It’s well-known that President Trump and his family are racking up quite the federally-funded tab a mere three months into his administration, but now it’s been reported that the U.S. Secret Service is requesting an extra $60 million for next year to account for “the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family.”
So what does an extra $60 mill get you in this day and age? Well roughly half of the additional money — $26.8 million — will go towards securing Melania and Barron in their glass tower in Midtown Manhattan.
More specifically, the Melania/Barron fund will go towards “residence security operations at the president’s private residence in Trump Tower,” with $12.5 set aside to pay for “personnel related costs in New York.”
That’s to say nothing of the additional millions spent by the city of New York at the cost of taxpayers.
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Another $33 million will be used for extra travel costs for “the president, vice president and other visiting heads of state.”
Since taking office, Trump has spent most of his weekends at Mar-a-Lago ($$$), and his sons have been traveling the world promoting Trump properties with full Secret Service details ($$$).
“There’s no time for vacation. We’re not going to be big on vacations,” then-candidate Trump said at a campaign rally last year, criticizing President Obama’s travel schedule. “The White House is this incredible place. It represents so much, and you’re there for a limited period of time. If you’re at the White House and you have so much work to do, why do you fly? Why do you leave so much?”
A source who has knowledge of internal Secret Service budget planning told the Washington Post that the request for funds was actually rejected by the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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So what does that mean for all of us? Well, the Secret Service will instead likely chip money away from other programs to accommodate the bloated costs. That means taking money from investigating things like cybercrime, missing and exploited children, and counterfeit-money — all operations under the purview of the Secret Service.
Meanwhile, President Trump has proposed a massive federal budget cut that even conservatives are calling “draconian.”
And here’s the real kicker — a portion of that extra $60 million will go directly into the pockets of none other than Donald Trump himself.
Take Trump Tower in Manhattan, home to Melania and Barron: To provide adequate protection to the first family, Secret Service must rent out significant space in the building.
Their landlord, of course, is the president.
Giancarlo85
But hes the Emperor “President” and he is super “presidential” according to our trolls on here.
We should just ignore all the corruption, constitutional violations, judicial slapdowns, cronyism and nepotism. Also just ignore the FBI investigation too that is in the process of collecting evidence on Manafort and other high profile Trump allies/surrogates.
The facts and reality are fake newzzzzz… We should only believe what is on Brietbart and a right wing troll Facebook profile lmao.
This “administration” is seriously on a crash course through the gates of hell. The pain for the majority of us will be worse than kidney stones.
Giancarlo85
BTW Obama spent money on actual state visits to other countries. Trump is spending all this money on vacationing in some dive bar in Florida and playing minigolf.
Prax07
Strip him and his entourage of this overpriced protection and let them pay for it themselves…he’s rich enough to foot the bill himself. Or force that hooker of a first lady to actually live where she’s supposed to be living, with her cheeto hubby in the white house, that’ll eliminate a giant chunk of the overspending.
Low Country Boy
I agree. Trump take the $400K a year salary and do not spend more in expenses than the last three Presidents combined in their first three months. The man has no clue.
pudman56
I am the furthest thing from a Trump fan, but you can’t use his salary. He doesn’t take it. I also think it unfair to call Melania a hooker. I’m sure we all agree that she had to marry him for money, but who knows, if I didn’t have to sleep with him, maybe I would too…..NOT.
DCguy
I love it when somebody comes in and tries to claim they aren’t a Trump fan but then furthers one of the Trump’s lies. Um, he HAS been taking his salary. He SAID he wouldn’t, but he IS.
So you know…..there’s that.
aedan_roberts
D.C. guy is correct- Trump is most definitely taking his salary. He is now claiming he will EVENTUALLY give it to charity, but like pretty much everything this man has ever said, it is total hogwash. He’s NEVER done anything charitable that didn’t funnel directly back into his coffers.
If you believe him I think he may have a pretty ugly, useless wall to sell you. One that he claims Mexico will eventually pay for but will ultimately leave taxpayers on the hook for all the while funneling more money into his businesses or those of his friends to construct it.
