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We have paid $14 million for security at Trump Tower NYC and it's only Feb. (Original Post)
Cattledog
Feb 2017
OP
Designers tried to tell him the scale just didn't work, but you can't tell an orange anus anything
Brother Buzz
Feb 2017
#10
Melania has indicated she's going to stay in NYC permanently
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Feb 2017
#12
Longtime lurker 99
(88 posts)1. And isn't a lot of that going into his pocket?
Secret service paying to rent trump tower rooms
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)2. yup.
double dipping.
hells
(141 posts)3. I do think that the one of the main reasons he ran for president was
to enrich himself and his family. We should expect a lot of business trips from his kids and a lot of vacations to one of his hotels. All of this will be paid by taxpayers and a big portion of it will go directly into his pockets.
dubyadiprecession
(5,714 posts)4. About a million bucks a day so far.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)5. Where is the right's outrage??!?!?!! I am so sick of their hypocrisy.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. Sickening.
Why is there always money for this bullshit and never enough to help people?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)7. Why should I pay taxes?
Longtime lurker 99
(88 posts)8. I also think that the room is ugly and tacky
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)10. Designers tried to tell him the scale just didn't work, but you can't tell an orange anus anything
blockhead
(1,081 posts)13. I like the Richie Rich toys
A sports car and a couple of limousines
Vinca
(50,276 posts)9. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
There's the extra expense of protecting Mar-a-Lago and the side trips by the children we are apparently paying for. This is nothing more than a shakedown of epic proportions. The best scam ever.
kentuck
(111,102 posts)11. The Presidency is keeping him from having to file bankruptcy again.
He wants to be as wealthy as Putin. That is his dream.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)12. Melania has indicated she's going to stay in NYC permanently
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/melania-might-stay-in-nyc/
How many millions of dollars will that put in Trump's pocket? And how much will it cost taxpayers to pay for her Secret Service security?
Is Ivanka going to be the real First Lady?
How many millions of dollars will that put in Trump's pocket? And how much will it cost taxpayers to pay for her Secret Service security?
Is Ivanka going to be the real First Lady?