The only imbeciles are those who think Trump needs to go here 3 times a month for business.
Trump family trips cost taxpayers $11.3m in one month – almost as much as Obama’s cost in a year
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The only imbeciles are those who think Trump needs to go here 3 times a month for business.
The only imbeciles are those who think Trump needs to go here 3 times a month for business.
What a dump. I would never go there for vacation.
Even if one of Obama's trips cost 10 times that of Trump, you wouldn't have heard a peep from the media.
The only imbeciles are those who think Trump needs to go here 3 times a month for business.
Why? Business requires entertainment and putting the party on the other side of the negotiation table in a setting that lowers his/her defenses or makes them more amiable. Many company do similar type things. If they get results, it's worth it.
No other President needed to spend anywhere near the amount on government business entertainment as President Trump does.What were the needs and results of Trump going to Mar a Lago 3 times in a month?What are the results for the taxpayers paying for secret service protection for his sons flying around the world for the trump corporation business?What are the results for the taxpayers paying 500,000 a day because Melania doesn't want to stay at The White House?
First, saying "no other President" doesn't support your argument for several reasons. Beyond Obama, $$ spend on a parity basis is worthless as inflation takes hold the further back you go. Additionally, saying "no other President" is irrelevant as Trump ran on a platform promising things "no other President" ever promised.
Second, why don't we see if he achieves results with his actions? I think if he can get 600,000 jobs from Japanese corporations setting up shop here in the US, it's worth a 13mm spend.
The guy has been in office one whole month. I get that you folks are pissed off that you lost the election. We were too, 4 years back. Let it go and let's see what we can do moving forward.
Ok .Lets say hosting the Japanese PM at Mar A Lago is acceptable(even though The White House is quite nice ),What about the other 2 times? What about taxpayers paying secret service protection for his grown children conducting private business?What about taxpayers paying 500,000 a day because Mrs Trump doesn't want to be at The White House?
I'd have to understand the reasons behind the decisions. But on first glance, I am forced to agree with you - the optics do not look good (as I said originally).
Fair enough.I am forced to agree with you that hosting the Japanese PM at Mar A Lago was ok.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-another-weekend-holiday-mar-121916184.html
Trump has another weekend holiday in Mar-a-Lago as Russia scandal grows
Jasmine Andersson
For the fourth weekend running, US President Donald Trump has decided to retreat to Floridian resort Mar-a-Lago after it was rumoured that he had fallen out with two of his top dogs in the wake of the latest Russian revelations.
The site, which Trump has dubbed the "Winter White House", was home to the leader and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn over the weekend (3 March), with no sign of his chief strategist Steve Bannon nor chief of staff Reince Priebus at the complex.
Trump has allegedly fallen out with the pair after they failed to recuse Sessions from any current or future investigations into ties between Trump and Russia.
Attorney General Sessions met with the Russian ambassador to the US in two separate meetings, which he had failed to previously disclose to the FBI.
One source told CNN that "nobody has seen him [Trump] that upset" after he ranted that the Sessions scandal had detracted from his hard work.
As Attorney General, Sessions is the highest-ranking member of the US federal law enforcement system. However, he recused himself from overseeing investigations into whether Trump's election campaign staff had contact with Russian representatives. But Session allegedly did not inform Trump of his decision before announcing it to the public.
Bannon and Priebus were then advised to not join the president on the weekend retreat.
White House officials reported that Priebus was engaged in a family event, but Bannon later arrived at the resort on 4 March.
The president later tweeted that the Russian ambassador had met Barack Obama a total of 22 times.
Trump has also come under fire for discussing confidential White House business at the complex, in the midst of the public.
The US leader is said to have discussed the US response to a North Korean missile test in a public dining room in the club, with the president and his aides airing sensitive documents in the eye of other guests in the room.
Trump purchased the Mar-a-Lago property, which was designed as a winter retreat for presidents and foreign dignitaries, in 1985 for $5m (approx $11.9m or £9.68m in today's value). The resort is now estimated to be worth $200m-$300m, according to Politico.
Although the president previously criticised his predecessor Obama for a heavy travel bill, a Washington Post report estimates that Trump had spent $10m (£8.13m) on travel expenses since mid-February, whilst Obama spent $87m in his eight years in office.
Trump has another weekend holiday in Mar-a-Lago as Russia scandal grows
For the fourth weekend running, US President Donald Trump has decided to retreat to Floridian resort Mar-a-Lago after it was rumoured that he had fallen out with two of his top dogs in the wake of the latest Russian revelations.
The site, which Trump has dubbed the "Winter White House", was home to the leader and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn over the weekend (3 March), with no sign of his chief strategist Steve Bannon nor chief of staff Reince Priebus at the complex.
Trump has allegedly fallen out with the pair after they failed to recuse Sessions from any current or future investigations into ties between Trump and Russia.
Attorney General Sessions met with the Russian ambassador to the US in two separate meetings, which he had failed to previously disclose to the FBI.
One source told CNN that "nobody has seen him [Trump] that upset" after he ranted that the Sessions scandal had detracted from his hard work.
As Attorney General, Sessions is the highest-ranking member of the US federal law enforcement system. However, he recused himself from overseeing investigations into whether Trump's election campaign staff had contact with Russian representatives. But Session allegedly did not inform Trump of his decision before announcing it to the public.
Bannon and Priebus were then advised to not join the president on the weekend retreat.
White House officials reported that Priebus was engaged in a family event, but Bannon later arrived at the resort on 4 March.
The president later tweeted that the Russian ambassador had met Barack Obama a total of 22 times.
Trump has also come under fire for discussing confidential White House business at the complex, in the midst of the public.
The US leader is said to have discussed the US response to a North Korean missile test in a public dining room in the club, with the president and his aides airing sensitive documents in the eye of other guests in the room.
Trump purchased the Mar-a-Lago property, which was designed as a winter retreat for presidents and foreign dignitaries, in 1985 for $5m (approx $11.9m or £9.68m in today's value). The resort is now estimated to be worth $200m-$300m, according to Politico.
Although the president previously criticised his predecessor Obama for a heavy travel bill, a Washington Post report estimates that Trump had spent $10m (£8.13m) on travel expenses since mid-February, whilst Obama spent $87m in his eight years in office.