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Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show
Source: Washington Post
Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show
By Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain March 22 at 8:01 PM
The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Nearly half of the additional money, $26.8 million, would pay to protect President Trumps family and private home in New Yorks Trump Tower, the documents show, while $33 million would be spent on travel costs incurred by the president, vice president and other visiting heads of state.
The documents, part of the Secret Services request for the fiscal 2018 budget, reflect the costly surprise facing Secret Service agents tasked with guarding the presidents large and far-flung family, accommodating their ambitious travel schedules and fortifying the three-floor Manhattan penthouse where first lady Melania Trump and son Barron live.
Trump has spent most of his weekends since the inauguration at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and his sons have traveled the world to promote Trump properties with Secret Service agents in tow.
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By Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain March 22 at 8:01 PM
The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Nearly half of the additional money, $26.8 million, would pay to protect President Trumps family and private home in New Yorks Trump Tower, the documents show, while $33 million would be spent on travel costs incurred by the president, vice president and other visiting heads of state.
The documents, part of the Secret Services request for the fiscal 2018 budget, reflect the costly surprise facing Secret Service agents tasked with guarding the presidents large and far-flung family, accommodating their ambitious travel schedules and fortifying the three-floor Manhattan penthouse where first lady Melania Trump and son Barron live.
Trump has spent most of his weekends since the inauguration at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and his sons have traveled the world to promote Trump properties with Secret Service agents in tow.
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Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2017
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dchill
(38,447 posts)1. I say levy an excise tax...
on Trump Champagne, Trump Vodka and Trump Steaks.
Botany
(70,447 posts)2. But Trump wants to cut $70 million from the budget to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)3. I bet it goes a lot higher than 60 million.
How much of it will go into the cretin family's pockets? They'll probably run up the bill on purpose.
matt819
(10,749 posts)4. Not only no but hell no
Make him take the bus.