No room at the inn (In Hamburg)

[NastyRiffraff]

Here's to the winners: "White House officials"

(begin quote)President Trump Apparently Couldn't Find A Hotel To Book For The G20 Summit

He is one of the most powerful people in the world. He is coming to the meeting of 20 powerful countries. And he has a problem: no hotel room for the G20.

White House officials apparently waited too long to book accommodations for President Trump, leaving him without a hotel in Hamburg, Germany, as world leaders converge for the G20 summit.

Organizers announced the scheduled summit in February 2016, which requires 9,000 hotel rooms to accommodate world leaders, their sizable staffs, and security details.(endquote)
via BuzzFeed News

Don't they have a Days Inn in Hamburg?

[yesphan]

1. He can stay

on AF1.

[Achilleaze]

2. republican incompetence is tragic

sad

[Corvo Bianco]

13. Maybe the official GOP can ask Hillary why she doesn't have a hotel room in Hamburg this week

[oberliner]

3. He is staying at the Hamburg Senate Guest House

And the rest of the delegation is staying at the UN Consulate.

[NastyRiffraff]

4. Yeah, Hamburg took pity on the delegation

Jeez, this so-called "president" is an embarrassment. I thought W was (and it's true, he was) but even he didn't reach the level (depths) of contradicting U.S. Intelligence agencies on foreign soil. Now the WH people can't even book a hotel.

[oberliner]

5. I was just thinking that about Bush

Who would've thought we'd have a president that was dumber than him so soon?

[underpants]

27. This reminds me of when Cheney forgot a winter coat for an Auschwitz ceremony

[MineralMan]

8. He and Melania will be sleeping in the old stable there.

They've put fresh hay in the mangers.

[oberliner]

9. I think The Beatles played there in 1960

During their formative years.

[KatyMan]

11. Yep

Here's a sample:

&list=RDtTpL-lVhXkM#t=6

Even though most of the pics showing are from the Cavern, this was recorded at the Star Club in Hamburg, last week in December 1962.

[trof]

35. Yeah, they put roll-away beds up in the ballroom.

McDonald's is catering a 'continental breakfast' in the morning.
Shower facilities will be available only for senior personnel.
The rest will be able to 'wash up'.

[oberliner]

36. Trump loves McDonalds

So that works out well for him.

[MedusaX]

6. They probably expected *45 to be impeached or arrested by now..& decided not to reserve his room!

[Sneederbunk]

7. They forgot there is no Trump hotel in Hamburg.

[Gothmog]

10. Trump is so incompetent that he forgot to book a room in Germany

[ProudLib72]

12. It would not have been tRump who was in charge of the booking

So include everyone on his staff as being incompetent as well.

[progressoid]

14. If he and his crowd hadn't been such assholes with the outgoing Obama staff,

maybe they could have a better handle on this.

[MineralMan]

15. But Trump forgot to hire anyone to do that job.

The person in the White House who did that was summarily fired when Trump took office, along with everyone else. They simply forgot that someone had to handle such details. So, nobody was around to remind them about booking rooms.

I heard that Trump tried to find a room on Trivago, using his cell phone on Monday, but with no luck. He finally found one, but his credit card was declined. Reason: Fraud prevention.

[ProudLib72]

19. Come on MM, is that a true story

or is this another one of your CNN sources? That one is too close to believable.

[MineralMan]

20. I don't know the details, really, but Trump did fire everyone

working on the White House staff when he took office. Among those were very experienced people who handled all sorts of complicated arrangements, etc. For example, there is a White House Chief of Protocol, who advises the President and staff on how to behave when dealing with people from different cultures, and so forth. That post still has not been filled. I'm sure there has been a Travel Office in the White House that was once full of experts at arranging the details of all sorts of trips, including international trips. The head of that office would have made short work of booking in Hamburg, even on short notice. You can't book something like a presidential entourage without a lot of experience. I'm sure everyone in that office was canned, too.

The thing is that a lot of those White House staff people have worked for multiple administrations. They're not really political jobs, so experience is the thing they bring to the table. Trump just did a clean sweep of White House staffers, and then did not replace a lot of them. He came to the job knowing literally nothing about the job, so he didn't understand how important all of those experienced people really are.

