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<\/a><\/p>\nThe image of haughty House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left fuming on the tarmac after President Donald Trump \u2018postponed\u2019 her flight to Afghanistan, Belgium and Egypt provides a kind of levity that millions have been longing for.<\/p>\n
\u2018Her Supreme Highness of the Flying Junket\u2019 has been grounded until after the Government Partial Shutdown by President Donald Trump, the man she lives to hate.<\/p>\n
Like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights, everyone now knows that Pelosi has spent the lion\u2019s share of her time during the Shutdown travelling on junkets on the taxpayer dime while some 800,000 government employees are going without pay.\u00a0 First it was Hawaii, then Puerto Rico, with a contingent of 29 other Democrats,\u00a0 and now Afghanistan, Belgium and Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Explaining<\/b>\u00a0that Speaker Pelosi is still welcome to make her trip by flying commercial, President Trump sent a letter today that simply directs that U.S. Military resources not go toward this international trip while Federal workers wait for Congress to negotiate with President Trump and reopen the Government.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the Speaker chooses to leave the country, it would only guarantee that 800,000 American workers will continue to go without pay for at least another week\u2014and possibly longer\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s laying it on the line like the Democrats and media never do.<\/p>\n
In grounding Pelosi until the Shutdown is over the president might be onto something bigger than he thinks.<\/p>\n
Why is it at this particular moment in time, that the House Speaker is going off on this international trip?<\/p>\n
Pelosi wants to express her support for the troops in Afghanistan? How about supporting the troops by giving them the funding they need to operate, which Pelosi has for years denied?<\/p>\n
What\u2019s up with her visits to Brussels?<\/p>\n
\u201cThere appeared to be some conflicting information as to where the delegation was traveling, however. In his letter, Trump wrote that the trip was to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan. (Fox News<\/a>, Jan. 17, 2019)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cBut Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi, tweeted that the group was going to Afghanistan, with \u201ca required stop in Brussels for pilot rest.\u201d But they were not scheduled to visit Egypt, he wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The CODEL to Afghanistan included a required stop in Brussels for pilot rest. In Brussels, the delegation was scheduled to meet with top NATO commanders, U.S. military leaders and key allies\u2013to affirm the United States\u2019 ironclad commitment to the NATO alliance. (1\/4)<\/p>\n — Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) January 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n