Trump family's elaborate lifestyle is a logistica
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Posted On: 02/17/2017 1:19:17 AM
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Trump family's elaborate lifestyle is a logistical nightmare at taxpayer expense
C'mon righties, dust off those 'green eye shades' that you used to wear when you pissed and moaned about Obummer walking toward Marine 1 to beat it out of town.
What's that? The sound of a mouse pissing on cotton? LOL!
Source: MSN/Washington Post
Barely a month into the Trump presidency, the unusually elaborate lifestyle of America’s new first family is straining the Secret Service and security officials, stirring financial and logistical concerns in several local communities, and costing far beyond what has been typical for past presidents — a price tag that, based on past assessments of presidential travel and security costs, could balloon into the hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a four-year term.
Adding to the costs and complications is Trump’s inclination to conduct official business surrounded by crowds of people, such as his decision last weekend to host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a working dinner while Mar-a-Lago members dined nearby.
The handful of government agencies that bear the brunt of the expenses, including the Defense and Homeland Security departments, have not responded to Washington Post requests for data laying out the costs since Trump took office.
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Trump’s three Mar-a-Lago trips since the inauguration have likely cost the federal treasury roughly $10 million, based on figures used in an October government report analyzing White House travel, including money for Coast Guard units to patrol the exposed shoreline and other military, security and staffing expenses associated with moving the apparatus of the presidency.
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