Taxpayers Get $3.4 Million Tab So Trump Can Host Super Bowl Party For His Club Members

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-super-bowl_n_5e3734edc5b611ac94d6b545

02/02/2020 04:48 pm ET Updated 30 minutes ago

The president’s latest trip to his Palm Beach resort and nearby golf course brings the taxpayer-funded total for his golfing hobby to $130.4 million.

By S.V. Date

Taxpayers shelled out another $3.4 million to send President Donald Trump to Florida this weekend so he could host a Super Bowl party for paying guests at his for-profit golf course.

The president’s official schedule shows him spending two and a half hours Sunday evening at a “Super Bowl LIV watch party” at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Tickets sold for $75 each, but were only available to members of the club — the initiation fee for which reportedly runs about $450,000, with annual dues costing several thousands of dollars more.

“Well, obviously there are no TVs in the White House, so what alternative did he have?” quipped Robert Weissman, president of the liberal group Public Citizen. “He could have saved money by chartering a plane and flying club members to watch the game at the White House.”

In response to a query, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham defended Trump’s trip and attacked HuffPost: “The premise of your story is ridiculous and false, and just more left-wing media bias on display. The president never stops working, and that includes when he is at the Winter White House.”

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[nature-lover]

1. We only have one White House and it is not seasonal.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Camp David requires no addl security and it's very nice.

He could go there for a fraction of the cost.

[2naSalit]

5. He's renting that out for private events too.

[bluestarone]

2. Between now and election we need to keep track

And have an AD showing what this asshole spends with Taxpayer money.

[Phoenix61]

4. "Winter Whitehouse" WTELF!!!!

How about Winter Palace? We all know how that ended.

[struggle4progress]

6. +

I'm calling it the Winter Palace from now on

[forgotmylogin]

9. Is he handing the "Winter White House" back to the government when he's out the door?

[Brother Mythos]

13. Calling it the "Winter Palace" is a great idea!

It wouldn't surprise me if the name caught on with The Republicult™, and even Trump himself.

And, it's not like any of them would ever catch on to, or care about, the historical significance of the name.

[Miles Archer]

7. "He gave up his billionaire lifestyle AND his salary to serve as president"...

...sadly, I have friends who STILL spread that double lie...first, the billionaire thing, second, that he's doing this as a patriotic and altruistic move.

"The president never stops working"...and it is NOT the fucking "Winter White House," DUI Steffi.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

8. Well, here's hoping

there's salmonella in the 7-layer dip that dip consumes.

[brooklynite]

10. Flew out of PBI this morning and AF1 was parked on the far side with all the private jets.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. She's ridiculous.

[fierywoman]

12. "... the president never stops working," ??? my f-ing ass.