he and his entourage could not stay because they needed a place big enough, quote, to accommodate the unique tonight print that comes with our security detail. how much bigger a footprint is that than the last vice president's footprint? the shellborn has 265 rooms but mike pence decided to stay at a hotel on the west coast of ireland owned by donald trump that has about 40 fewer rooms. the vice president's chief of staff told reporters that the choice of the trump hotel was suggested by president trump himself. that would be like the president of the ireland deciding to sleep in princeton, new jersey while on an official visit to washington, d.c. princeton, new jersey is exactly the same distance from washington as the trump hotel is from dublin, about 180 miles. and it's not just ridiculous. at least one constitutional scholar believes that this is illegal. harvard constitutional law