Giancarlo85
Pudman is posting nonsense without any fact behind it. trump is milking the office for all its worth, salary and all. He will face consequences for that later. Impeachment and possibly prosecuted.
natekerchel
The article forgot to mention all the tax dodging – so add several hundred more millions to how much the trumps cost the nation. I seem to recall before the election trump claimed to be motivated to help the poorest people in society. The evidence so far shows the people he has helped the most are …..THE TRUMPS! In fact, his budget cuts will impact disproportionately on the poor – as always with the right wing. Yet he manages to find billions to spend on the military. Same old story – would be dictator spends money on the military to prop up the putrid regime while people starve and have no access to health care. Unbelievable in the USA in 2017.
pudman56
While I hate to taint the place, the Trumps shouldn’t receive any special protection at their other places outside of the WH. Why? I don’t know. I can only say that my hatred, yes hatred for the Trumps goes unchecked, maybe that’s why.
natekerchel
I can understand your reaction to that vile family. But we can only treat their ‘president’ as we would expect them to treat a real President. If we set a precedent by removing protection outside the White House then they can do the same to one of ours. It’s an old dilemma – I remember reading a similar thing with Queen Elizabeth 1st of England and Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots. Elizabeth wanted to execute Mary but was scared it would set a precedent for killing anointed monarchs – she was worried for her own head of course.
So much though we may want to – we can’t set that precedent. We have to protect our own people.
Neonegro
How about the millions we waste on police for gay pride parades that have zero value to society.
More millions wasted on the arts and humanities…too much spent on public schools with negative economic returns to society.
Millions wasted on foreign aid and especially the Zero worth UN.
At least we are protecting the first family of the richest country on earth.
Goforit
HA…..What a great comedy routine. You should take it on the road. The angry, scared, alt-right, white supremacist making a fool of himself with his own words. You were joking, right?
JoeyRamone
Lol. Neo-negress! You slinky lil’ house negro!
DCguy
Oh look, one of the screenames for the racist, bigoted anti-lgbt Troll just exposed himself has a planted troll.
A few things. The spending on the Trump’s is NEW. Police are already on salary, but nice try and glad to know that the supposedly gay screename hates the fact that any lgbts have pride..
And as for protecting the first family, you mean the family where half of them stays in a different city and they never see each other so double the expense?
Neonegro
You can cry all you want, the money will be spent protecting the first family.
So have a terrible four years as I laugh.
Neonegro
lol..lgbt pride…lol..lol…lol…lol pride of what exactly?
Giancarlo85
Another lying troll.
Education has a positive economic gain. You are proof we need to spend more on education because you are a complete idiot.
And four years? Lol. you will be lucky if he even makes it pass one year. Trump will be prosecuted after his impeachment. His own party is ditching him.
Lying idiot!
Juanjo
This is a troll using the classic false equivalency argument. In fact it is so absurd I have to believe the queen using it knows how absurd it is and is using it to simply stir up a little fake controversy and bask in the reflected glow of what she thinks is her great power.
Bob LaBlah
Neon…..You are smarter than that. Please do not try to tell me you are not aware of how many hotel rooms, restaurants, shopping and tourist attractions Pride weekends fill. The ones in NYC and SF along help balance the city budgets. Get real man, your smarter than that. Your now sounding worse than a few of the idiots who live down the road from me with your rants about the arts and humanities. Kids are already having art and music cut left and right from school budgets.
Giancarlo85
Pride is a huge business and revenue generating event. Unfortunately it has become a bit too corporate for my tastes, but to claim it costs society is ridiculous.
Neonegro
Bob Lablah.
Arts should be supported by the private sector.
Tax money should go to the running of a lean efficient government.
No need for all these government employees.
Cut the over-spending waste on public schools.
Cut welfare to bare survival level and require recipients to accept any job.
Reduce corporate and individual taxes.
You want to have a parade, create a non-profit to raise the funds to pay the police.
