Wednesday, August 17, 2016

No, Trump didn't send his private plane to bring troops home. The truth is much more Trumpy.

Sigh. No, Sean Hannity and associated minions, Donald Trump did not send his personal jet to transport "200 stranded Marines" from North Carolina to Miami after the Gulf War. Though it was nice of Trump's people to "confirm" the bullpucky....

 ...Glenn Kessler, who we may yet see climbing Trump Tower himself if the campaign keeps this up, breaks down all the different ways this is Completely Not What Happened. Short version: in 1991, Donald Trump was reeling from yet another stupid business decision after he had bought too many planes for his "Trump Shuttle" airline for the number of routes it had. The extras were sitting on the ground, and the mini-airline was failing badly...
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1559168


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