Secret Service paid $7,500 to rent golf carts for Trump's Thanksgiving

[struggle4progress]

BRIAN LISI

... the Secret Service had to chip in $7,470 to rent golf carts while President Trump spent Thanksgiving at his private club Mar-a-Lago.

According to USA Today, the expense added to the already sizeable amount the agency has had to spend on renting the diminutive course-covering vehicles, with the current total reaching at least $144,975 so far.

The contract to rent golf carts in Florida is .. with .. Miami-based Golf Cart & Utility Distributors ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/secret-service-paid-7-500-rent-golf-carts-trump-thanksg-article-1.3668256

[spanone]

1. i don't use a cart to play golf, but most clubs charge 14 to 20 dollars for use of a cart....

must have used a shitload of them

[struggle4progress]

2. Golf trip cart rentals: $150 000

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 11/30/17 AT 6:21 PM

... Federal purchase orders obtained and reported by USA Today on Wednesday revealed that the Secret Service has spent at least $144,975 to rent golf carts since Trump took office, including $7,470 for outings during his stay at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida over Thanksgiving.

The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the president, and the law prohibits Trump from paying for or providing equipment or services in order to prevent potential conflicts of interest for the agency.

Trump’s Thanksgiving golf trips around Palm Beach increased a contract that the Secret Service has with Florida-based Golf Cart & Utility Distributors to $69,430. The contract, signed in September and effective through May 2018, is the largest purchase order the Secret Service has made since the beginning of Trump’s tenure ...

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-golf-trips-have-cost-nearly-150000-cart-rentals-secret-service-727933

[louis-t]

3. He already blew through the yearly SS budget in 8 months.

But none of his followers care about that.

[Angry Dragon]

4. no golf carts at Maralago??