Most expensive president in history

[struggle4progress]

MAY 9 2017 - 2:18AM
Barbara Demick

... a unique set of circumstances has made the current presidential family the most expensive in history. There is no standard methodology to tally travel and protection costs, but based on publicly available information reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, the total for Trump's first 100 days was at least $30 million ($A40m). By comparison, the conservative think tank Judicial Watch found .. costs for .. Obama and his much smaller family averaged $12 million ($A16m) a year ...

The jump in costs is largely due to the fact that Trump has used three separate residences - the White House, Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago. Over the weekend he added a fourth: the Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club where the family has traditionally spent summer weekends.

In addition to protecting the president and first lady, the Secret Service guards five children, their three spouses and eight grandchildren - 16 people in all. Since the election, Secret Service agents have accompanied the president's two adult sons on business trips to Dubai, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Ireland and Scotland. Each "protectee" - as they are called by the Secret Service - gets his or her own security detail even when travelling together ...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/trump-protection-in-first-100-day-soars-to-40-million-most-expensive-president-in-history-20170508-gw0h7h.html

[Jamaal510]

1. Has anyone

on FOX News (aside from maybe Shepard Smith) reported on #45* runaway spending yet like they did with Obama supposedly being a runaway spender?

[BadgerMom]

2. Surely you jest.

[duncang]

3. They won't

Only way I can think of it is two parasites who have a symbiotic relationship. Dipshit donnie gets good press from them. Faux gets free advertisement from dipshit.

[Scarsdale]

4. Chaffetz

is complaining about Barak Obama being paid a large sum for speaking fees. tRump is destroying this country, and draining the treasury at the same time, but that is O.K.? No wonder the tRump entire family act as though they are royalty. Definitely NOT "money well spent". We should demand a mental compatancy exam for Agent Orange, he is delusional to think he is qualified to run this country.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Is he quitting this week? I wish he left 4 years ago.

[JI7]

8. chaffetz is a racist piece of shit

[DFW]

6. Isn't anyone aware of the Republican discount, bestowed by Faux Business?

Money spent by REPUBLICAN presidents is counted at ten cents on the dollar in their campaign calculations.

If Obama spent $2,000,000 in a year, then he spent $2,000,000. If Trump spends $18,000,000 in a year, then by Republican accounting, he spent $1,800,000, or less than Obama, due to the Fox Business discount.

[Butterflylady]

7. And what exactly are we getting

For spending all that money?

Nothing