As if the White House staff did not already have enough sensitive
topics to tiptoe around, President Trump's first international trip has
created another. An anonymous source
related, "Believe it or not, he thinks he should be earning frequent flyer
miles. Right after we took off from Andrews
he calls over one of the Air Force stewards and tries to hand him a slip of
paper. The young man looked perplexed,
so I thought I'd help out. 'Oh good, do you know
who I give my frequent flyer number to?'
I guess I looked just as puzzled, so he started to get mad. 'Doesn't
anyone know what's going on here? I
didn't bother with all the domestic flights, but I'll bet I'm racking up some sweet
mileage now.' So I told him that I would
get his number to the right person and walked away. Then I came back and told him that he didn't
need to worry about the next legs of the trip." Asked if he is worried about the President
becoming aware of the ruse, the aide replied, "As long as he doesn't start
bragging on Twitter about how he's never going to have to pay for a flight for
as long as he lives after he leaves office, I think I'll be okay." But what about the President's next
trip? "I'm just going to roll the
dice that there isn't going to be a 'next trip' or that if there is, I'll be
long gone."
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