President Trump on Thursday abruptly denied military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a foreign trip just minutes before the congressional delegation was set to depart, in a stunning decision that followed her call to delay the State of the Union address amid the government shutdown.


In a curt letter, Trump said her trip has been “postponed.”


“Due to the Shutdown, I am sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed. We will reschedule this seven-day excursion when the Shutdown is over. In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” Trump wrote.

“I also feel that, during this period, it would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown. Obviously, if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative.”



According to sources, the president pulled the plug on her aircraft as she was about to leave for her overseas trip. Her congressional delegation's military aircraft was slated to leave at 3 p.m. ET.

A senior White House official also told Fox News that all congressional delegation travel by military aircraft is now postponed.

An official said that “as soon as the president found out about the trip today, he took immediate action.” A source told Fox News that when moving to cancel Thursday's flight, the White House reasoned that the trip would keep Pelosi out of the country beyond next Tuesday night—when the next government pay period would occur.

"If she had gone on this trip she would have guaranteed that 800,000 federal workers would not receive their second paycheck because she would not have been here to negotiate any kind of deal," a senior White House official said Thursday.

Film at 11....



This prolly won't help things much but ya gotta love it...

That's pretty darn funny, and well deserved.

So much for Pelpsi empathy.

It shows she has no interest at all in making a deal.. she wants the shutdown to continue...

Why?
There's no reason for them to stop doing anything.

No deal will be made between them, they both may as well carry on.

President Trump did not ground the old wind bag, he simply changed her transportation options.

Sounds like she booked commercial flights over an unsecured phone line then blamed Trump for leaking her plans... She must really hate Trump...

Drafter what the fk nonsense are you spouting?

What's your nonsense about commercial flight? She had a military flight that was cancelled. In a very public letter.

I haven't heard of her trying to schedule a commercial flight after that,and it wouldn't be wise to... Since it was publicly announced by the trump administration that she was looking to travel to the middle East.

Actually your dementia is clouding you perception. Trump showed his pettiness. Trump traveled to the middle east during the shut down. So he is lying like usual.

Well, she still sucks...

It was just another taxpayer funded boondoggle, Trump should cancel all such flights permanently.

hmmmh. based on nothing ....

Poor Adam Schift.....getting off that taxpayer funded bus because he missed his taxpayer funded flight.....gonna have to get a lobbiest paid flight now.

I did say petty antics of both...

he had her go for his own safety

Still have not seen where a commercial itinerary was leaked. If it was then someone should be disciplined. Trump stating that they can go commercial is not a leak.

If it was truly that important to make the trip there was enough wealth on the boondoggle to rent a charter flight and not hurt anyone's wallet. Guess it was not that important.

And do any of you really think that Pelosi and her minions were going to fly commercial and process through the civilian side of of any of the Afghanistan airports and rub shoulders with Joe the goat fu@ker. Not a snow balls chance in hell.

Calling the average Afghani citizen "Joe the goat fker" really makes you sound like someone we should listen to.

Tell us again how you're not a racist .

Kinda like calling the average CBider a name is racist too?

Your average cbidder doesn't call the average Afghani a "goat fker".

You're an idiot if you're hiding behind calling this a "default defense".

You're being called a racist for the very specific thing you typed.

As for the discussion at hand, trump is the one that identified the trip, when his secretary of state released the letter. This generated the publicity surrounding the trip (normally not released until they are there) which caused any intent to fly commercial or charter privately.

Boy you got your panties in a bunch today......maybe you could use a goat too.

7 democrats with 87 of their closest family members at taxpayer expense.......and we’re still comparing this to the FLOTUS?

LMAO like I said......like I said

says the guy who only posts youtube conspiracy crap.

You're not a bright person.

That is what you choose to see my little paraquat. And per your usual tactics I expect nothing less from you, adding to the sadness it brings us all to see.

Burner look at the middle of my post in #41

I once looked at the middle of Franks post.

I needed binoculars.