Bob LaBlah
@Neon………You speak like a man whose parents paid for his college tuition, first car and house. No idea how lucky you were to have those things but also ignorant of those who are about to lose those things or have already lost them due to their social status. In the state of Missouri half of the counties go to school four days a week and have no math classes such at physics. Just to let you know. Oh, and no art teacher either. So much for private donations to the poor, huh?
natekerchel
They are not the First Family – he is a politically illegitimate ‘President’. I never did get this ‘first lady’ first family’ bit anyway. You might as well say Royal Family. It’s akin to a four yearly elected monarchy. That aside – Neonegro really shows his educational, social and cultural ignorance – not that it was ever in doubt – which is totally in line with his unsophisticated extreme right wing friends. I doubt that trump could tell a Monet from a Manet either. Can Neonegro explain what he means when he uses the word ‘humanities’? It is always the dumbest in society who want deny education to everyone else in order to avoid having their own ignorance highlighted. Education is the single most important gift to be bestowed upon our citizens – it should be free at point of access always. Stop spending billions on ridiculous numbers of nuclear weapons and invading other countries. That will pay for it. As for negative returns – well we have the perfect example of wasting public money right now – the money-grabbing, racist, homophobic, tax-dodging family currently infesting the White House.
natekerchel
correction – could NOT tell a Monet from a Manet
Mo Bro
Here’s a little reality check for you emo-bitches:
Barack Obama doubled the national debt in 8 years.
He also spent more than $85 million on golf trips and vacations.
There are many links to these facts, for the one or two of you interested in facts.
You’re welcome.
DCguy
Look, anti-lgbt troll, you keep putting up fake facts, but can never detail them out or put up a link. So a few things,
1. Allistaire Wiseman, BJ, McFrisky, o.codone or Mo Bro, you know, whichever screename you are right now. We know you are just a troll whose only job is to avoid the subject.
2. See #1.
Giancarlo85
Lying as always, moe. Do you ever have any reason or logic to your posts? Obama didn’t double the national debt. Why don’t you come back to reality away from bullsh*t land?
The right wing mind is usually suffering from an ailment or two.
Juanjo
I love trolls with fake claims. Obama did not double the national debt, the Congress did so. Of course about half of that increase is directly related to the war started by GW Bush in Iraq – almost 2 trillion dollars. Around half of the remainder was directly related to the recession caused by the Bush ability to spend money like a drunken sailor on shore leave and bills passed by Congress prior to or after Obama took office.
Obama took 28 vacations including long weekends for a total of 217 days over the 8 years he was in the office. Trump has taken his little jaunts 7 weekends since he took office with around 4 million each time out of the budget. So in his first 2 months he has spent 28 million, not counting what local and state police agencies have had to spend on his protection in Florida or elsewhere. This means if he continues on a similar schedule the remainder of the year, he will spend around 160 million for his first year of office compared to your alleged 85 million over 8 years for Obama. That comes out to 10.7 a year for Obama which is roughly what Trump spends in a month on golfing.
Speaking of emo bitches, you really are an easily triggered little trumpazee, regardless of which sock puppet you use to post your drivel.
Bob LaBlah
My lord, you are running on empty and refuse to see the light on the dashboard telling you so. I am not shocked you didnt go into WHY he raised the national debt (the depression of the 1930’s would have looked more like a Sunday after church picnic in comparison to what would have happened after the 2008 collapse of Wall street).
Eighty-five million dollars over an eight year period vs three million plus per weekend for Mar-a-Largo (and he’s only into the second month)? And don’t forget, this guy has yet to make it to Camp David, a retreat much closer and less costly. I don’t get why you even bother trolling about this guy anymore. I told you this time last year (I remember who you really are, or lets say who you started off as) all of this was going to happen.
Herman75
Where us this coming from that Melania Trump was a high priced hooker? Link?
If it is true that Melania was a hooker and worked illegally in the US you’d think the evidence would be available.
That Melania Trump was a hooker is not something one can hide forever.
Giancarlo85
I don’t know about the hooker part. She was working in the US on expired papers for a long time though.
Giancarlo85
Anybody ever see the movie idiocracy?
Because the right wing trolls remind me of that movie. The collapse of the human mind is a sad thing to see. Several of these trolls have descended into utter madness and stupidity. The typical idiot who doesn’t do any from of research and expects to see Gatorade coming from drinking fountains.
Watch the movie. It was supposed to be a comedy and satire. Not a documentary.
Giancarlo85
*form
natekerchel
Whether or not she was a prostitute is a side issue. She has committed much worse real crimes. She is an enabler of racism, of misogyny, of homophobia, of creating hate and division, of spending huge sums of public money in order to avoid being in the same house as her repulsive husband and guilty of supporting and giving succour to the most repulsive creature ever to occupy the White House – and when you consider some of those people that’s saying a lot. If he is illegitimate then, by extension, so is she.