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ah, yes...his legacy will be the president who lied and lied and lied and lied and lied.


Trump's Family Trips Cost Taxpayers Nearly As Much In A Month As Obama's Cost In A Whole Year

Donald Trump's regular jaunts to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida appear to be costing taxpayers a small fortune. The president's three trips have probably cost the federal Treasury about $10 million, the Washington Post estimates, based on an October 2016 Government Accountability Office analysis of White House travel.

By comparison, Barack Obama's travel expenses averaged just $12.1 million during each year of his presidency. In total, Obama's eight year travel bill came to $97 million and unbelievably, Donald Trump is on pace to outspend him in less than one year. The Washington Post says "the elaborate lifestyle of America’s first family is straining the Secret Service and security officials, stirring financial and logistical concerns in several local communities, and costing far beyond what has been typical for previous presidents."

Before he became America's commander in chief, Trump frequently criticized Obama's travel expenses on Fox News and via his Twitter account.

"President @BarackObama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars----Unbelievable!"

Interestingly, in Trump's first formal interview after his election victory with CBS's 60 Minutes, he said, "I don't think we'll be very big on vacations, no." After a stressful start to his stint in the White House, however, Trump seems to have changed his mind.

from:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...-as-obamas-cost-in-a-whole-year/#2e6d9a9136e4
 
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the Washington Post estimates, based on an October 2016 Government Accountability Office analysis of White House travel.
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ooook
:)
trump was estimated to be elected in 2017...
the post also, if I recall correctly, estimated hillary was going to win in a landslide too.
just sayin
 
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Trump is using the presidency as his personal expense account. He's charging the American people to enrich himself, his friends, his family, and his businesses. He was a professionally con-artist before he became president, he conned America and now he's robbing them blind. The cost of his personal spending spree could have have saved years of some of the social programs he's cut. American conservatives who say they care about deficits and government spending have been exposed. It was never about government spending and always just an excuse to kick down the poor and the sick. Conservatism is the delight in human suffering, not reducing the size of the government and increasing economic freedom. It's an ideology of hatred and death.
 
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"Presidents always travel," Spicer said brusquely before brushing off a question about whether the money used for Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips could be better spent on programs such as Meals on Wheels, which would see a hefty cut in their federal funding under Trump's budget.

"I think that is a vast reach to suggest," Spicer said. "I get that that's a cute program to point at, but it's false and misleading to make that narrative stick."
https://www.aol.com/article/news/20...3-million-trips-to-mar-a-lago-are-p/21903658/

obamas vacations were vacations
trump works from that estate
not sure if some of you get the difference

Donald Trump’s use of Mar-a-Lago for visit by Japanese PM an ethical concern
http://globalnews.ca/news/3243383/trump-mar-a-lago-ethics/

guess he is also bad for working there too
which way do you all want it to be?
you can't have it both ways
 
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Twila said:
ah, yes...his legacy will be the president who lied and lied and lied and lied and lied.


Trump's Family Trips Cost Taxpayers Nearly As Much In A Month As Obama's Cost In A Whole Year

Donald Trump's regular jaunts to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida appear to be costing taxpayers a small fortune. The president's three trips have probably cost the federal Treasury about $10 million, the Washington Post estimates, based on an October 2016 Government Accountability Office analysis of White House travel.

By comparison, Barack Obama's travel expenses averaged just $12.1 million during each year of his presidency. In total, Obama's eight year travel bill came to $97 million and unbelievably, Donald Trump is on pace to outspend him in less than one year. The Washington Post says "the elaborate lifestyle of America’s first family is straining the Secret Service and security officials, stirring financial and logistical concerns in several local communities, and costing far beyond what has been typical for previous presidents."

Before he became America's commander in chief, Trump frequently criticized Obama's travel expenses on Fox News and via his Twitter account.

"President @BarackObama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars----Unbelievable!"

Interestingly, in Trump's first formal interview after his election victory with CBS's 60 Minutes, he said, "I don't think we'll be very big on vacations, no." After a stressful start to his stint in the White House, however, Trump seems to have changed his mind.

from:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...-as-obamas-cost-in-a-whole-year/#2e6d9a9136e4
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Got to keep him safe from all those crazy socialist feminists
 
EagleSmack

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Probably ...according to Washington Post estimates

In other words... Fake News... Very Fake News
 
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Clinton won the popular vote in a landslide but not the electoral college.
Imagine the American forefathers who really thought this process through
And the system failed they invoked the college to make sure a person as
mentally unstable as Trump never got elected.
The cost is high but a shill game is expensive to play.
 
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damngrumpy said:
Clinton won the popular vote in a landslide but not the electoral college.
Imagine the American forefathers who really thought this process through
And the system failed they invoked the college to make sure a person as
mentally unstable as Trump never got elected.
The cost is high but a shill game is expensive to play.
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Are the results even believable, anymore?
 
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damngrumpy said:
Clinton won the popular vote in a landslide but not the electoral college.
Imagine the American forefathers who really thought this process through
And the system failed they invoked the college to make sure a person as
mentally unstable as Trump never got elected.
The cost is high but a shill game is expensive to play.
Click to expand...

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