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The U.S. Coast Guard has received no extra funding to cover the additional costs of protecting President Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort during his frequent trips to the Florida estate, the services top official said Wednesday.
Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guards commandant, also provided new details about the challenges the service faces in safeguarding the Palm Beach property because of its waterfront exposure on two sides the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Intracoastal Waterway to the west.
Whenever Trump visits, Zukunft said, the Coast Guard dispatches helicopters, patrol boats and anti-terrorism teams for round-the-clock patrols, Zukunft said during a breakfast with journalists.
We have teams protecting the approaches to Mar-a-Lago on both coasts, Zukunft said. Were also protecting in the air, as well, he added, noting that the service watches for low, slow fliers and any other potential aviation threat to our commander in chief.
Asked about the costs of protecting Mar-a-Lago, Zukunft said officials were trying to determine a figure to provide to Congress, but that at the moment the service was working within existing funding constraints.
Is there a supplemental to support this? he said. The answer is no.
Zukunfts comments highlight the growing costs to taxpayers of Trumps lifestyle, including routine jaunts to Mar-a-Lago and the need to fortify Trump Tower in New York, where Trumps wife and youngest son have chosen to live. Trump is expected to return to Mar-a-Lago this weekend for his seventh trip since the inauguration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coast-guard-faces-growing-costs-for-protecting-trump%e2%80%99s-mar-a-lago/ar-BBzMqO5?ocid=edgsp
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I Love The Coast Guard!!!! They do a great job of protecting and saving people in my area.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)security while the clean up budgets get slashed.
Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Sea Tow if they get into trouble on the water. Sounds like the Coast Guard will be too busy to come to their aid.
louis-t
(23,266 posts)Mar-a-Gumbo.
rock
(13,218 posts)"Merde" is French, "Mierde" is spanish.