pressuring other members of the government to stay at his properties. we just had a similar question about vice president mike pence when he stayed at a trump property in ireland and there were conflicting reports coming out after that about whether president trump sort of lightly suggested that he stay there, told him to stay there, said anything at all. but we've seen this, as john was mentioning, as an overall pattern in the trump administration. we have this pence stay in ireland, we had trump suggesting to host the g7 at doral. there was just reporting that attorney general bill barr spent $30,000 booking a holiday party at trump's d.c. hotel. so we're seeing this throughout the government and now this new reporting about the military in scotland really takes it to a new level. >> and why is that? do you agree with john's speculation, that it could be folks are trying to curry favor with the president? >> yeah, i think that certainly seems to be the case. again, it's not clear what the directives may or may not be from president trump, but it is clear i think to everyone that