Pelosi is grounded by Trump

Oh the pleasure it must have given Donald Trump when he wrote to Nancy Pelosi and told her she couldn't use a military plane to take her on her planned trip to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan. I bet he high-fived himself when he wrote the letter. What a way to get back at his Enemy Number 1. Sorry, Nancy, you're grounded. Normally she and her Congressional colleagues would have swanned off in a Pentagon-provided VIP C-32 or C-40 transport plane beautifully outfitted to take cabinet members, military chefs or top Congressional leaders on foreign trips. But Trump decided Pelosi had no right to taxpayer-funded aircraft as she continued to refuse to give him the $5.7 billion he wants for his Mexico wall. He told Pelosi she could go on a commercial plane at her expense if she wanted. But Trump was also indicating she should be in Washington trying to resolve the government shutdown. If Pelosi is now forced to cancel the trip, I can guarantee there will be a whole lot of people who will be mightily relieved. I'm referring to the poor military guys in Kabul who have to devote their valuable time to entertaining, hosting and endlessly briefing visitors on a regular basis. Having a bunch of members from Congress, all with their know-it-all comments about what to do about Afghanistan can be a nightmare. Especially in dealing with the security for the visit. It involves hundreds of troops and armed private contractors to keep them safe. Pelosi will be furious and will hate Trump even more than she does already. But Trump? He will be laughing his head off. It won't help the shutdown situation of course. That has now been running for 28 days and shows no sign of ending. Neither side in this battle of egos is prepared to back down. Pelosi I'm sure will even now be planning her revenge against the president for spoiling her foreign trip.