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Phoenix taxpayers paid $450K for Trump's "MAGA rally." He's gonna be doing two rallies per DAY.
Trump to forgo presidential duties and hold two rallies a day leading up to election day: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trump-forgo-presidential-duties-hold-two-rallies-day-leading-election-day-report/
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trump-forgo-presidential-duties-hold-two-rallies-day-leading-election-day-report/
TRUMP’S PHOENIX CAMPAIGN RALLY COST $450,000, JUST THE LATEST MASSIVE TAXPAYER EXPENSE OF HIS PRESIDENCY
As the country’s first CEO president, Donald Trump entered the White House on the back of a pledge to save taxpayers millions of dollars by eliminating whatever he deemed government “waste.” Yet, from regular trips to his golf clubs, Secret Service protection for his family and his administration’s lavish travel budget, the expenses covered by America’s taxpayers are already racking up.
To that bill, an extra sum of almost half a million dollars can now be added: That’s how much it cost taxpayers in Phoenix when Trump held a campaign rally in the Arizona city last month, according to a report Tuesday from The Arizona Republic.
While Trump’s campaign paid for the use of the Phoenix Convention Center and the indoor security, the remainder of the costs were left to the city to cover. By far the largest of those was the $336,887 it reportedly cost the Phoenix Police Department in employee overtime expenses. Trump’s appearance in the city drew the largest police response for any political event in several years, and saw hundreds of officers on duty in the downtown area to control both attendees and protesters.
“We do what it takes to protect the president of the United States when he visits Phoenix,” Mayor Greg Stanton told The Arizona Republic.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rally-phoenix-cost-taxpayers-668350
As the country’s first CEO president, Donald Trump entered the White House on the back of a pledge to save taxpayers millions of dollars by eliminating whatever he deemed government “waste.” Yet, from regular trips to his golf clubs, Secret Service protection for his family and his administration’s lavish travel budget, the expenses covered by America’s taxpayers are already racking up.
To that bill, an extra sum of almost half a million dollars can now be added: That’s how much it cost taxpayers in Phoenix when Trump held a campaign rally in the Arizona city last month, according to a report Tuesday from The Arizona Republic.
While Trump’s campaign paid for the use of the Phoenix Convention Center and the indoor security, the remainder of the costs were left to the city to cover. By far the largest of those was the $336,887 it reportedly cost the Phoenix Police Department in employee overtime expenses. Trump’s appearance in the city drew the largest police response for any political event in several years, and saw hundreds of officers on duty in the downtown area to control both attendees and protesters.
“We do what it takes to protect the president of the United States when he visits Phoenix,” Mayor Greg Stanton told The Arizona Republic.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rally-phoenix-cost-taxpayers-668350
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