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2. $3M? That'll pay for some golf weekends.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 06:08 PM

Apr 29

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A new report from the Government Accountability Office says four such trips early on in Trump's presidency cost taxpayers $13.6 million, or some $3.4 million each. That is far higher than the estimates of Trump's travel costs early in his presidency, which were pegged at about $1 million per trip.

The GAO found that the government spent $10.6 million for the operating costs of government aircraft and boats and $3 million for "temporary duty costs of government personnel supporting the President's travel, including transportation, lodging, and meals and incidental expenses."

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691684859/government-watchdog-trumps-trips-to-florida-costing-taxpayers-millions

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There is no way TSF comes up with these ideas by himself so the headline that says "the White House" Deuxcents Apr 29 #1

$3M? That'll pay for some golf weekends. underpants Apr 29 #2

Just imagine C_U_L8R Apr 29 #3