turnbury intsz of a military base where it would have been keep cheaper. why? a here a clue from one of the journalists breaking the story. the other major airport about hour and a half away in order for trump turnbury to do well financially it needs this airport to survive. the military expenditures which totaled about $11 million since october of 2017 have really provided it a big boost. one big question that we have, though, is whether or not the u.s. military is not the only military, not the only foreign government that s been using this airport and its proximity to turnbury in order to perhaps curry favor with the president, other foreign manipulators could be doing the exact same thing. and this week congress returns from recess. democrats have more than 6 oh ongoing investigations into the president as we look at that. they scroll there. including two potential conflicts of interest. the vice president detour to the hotel in ireland. and the president s pitch to host the g-
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
we ll put the g7 at doral and military transport fillets ligh to stop at the little commercial airport next to my golf course to spend their refueling dollars there at top dollar, a premium to refuel at a commercial airport, but that might keep that airport alive which is good for my bottom line. i mean, we are astonished now but i think he is banking on the fact he s gotten away with so much. that s right. that every individual additional step you push it, well, you know, frog is boiling. there are governments all over the world where the leader is both the leader of the country and a recipient of the money, a piece of everything that goes on goes into their pocket. americans just aren t accustomed to that being the united states. right. we re getting accustomed to it with every passing day with each one of these new stories that s breaking. the military being implicated as a matter of integrity let alone criminal law may be a breaking point if the military still sees itself a
i ve lost it. but this this one i think i ve gotten it back tonight. it s not because trump not astonished trump would attempt to profit off of the presidency. we ve seen lots of that. but the fact that the military is being enlisted in doing it. yes and that the military is apparently not peeping and helping as congress is trying to do oversight on this. i feel like the astonishment thing is almost clinical. let s try not releasing tax returns. you know? let s see. okay. i m getting away with that. let s try not setting up a blind trust. okay. let s try not divesting at all. okay. let s try hosting official government events and world leaders at some of my properties. right. okay. i m getting away with all of this. okay. finally like, no, mike if you re going to ireland you re staying 180 miles from where your meetings are so i can get paid. we ll put the g7 at doral and military transport flights have to stop at the little commercial
about veterans affairs. his notion about taking the g7 seriously as one bungalow away is a little absurd. i agree with, i disagree with george on this narrow point. i know that george agrees on the whole that he s basically an absolutely insane narcissistic unethical how much time we have left. adrian what do you make of the president s sales pitch there? salesman in chief talking about all the finer points of hosting the g7 at doral. even though as we ve reported some of his aides and top advisers have cautioned him against doing it or talking that way. it s so unethical for him to talk about his businesses when he s on government time. at an event that s an official event. that is being paid for by the u.s. taxpayer dollars. i mean that s absurd. but to joel s point we re so used to this at this point. i look through everything through the lens of what s going to impact his standings in 2020. what s going to impact his chances of getting reelected. at this point it s so baked i