Local tab for Trump's Florida visits closing in on $4 million
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As President Donald Trump is set to arrive Thursday for another long weekend at his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago estate, the estimated costs by local agencies to protect him already are approaching $3.7 million.
Most of that, about $3.5 million, was paid by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office alone. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw remains confident that the federal government will reimburse some or all of that, although many others aren’t so sure.
“It’s still a big chunk of change I think we’ll get it back,” Bradshaw said in a video recorded by his office.
The county also is looking into spending some of its “bed tax” revenue from outsiders’ hotel stays.
How much is $3.7 million? It would pay for more than a third of the estimated $10 million the county says it would need to buy deputy body cameras for the Sheriff’s Office.
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