Earl (07-18-2019)
According to GAO, Trump took four trips alone to Mar-A-Lago in Feb. 2017, a few weeks after being sworn into office. Those trips cost taxpayers $13.5M. (source: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696512.pdf) How many trips to FL and to his other properties has he taken in the 2-1/2 years since?
By contrast, Obama's non-presidential travel costs were ~ $100M spread out over eight years.
"Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, obtained government records in December 2016 near the end of the Obama administration and summarized the Obama family's eight years of travel, putting the known cost at $96.9 million. "The Obamas' notorious abuse of presidential travel perks wasted military resources and stressed the Secret Service. Judicial Watch estimates that the final costs of Obama's unnecessary vacation and political travel will well exceed $100 million," Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said in December. At that time, he added: "President-elect Trump can immediately save taxpayers money by reforming presidential travel." *
* (Note that Judicial Watch is including in the ~$100M figure "political travel." You know, like Toadstool's many, many political rallies.)
"What is Fitton saying about Trump's travels so far? "It's a rather obvious use of taxpayer resources for seemingly unnecessary purposes."" (source: https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/col...llions/2320612 )
From Forbes (July 2019):
"From a combination of an analysis from the HuffPost, the GAO or General Accounting Office, Politico and the Washington Post using costs from both Obama and Trump golf trips the estimated cost of Trump’s visits so far come to a range of $105 to $108 million. When you extrapolate the $105 million estimate to eight years, assuming Trump is re-elected, the total cost is over $340 million." (source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo.../#47ac3de528aa )
christiefan915 (07-18-2019)
"OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TRAVEL COST $114 MILLION, TRUMP'S SO FAR IS $10 MILLION"
https://www.newsweek.com/obama-admin...n-trump-723883
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
That's nice, but your link is from 2017..... when Trump hadn't even been in office for a full year yet. My Forbes link is from this month, and says that so far Trump's vacations -- not including the political rallies that Judicial Watch includes in their Obama travel costs -- are "$105 to $108 million." So after 2-1/2 years in office, Toadstool has cost us almost as much as Obama did in his entire eight-year term. Not including Trump's political rally expenses.
christiefan915 (07-18-2019)
From one of your RW rags the Washington Examiner: The final tab for former President Obama's eight years of family travel to ski resorts, beaches and European cities has finally come in and the bill is $99,714,527.82. Let's round up to $100 million.
From Newsweek in May 2019: President Donald Trump's golf outings have already cost U.S. taxpayers at least $102 million, according to an analysis from the HuffPost.
I hope you're not going to criticize my sources, Mr. Earl.
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
Bill (07-18-2019)
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
YUGE . bigly
RINO is the term for that rare Republican who puts country above party.
Right wing = lie, lie, and lie some more.
"When I am president I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to play golf" Donald J. Trump, world class snake oil salesman and compulsive golfer August 2016
The definition of "racist" as "anyone who is white" is itself racist.
Originally Posted by Colin Powell
RINO is the term for that rare Republican who puts country above party.
Right wing = lie, lie, and lie some more.
"When I am president I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to play golf" Donald J. Trump, world class snake oil salesman and compulsive golfer August 2016
The definition of "racist" as "anyone who is white" is itself racist.
Originally Posted by Colin Powell
christiefan915 (07-19-2019)
RINO is the term for that rare Republican who puts country above party.
Right wing = lie, lie, and lie some more.
"When I am president I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to play golf" Donald J. Trump, world class snake oil salesman and compulsive golfer August 2016
The definition of "racist" as "anyone who is white" is itself racist.
Originally Posted by Colin Powell
Bookmarks