriching himself this time around. DemMedic Jan 2025 #4

Rhiannon12866

(249,328 posts)
2. Like when Secret Service had to pay to stay at his hotels whenever he did
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:34 AM
Jan 2025

And when VP Pence had to stay nowhere near where his meeting would take place so that he and his aides and Secret Service would be paying to stay at one of TFG's hotels.

Irish_Dem

(79,377 posts)
3. Didn't Trump even make the military stay at one of his hotels?
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:35 AM
Jan 2025

Some of them couldn't really afford the rooms and it was a hardship as I recall.

Rhiannon12866

(249,328 posts)
5. I'm sure that's true, that's what he does - using his office to make money, unlike Jimmy Carter
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:41 AM
Jan 2025

Who almost lost his family business when it was taken over by a management company while he was in office and there was mismanagement. President Carter followed the "rules," unlike TFG.

Irish_Dem

(79,377 posts)
6. Right, double standard.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:43 AM
Jan 2025

If a Dem sneezes, the GOP goes nuts.
GOP gets to do whatever the hell they want and no one cares.

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