Donald Trump declared today (Jan. 17) he was grounding Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s upcoming trip to visit troops in Afghanistan “in light of the 800,000 Great American workers not receiving pay,” alluding to the expense of flying military aircraft there.
Hours later, his wife Melania Trump was on board a US military plane to Palm Beach, Florida, where the couple have a private club, on a flight that Quartz calculates cost US taxpayers $35,000.
In a letter to Pelosi that the White House made public just after 2pm eastern time, Trump stated that Pelosi’s upcoming trip to “Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan,” was a “public relations event.”
Hours later, his wife Melania Trump was on board a US military plane to Palm Beach, Florida, where the couple have a private club, on a flight that Quartz calculates cost US taxpayers $35,000.
In a letter to Pelosi that the White House made public just after 2pm eastern time, Trump stated that Pelosi’s upcoming trip to “Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan,” was a “public relations event.”
