Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been a moneymaking success story

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http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/28/15365438/donald-trump-100-days-kleptocracy


$35k on golf cart rentals
$64k on elevator service

That's not counting the travel, the stay, the meals.

Fine. You want to golf every weekend, how about you go somewhere you don't own? I'm sure it would cost the taxpayer less and it wouldn't go into his own pocket.

This can't become normal.

 

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http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/28/15365438/donald-trump-100-days-kleptocracy


$35k on golf cart rentals
$64k on elevator service

That's not counting the travel, the stay, the meals.

Fine. You want to golf every weekend, how about you go somewhere you don't own? I'm sure it would cost the taxpayer less and it wouldn't go into his own pocket.

This can't become normal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...68a320a60ce_story.html?utm_term=.bb878d4f30d8
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4. Taxpayers foot the bill for presidential vacations.

Presidents pay for their own and their families’ lodging, food and incidentals while on vacation, which may be why they generally prefer to stay at properties they own, as guests of wealthy friends or at the official presidential retreat at Camp David.

But since presidential vacations are always working vacations, taxpayers cover what it takes to keep the commander in chief working. Lodging and meals are an extra cost, but taxpayers pay the salaries of White House staffers and Secret Service agents whether the president stays in Washington or not, so a presidential vacation does not significantly increase personnel costs.The biggest additional expense is the use of Air Force One and the support aircraft needed to haul all the equipment and ground transportation the president needs. The Congressional Research Service estimated that the cost of operating Air Force One is nearly $180,000 per hour. Ultimately, a presidential vacation can cost taxpayers an additional $1 million or considerably more than if the president had just stayed put in the White House. How significant this is within a $3.5 trillion federal budget is something voters can decide for themselves."

 

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You've kind of missed the point with this. It's not comparing to the overall budget. It's about THIS President profiting from routine Presidential meetings. Like I've said, he wants to golf every weekend, fine go to someone else's course/property.