Quote (Ghot @ 9 Feb 2020 20:13)

Yeah, it'd be much better to hold the meetings at a Democrat's resort. :/


/e Or better yet... don't even use a resort. Have heads of state and various high rankers come to meetings in the seediest flea bag motel, in the worst part of town. THAT should help with international relations.

Quote (fender @ Feb 9 2020 11:29am)

not even YOU can be dumb enough to think the only alternatives to a trump resort are either a "democrat's resort" (whatever that's supposed to be) or a "flea bag motel in the worst part of town". the fact that you have to make such ridiculous assumptions just illustrates how desperate you are for excuses for trump's scumbag behaviour. btw, even IF your completely ridiculous assumption was true, it still doesn't justify his shameless jacking up of prices to scam the maximum amount of taxpayer money possible.

Quote (fender @ Feb 9 2020 02:29pm)

not even YOU can be dumb enough to think the only alternatives to a trump resort are either a "democrat's resort" (whatever that's supposed to be) or a "flea bag motel in the worst part of town". the fact that you have to make such ridiculous assumptions just illustrates how desperate you are for excuses for trump's scumbag behaviour. btw, even IF your completely ridiculous assumption was true, it still doesn't justify his shameless jacking up of prices to scam the maximum amount of taxpayer money possible.

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For the latter half of December and the first days of January, Doral’s website advertised rates as low as $254 per night for nonrefundable rooms for the days of the RNC meeting, and a $299 rate that allowed cancellation until five days before the first night of the booking, according to HuffPost’s tracking of the room rates.

Those numbers suddenly jumped to $459 a night on Jan. 13, soon after the White House first began planning for a potential Trump trip to the meeting. The next day it jumped to $539 a night, before falling to $499 per room on Jan. 15, but with rooms only available for the final night of the RNC meeting, and the first two nights sold out.
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Rooms for RNC members, in contrast, were available in a block for $289 per night.

Yet even that rate appears to be substantially more than what the market will bear. On Monday, for example, the hotel website was showing rooms available for that night at just $209. On Tuesday, the least expensive room available was $224 a night.

Quote (theCrossbones @ Feb 9 2020 01:55pm)

Here: before you cry and deny. This source is probably more valid than Fox.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/donald-trump/no-economy-didnt-suddenly-get-strong-under-donald-/

Quote (EndlessSky @ Feb 9 2020 12:03pm)

Lol

Fucking politifalse

https://img.memecdn.com/politifact-is-biased_o_6977633.jpg

Quote (EndlessSky @ 9 Feb 2020 13:03)

Lol

Fucking politifalse

https://img.memecdn.com/politifact-is-biased_o_6977633.jpg

Quote (Ghot @ 9 Feb 2020 20:45)

Little thing you neglected to mention...






Any hotel on the planet would raise the rates if the POTUS was gonna visit. Or the Harlem Globe Trotters, for that matter.

What's next, you gonna bitch about how much he pays for... shoe laces?



/e Btw, no where in that huffpost article is any PROOF that Trump personally is benefiting. The author even points out that they're assuming Trump is.

Quote (fender @ Feb 9 2020 03:32pm)

you're a special kind of stupid, aren't you? the RNC member's hotel rooms are paid for by the RNC, meaning that donors and members pay for them, not the taxpayer. that just FURTHER illustrates my point about trump being a scumbag: the most egregious price hike is the one for rooms of government employees.

and again, this is his OWN resort where he decided to hold the meeting. the fact that he does that kind of stuff on a regular basis is bad enough, but to then even jack up the prices to maximise the profits? again, i already inb4'd the lazy 'that's just normal business behaviour' excuse - yes, and that's STILL exactly my point: he treats his presidency like a business opportunity - thanks for helping me prove it, dotard.

Quote (Ghot @ 9 Feb 2020 21:49)

So does that mean yes, you are gonna bitch about Trump's shoe laces next?

Quote (Ghot @ Feb 9 2020 12:49pm)

So does that mean yes, you are gonna bitch about Trump's shoe laces next?