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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/03/06/1640646/-Donald-Trump-spends-31-of-time-on-vacation-plays-golf-8-times-in-6-weeks-on-taxpayer-dime?detail=facebookDonald Trump spends 31 percent of time on vacation, plays golf 8 times in 6 weekson taxpayer dime
By Mark Sumner
Monday Mar 06, 2017 · 1:48 PM EST
Donald Trump is that guythe guy who treats the company credit card like its his personal mint and who buys the most expensive item on the menu because he knows someone else is picking up the bill. And who is paying for Trumps extravagance? You are.
Despite being president on 9/11 and starting the two longest-running wars in American history, George W. Bush found time to break the record for the amount of vacation time taken by a president. Even so, Republican mythology insists that President Obama was a golf-obsessed loafer whose jaunts around the world cost taxpayers a fortune. In truth, Obama was never close to matching the lazy days of W and both of them were nose-to-the-grindstone compared to Trump.
Oh, its right. And its one of the clearest signs of just how blatantly Donald Trump is willing to lie not just to America, but specifically to the people who supported him.
Heres Trump during the campaign.
It was four months from the time he took office until Barack Obama played his first weekend game of golf. Four months, in fact, before he took his first day of vacation. Donald Trump didnt make it even two weeks before he left town and violated his promise.
Why would Republicans be so convinced that Obama was constantly playing golf? Well
Link to tweet
At the current rate, while Trump is spending your money to cover his amazing laziness, hell easily set a record. George W. Bush finished off with 65 vacation trips totaling 407 days off. Thats three times as much as Barack Obama, but Bush still only spent 14 percent of his presidency snoozing, brush clearing, and learning to paint feet. Trump is set to easily eclipse Bushs eight year total in his first termassuming he completes a term.
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(43,901 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)underpants
(183,169 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)ffr
(22,686 posts)Only now, people are getting killed because of his aloofness.
We should be in the streets every weekend protesting this asshole & all republicans. SHAME!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)POTUS salary would be a small investment to get him off of our backs.
Initech
(100,182 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)He's a republican.
While they don't do ethics and they don't pay taxes, they doo doo hypocrisy.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)at Trump Tower. Cha Ching, if you thought Wintering in Florida was expensive for Taxpayers. Plus, Manhattan is far more of a Tourist, not just uber rich, destination.
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)with all the vacations.... dump just wants to escape (please resign lol)
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