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kskiska

(27,041 posts)
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:14 PM Aug 2017

Cash-strapped Secret Service spends $7,100 on luxury portable toilets for Trumps Bedminster trip

President Trump is throwing taxpayer money down the toilet.

The Secret Service was forced to pay $7,100 for “luxury portable restrooms” at Trump’s resort in Bedminster, N.J., during his recent “working vacation,” according to a report Thursday.

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Some of Imperial Restroom’s more high-end trailers boast features including air conditioning and heat, two televisions and a full vanity in addition to several stalls of toilets.

“Leave it to Donald Trump to find a way to spend thousands of taxpayer dollars on a port-a-potty,” American Bridge spokesperson Brad Bainum told USA Today.

The restroom expenditures come in addition to $13,500 spent on golf cart rentals during Trump’s stay, USA Today reports.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/secret-service-spends-7-100-luxury-portable-toilets-article-1.3442699

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Cash-strapped Secret Service spends $7,100 on luxury portable toilets for Trumps Bedminster trip (Original Post) kskiska Aug 2017 OP
A luxury golf course with no bathrooms? Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #1
Conservative PM of Canada 30 years ago made RCMP use regular applegrove Aug 2017 #2

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
1. A luxury golf course with no bathrooms?
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:46 PM
Aug 2017

Who knew!

i can't find any reason in the article that the secret service couldn't use the retrooms that mere mortals use . . .

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
2. Conservative PM of Canada 30 years ago made RCMP use regular
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 11:20 PM
Aug 2017

port o potty at the Prime Ministerial cottage. Trump is so crass. Clubs have excessive bathrooms with extra stalls. Usually there is nobody in them. Totally overbuilt to be part of the "experience" of the club. Sometimes staffed. No reason why ss could not use club bathrooms.

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