Normally I would never post something from FB, but the sources cited all seem to be factual.
Even though I agree with a small set of his "policies", I still think he is nothing more than a con man. He will make a killing off of the American tax payers over the course of his presidency.
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In his eight years as President, Barack Obama's vacations cost taxpayers between $85M-$96M. All told, he and his family were away 29 times, spanning all or part of 230 days of the 2,920 or so days of his tenure.Of course, a President is never really "off the clock," but conservatives loved complaining each and every time Obama took time away from the White House. Every trip was scrutinized. Every golf game he played became an example of how out of touch he was.
By contrast, President George W. Bush took 88 separate vacations, spanning all or part of 533 days during his two terms.
Today, we're a little less than a month into the Trump presidency. Here's where we stand thus far:
- - $7 million for his Thanksgiving vacation to Mar-a-Lago. (Technically, he was still President-elect at the time, but taxpayers still footed the bill).
- - $9 million for the three consecutive weekend trips to Mar-a-Lago (including the scheduled trip this weekend).
- -$1.5 million for local, county, and state law enforcement in Florida.
In addition, we've spent $400,000 - $500,000 a day for security at Trump Tower and $100,000 for Eric Trump to go on a business trip.
On the low end, that's an additional $10.1M; on the high end, it's $12.6M. And that only includes the costs incurred since his Inauguration.
If you include his trip as President-elect, we've spent at least $30.1M for his vacations to Mar-a-Lago and his wife's accommodations in a gilded penthouse in New York. If you exclude that pre-inaugural Thanksgiving trip, then it's still at least $23.1M, and again, we're only a month in.
Here's what that means: At the current rate, Donald Trump's expenses will surpass the combined total of all eight years of Barack Obama's in less than four months.
He is on track to charge taxpayers $277 million for trips to his resort in Florida and his wife's accommodations at their penthouse in New York City in his very first year as President.
If he stays in office for eight years and his wife continues to live in New York, at the current rate, we would be on the hook for more than $2.2 billion (or 10% of the projected costs of the border wall he wants to build).
Oh, and because he owns both properties, he is actually personally profiting from this arrangement. The Secret Service is paying his company rent, at market value, money that goes straight into his own pocket.
The Art of the Steal.