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$97million total spent in 8 years during obama
accompanied by constant asshurt by conservatives
now silent while melania lives in a gold tower and donald goes to a resort every weekend to appoint fellow members to ambassadorships
how sad
almost as much as obama in 1 year
In a month, the Trump family has cost taxpayers almost as much as the Obamas did in a year
Donald Trump, with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife, Melania Trump, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, in Mar-a-Lago AFP/Nicholas/Kamm/Getty
Donald Trump’s family’s trips have cost taxpayers nearly as much in a month as Barack Obama’s cost in an entire year.
The US President’s three visits to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida since his presidential inauguration, combined with his sons’ business trips, reportedly cost $11.3m (£9.1m).
Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch estimated Mr Obama’s travel expenses totalled an average $12.1m in each of his eight years in the White House.
“This is an expensive way to conduct business, and the President should recognise that,” said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton, speaking to the Washington Post.
“The unique thing about President Trump is that he knows what it costs to run a plane.
“Going down [to Mar-a-Lago] ain’t free.”
The three Mar-a-Lago trips in Palm Beach cost the federal treasury around $10m, based on figures used in an October government report analysing White House travel.
This includes cash for coast guards to patrol the exposed shoreline.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw also says it has cost local taxpayers $360,000 in police overtime for his three weekends in Florida since 20 January.
The Post also revealed it cost $88,320 to put secret service agents up in a hotel while son Eric Trump visited Uruguay to promote a Trump-brand condo tower.
Records show it cost $5,470 to put up secret service officials at the AlSol Del Mar hotel in the Dominican Republic, as they scoped out the area, ahead of a similar visit by Eric Trump.
The same records show more than $16,000 has been spent on secret service hotel bills for his two sons’ visit for a grand opening of a Trump-brand golf resort in Dubai.
The 70-year-old leader of the free world repeatedly criticised Mr Obama for his taxpayer-funded travel during his tenure.
He tweeted in January 2012: “President BarackObama’s vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars----Unbelievable!”
The Independent has contacted Mr Trump's communications director for comment.
$97million total spent in 8 years during obama
accompanied by constant asshurt by conservatives
now silent while melania lives in a gold tower and donald goes to a resort every weekend to appoint fellow members to ambassadorships
how sad
Not including the billions given away to terrorist nations.
Donald's lifestyle probably got worse, his wife's didn't change.
slap on a mask and riot you got
on-cue trump semen shielding from mr "i didnt vote for him but hes my hero"Not including the billions given away to terrorist nations.
Donald's lifestyle probably got worse, his wife's didn't change.
spineless got
while i do that, go get your ar15 and stand your fat ass on the other side of the street acting like youd use it if a riot broke out
multi-emojis.... youre lacking any material
If he cuts taxes and saves people money, they won't care.
You provide plenty material.
The amount is less than a 3 cents per taxpayer. Darn. Lol
That's re ed complaining about the costs of Secret Service protection for the president. As much as I hate Trump him getting assassinated would be a disaster for this country.
Protection is necessary. Not sure having the first lady live outside the White House is. And it's fair to compare costs against the previous POTUS who drew plenty of criticism over his travels.
I don't think it is. The complaints were re ed then too.
Please. Media, in association with both sides of the aisle & Media would have a blast putting all that into order. Within 90 days it'd be a "Good thing." & said aloud, in broad daylight...just like that.
Get that status quo back up. , the line is still sitting there all greased. It'd be shaved pussy to kick the switch.
Bend over. I'll kick your switch.
Complaints have always been less about protection and more about unnecessary travel that costs more because of the protection. If the Trump family lived in the White House like a normal Presidential family it would cost much less and would be harder to justify complaints.
Stop rioting and throwing at his motorcade, maybe the price wouldn't be so high.
I take Trump at his word that he doesn't want to pull his kid out of school in the middle of the year. Trump never expected to actually win, so I can understand he didn't do any legwork to find a school he liked in DC. And I can imagine the school he sends his son to is really important to him based on how much that military school he went to as an adolescent shaped him.
The cost of Secret Service protection is a petty thing to criticize a president about, it's like pennies under the couch when it comes to the budget. Trump has a large family, so we knew going in his Secret Service protection was going to cost a lot more than Obama's. With all the legitimate reasons to hate Trump complaining about something so small and meaningless is ridiculous. It's like all the right wing nuts who had a fit about Clinton sticking cigars in Lewinski and then not admitting it. Who cares?
Lewinsky was one of the few things I respected Bill for. He was a smooth mother er. The "wag the dog" scenario sticks in my craw though.
"military school he went to as an adolescent shaped him"
More money needs to be put into protecting him because the Hillary voters are very dangerous people. Nobody really worried about the McCain and Romney voters, they were law abiding citizens for the most part.
You're smarter than that. Come up with something funnier.
And at least that money is going to American's.
Which person do you think those antifa guys voted for, bro?
Probably Chief Wahoo of the Sioux Nation. That's how he got his one electoral vote.
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