So, Trump goes to Hamburg with no rooms arranged for him and his numerous staff people. At the last minute, accommodations were arranged, with the help of the German government but they're not ideal. Other countries' delegations have taken over entire hotels to handle their needs. Normally, our entourage would have done the same, but nobody did the arrangements until too late.

It's not just rooms, either. Security staff gets entire floors above and below the President's floor. Normally, an entire hotel is booked so enough space and enough security can be arranged. There were people in the White House who understood all that and who knew how to arrange it, even if they had to throw some weight around to bump some other national entourage. It's a difficult coordinated job, every time the President travels overseas.

The whole thing is a failure on the Trump administration's fault, for not retaining experienced people who already knew how to do all of that. Everyone was fired, and nobody knew how to hire qualified replacements. So, there they are in Hamburg, with some staff probably sleeping on the floor at the consulate building there, and the rest crammed into a too small building with the President's close party.

It's hilarious, really, but presents a real security risk in many ways.

[malaise]

28. Well he's arrogant enough to believe that he could have everyone else

cleared out of which ever hotel he wants.
Incompetent does not describe these morons. Is this just WH or also State Department where there are so many vacancies?

[MineralMan]

30. State Department, too.

And that's even worse. We're lacking ambassadors, now, in most countries, and the Assistant Secretaries for most regions and specialized functions remain to be appointed. The State Department is running on empty, with almost nobody in charge. The Trump administration has not even named people for most positions, and there seems to be no movement in the Senate to confirm the ones he has named.

It's a terrible mess, and that's just the beginning. All of the Executive Branch agencies and departments have the same situation. They canned everyone who was an Obama appointee, but have yet to even start naming people to take their places. There is no direction at all in most of them.

The goal appears to be to shut them all down by not having anyone in charge. Nothing gets done without those second-level managers. Nothing.

[MineralMan]

24. Here's some additional information at a new thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029294755

[ProudLib72]

25. LOL! Yes, I saw that thread

I was really interested in the credit card fraud part of the story. Did the old American Expressky card truly get declined?

[MineralMan]

26. No. I was just poking at things with that.

[lindysalsagal]

16. I heard Vladimir is picking him up for a little vodka and a flat to flop in.

[Achilleaze]

17. Free clue for Comrade Casino*

Don't get pissed off when I tell you, Comrade Casino, but the place will be lousy with kompromat bed bugs.



* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[politicaljunkie41910]

18. Angela Merkel was supposed to make the reservation and apparently it slipped her mind.

[Hieronymus]

21. More disorganization from this administration.

[dembotoz]

22. oh dear god now we will have to hear about no room at the inn on the 700 club and how trump is jeus

swaddling clothes....would that include a depends diaper??????
visited by 3 wise men....in his administration????? guess we are safe on that one

[ProudLib72]

23. Time for tRump to make a speech to the world

Ich bin ein Hamburglar!

Let's not forget that he holds a degree from McDonalds U.

[Eugene]

29. They were hamstrung because they couldn't find a Trump property nearby.

[gopiscrap]

31. just have him stay at the train station

they have hot food vending machines and he can sleep on the benches

[Doreen]

38. I asked in another post about this

if Hamburg has bridges. He can sleep there.

[gopiscrap]

32. just goes to his narrative of thinking he is Jesus

watch him ride a donkey to the airport

[Pachamama]

33. Seriously? This really happened?

I swear....when I heard this mentioned, I thought it was a joke....

Can they really be that stupid and incompetent?

We are really all screwed, aren't we?

[gopiscrap]

40. yup

[ailsagirl]

34. I know I'm going to regret asking this but...

doesn't he have someone who normally handles such arrangements??

[NastyRiffraff]

37. Apparently not

Or if he does, that person was either drunk, out sick, or purposely sabotaging the trip. Nothing would surprise me.

[ailsagirl]

39. What bizarre times these are!

[AgadorSparticus]

41. karma. Sure. Is. A. Bitch.

He went off the handle and fired all of "obama's" people because of pure spite and hatred. I hope he ends up at a la quinta. Serves him right. This just cracks me up!!!