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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:10 PM Aug 2017

The Trump Family's Travel Costs And Lavish Expenditures

While I understand security costs, why do we have to pay the bills for their hotel stays, especially when they're for the family business?

Breaking Down All Of The Trump Family's Travel Costs And Lavish Expenditures

“President Trump's trips to Mar-A-Lago
• Total cost for security in Palm Beach: $3.7 million
• Roundtrip flights from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland to West Palm, Florida: $700,000
• Overtime for local law enforcement during Trump’s trips: $60,000/day
• Total golf cart rentals ordered by the Secret Service "for POTUS visit": $35,185
• Loss to business due to airport closure: -$30,000/weekend

Keeping the first family in Trump Towers
• Request for additional Secret Service funding to secure Trump Towers: $60 million
• New York Police Department security costs: $127,000-$146,000/day
• "Elevator services" ordered by the Secret Service: $64,000
• Air Force One flights to New York City: $180,000/hour

The Trump children's trips around the world with Secret Service
• Eric Trump’s hotel costs in Uruguay: $97,830
• Eric Trump’s hotel costs in the U.K. this week: $11,261
• Eric Trump’s limousine services in Dublin: $4,029.85
• Rental ski equipment and clothing for secret service during Ivanka Trump's trip to Aspen: $12,208
• Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump’s hotel costs in Vancouver: $53,155
• Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s hotel costs in Dubai: $16,738

The provided costs don't even include airfare rates for Secret Service agents taking each trek with the Trumps, nor does it include the data on those agents’ salaries and other expenditures taxpayers may be footing the bill for. The budget was expected to naturally increase based on the size of the Trump family as compared to the size of his predecessors, but critics are concerned the billionaire first family hasn’t acknowledged that it's not him paying for his trips, it's the American people.”

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-florida-trips-prices-costs-first-family-vacation-capitalism-584551

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The Trump Family's Travel Costs And Lavish Expenditures (Original Post) Me. Aug 2017 OP
Obscene. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #1
I Resent The Hell Out Of This Me. Aug 2017 #2
And still, the biggest concern from many Stein voters is... NurseJackie Aug 2017 #4
LOL betsuni Aug 2017 #12
You Can JUst Guess Me. Aug 2017 #20
Yes I can. But I can't say out loud for obvious reasons. And... NurseJackie Aug 2017 #23
Damn Shame Me. Aug 2017 #24
I remember all the outraged complaints about brer cat Aug 2017 #14
how horrible trueblue2007 Aug 2017 #27
republicans squandering our hard-earned tax dollars Achilleaze Aug 2017 #3
I read about the huge costs of Tiffany's trip to Rome recently, BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #5
this makes my blood boil nt oppressedproletarian Aug 2017 #6
We have to pay for their ski equipment, limos and hotels? smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #7
That's What I Want To Know Me. Aug 2017 #19
I think we have to pay for Sec Serv ski equipment AllyCat Aug 2017 #21
That makes me sick. This wasn't the first lady, it is his children, none of whom smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #25
The Trump's pick expensive places to stay, so naturally the SS... dubyadiprecession Aug 2017 #8
$61 million for 44 golfing trips - in just 7 months. sandensea Aug 2017 #9
That's 1.5 Mil Per Trip Me. Aug 2017 #16
Trump complained that Obama cost us less than $100 million over 8 years that is 8 years Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #22
I still find it appalling that they spend money on all of that, logosoco Aug 2017 #10
If a democratic president did half this wasteful Scarsdale Aug 2017 #11
And we have to pay this for the rest of their lives even after Trump leaves office. SweetieD Aug 2017 #13
Federal/state corrections will be footing their bills once he leaves office. sharedvalues Aug 2017 #18
It's sickening lunatica Aug 2017 #15
Stealing taxpayers money through self-dealing. sharedvalues Aug 2017 #17
They are grifters. Lil Missy Aug 2017 #26

Me.

(35,454 posts)
2. I Resent The Hell Out Of This
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:15 PM
Aug 2017

The costs noted don't even mention golf carts, porta-potties or anything.

brer cat

(24,402 posts)
14. I remember all the outraged complaints about
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 07:41 PM
Aug 2017

the Obama's travels, and it was nothing to compare with this! I guess they wouldn't be republicans if they weren't massively hypocritical.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
3. republicans squandering our hard-earned tax dollars
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:21 PM
Aug 2017

to provide golden, gourmet, deluxe bennies & special luxuries for a family of grifters who claim to be "billionaires." Meanwhile, republicans working steadily in secret to slash support for elders, sick people, and homeless, to enable more more more tax cuts for the rich.

How sick is that? How republican is that?



BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
5. I read about the huge costs of Tiffany's trip to Rome recently,
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:27 PM
Aug 2017

courtesy of our tax dollars. The costs keep piling up. How is this ethical?

I blame Reagan for turning the GOP into the party where morality is associated with the rich while the poor are amoral.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. We have to pay for their ski equipment, limos and hotels?
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:47 PM
Aug 2017

WTF? Security is one thing - and I think even that is bullshit - but why do our tax dollars go toward putting these people up in style? Why aren't they paying their own way? I really want to know.

NONE of the children are elected officials of the US government and should not be allowed to waste our tax dollars on their business and leisure trips. This just outrages me!

Me.

(35,454 posts)
19. That's What I Want To Know
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:07 PM
Aug 2017

Especially as most of those are business trips and do we fly them on private jets along with an entire detail?

AllyCat

(16,036 posts)
21. I think we have to pay for Sec Serv ski equipment
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:10 PM
Aug 2017

They can't exactly send the First Lady down the ski hill without protection.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. That makes me sick. This wasn't the first lady, it is his children, none of whom
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 12:13 AM
Aug 2017

were elected to office. Why do we pay for THEM? They are all rich adults who are perfectly capable of paying their own way.

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
8. The Trump's pick expensive places to stay, so naturally the SS...
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 06:26 PM
Aug 2017

can't stay in cheaper lodgings down the street, (like in a motel 6) they have to be in close proximity to the family at all times.
It would be nice if the trump's contributed something to the cost of their protection.

sandensea

(21,530 posts)
9. $61 million for 44 golfing trips - in just 7 months.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 07:07 PM
Aug 2017

I just hope someone finds a way to make him pay it all back.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
22. Trump complained that Obama cost us less than $100 million over 8 years that is 8 years
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:10 PM
Aug 2017

either $94 or $98 million

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
10. I still find it appalling that they spend money on all of that,
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 07:21 PM
Aug 2017

but they didn't make sure that the younger boy was somewhere where he could see the total eclipse. Maybe he doesn't care much about it, but seeing how excited by grandsons were when it happened, I felt really bad for the little tRump. (maybe I was thinking there might be some hope for him).

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. If a democratic president did half this wasteful
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 07:35 PM
Aug 2017

spending, the gop would have passed numerous bills putting a stop to it. Since they are supposed to be so rich, WHY are taxpayers fotting their extensive bills? Is he trying to bankrupt the country, just like he has done with everything else he has been involved with?

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
18. Federal/state corrections will be footing their bills once he leaves office.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:07 PM
Aug 2017

We just need to work hard to get him out of office. The crimes will then take care of themselves.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
17. Stealing taxpayers money through self-dealing.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:06 PM
Aug 2017

Let's call this what it is. It is theft of our tax dollars.

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