These are the questions we asked the White House about the meaning of "at cost."

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These are the questions we asked the White House after they told us @realdonaldtrump would bill his own govt “at cost” after Trump awarded a huge contract to himself.

White House responded that the @StateDept could answer them. So far, they havent.

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What does "at cost" mean for a high-fixed, low-variable cost enterprise? It's like saying you'll sell air tickets at cost. If the flight is 63% empty, as are Trump resorts, every dollar is pure margin.

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David Fahrenthold Retweeted

Don’t forget the 20% service charge @Fahrenthold even though they served themselves.

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Oh yes. @realdonaldtrump’s company put a 20% service charge on the bill they sent to taxpayers.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-taxpayers-covered-liquor-bill-for-trump-staffers-and-more-mar-a-lago …

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[Retrograde]

1. "At cost" means we will be paying for the maintenance

and upgrades to the property that Trump's organization is too cheap to do. Of course, the actual handypeople and other small businesses who'll do the actual work will not see their payments, as usual: the money will go into Trump's coffers.

BTW, will all the employees at Doral be able to show their legal right to work in the US? Or is he going to continue to hire undocumented and off-the-books workers?