Kevyn

Donald Trump’s four trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in early 2017 cost taxpayers nearly $14m, a watchdog report said.

The Government Accountability Office said travel and accommodations, Secret Service expenses, deployment of bomb-sniffing dogs and other costs for the trips between 3 February and 5 March in 2017 tallied to $13.6m. About $60,000 of the tab went directly to Mar-a-Lago.

The GAO report provides one of the clearest pictures yet of the costs of the president’s travel, and how much of that money goes back to his own properties.

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The non-partisan research group for Congress also found that Secret Service costs for three trips abroad by Trump’s two adult sons and their spouses in early 2017 ran to $396,000.

Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), said the trips to Mar-a-Lago themselves were the real problem, not just the direct spending there.

“President Trump’s failure to divest from his properties has created a situation in which he benefits from government spending whenever he makes a promotional appearance at one of those properties,” Bookbinder said in an emailed comment. “This is not a presidential vacation, but an official trip that provides invaluable free publicity to his business.”

The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

GmanTerry

Ever look to see what Pelosi costs us to fly back and forth to San Francisco every weekend?

Semper Fi

Trooper745 Loc: Carolina

No! Never! The leftist hypocrites just run their BS.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

It's takes big bucks to be the boss...........................Goober.

Trooper745 Loc: Carolina

If we're comparing Trump's spending versus his contributions to this country, to the spending versus contributions of Obama, .... we're getting one hell of a bargain in Trump!!!

Just Trump's phone calls to foreign countries, in two years, have bolstered the standing and credibility of the USA more than eight years of Obama's ass-kissing trips, phone calls and visits.

Nuclearian Loc: I live in a Fascist, Liberal State

Sure beats the 80+millions we spent on Michaels shopping, and Obastards golf games.

Kevyn

You just don’t get it do you? He’s not the boss, he works for the people, and his job review in November was piss poor. Once that Mueller report comes out and the Democrats in the house get their investigations subpoenas and hearings rolling your Idiot Pumpkinfuhrer will either resign or be fired! The people in his own party are already turning on him. The funny thing is that the members of his cult have lied to themselves, and when his impending demise happens it will hit them in the forehead like a ball peen hammer.

carlajones

SO??????

Seth

See below:

Seth

Obama's golfing vacations in Hawaii cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 million and Nancy Pelosi throws our tax dollars around like it was her personal mad money, just in liquor bills alone.

Trump gets a lot of America's business done while he's at Mar a Logo, and the profits they make putting up his Secret Service detail go back into the Treasury, just as his salary goes to charity.

Kevyn, you know what your problem is?

No offense to the poster here of the same name, but you, Kevyn, are living in your own...

https://youtu.be/h5F3PHvnQAQ

promilitary

Pocket change compared to the millions Obama spent flying to and from
Hawaii.

How soon we try to forget/

redpill Loc: Oregon - not PDX

I shared the Why I voted for Trump with a relative. I got back a slur that he thought I was smarter than to vote for Trump. I told him I know that he is smart and would appreciate the same respect. He proceeded to point out why he did not vote for Trump with a big long list. I tried doing some due diligence and find facts about the issues. So maybe you all can provide some help... one issue at a time... first issue

"How can his weekly vacation trips to Mar Lago be justified? What does it cost you/me to have that weekly golf game?"

I researched the claim of "weekly" golf trips. I figured that was just hyperbole and found no evidence to the otherwise. However, the question came up in my mind... Just how much has the recent past and present presidents spent on "vacation" travel?... that was the implication my cousin was making... that Trump was/is wasting tax payer money on personal jaunts. The problem I was having was comparing apples to apples. Seems that there would be A SITE that broke such stuff down so that we would not have to waste so much time finding a simple answer... Oh well.