Trump's Mar-a-Lago charged Secret Service almost $16,000 for $396 hotel rooms during presidential Ch

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Source: Business Insider

Christmas trip

Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, raked in $15,846 in US taxpayer money by charging the Secret Service $396 a night for hotel rooms during a Christmas trip, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

The rooms cost almost double the limit of $205 a night under federal rules, which the White House can override. Trump stayed at Mar-a-Lago for eight days last December as he golfed and aggressively fought to overturn the result of the election.

As president, Trump spent 142 days at his gilded Florida property, which he dubbed the "Winter White House." He hosted foreign heads of state while surrounded by club members, ordered a controversial strike from the resort, and played many rounds of golf with political allies. (He played golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach about 87 times, The Post reported.)

Trump's 32 trips to Palm Beach - among the many other visits to Trump-owned properties over his four years in office - cost taxpayers a pretty penny. And that was after Trump told supporters on the campaign trail that, if elected, he wouldn't have time to play golf and likely wouldn't visit his own properties. As of October, Trump's properties had received $2.5 million from American taxpayers and $5.6 million from the president's campaign and fundraising group, according to The Post.

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[soothsayer]

1. Really loathe that guy

[Trueblue1968]

15. he should have to return all that money. HE STOLE FROM THE USA.

[turbinetree]

2. I want my money back, what he did was against the federal rules

[SeattleVet]

3. Grifters gotta grift. nt

[DENVERPOPS]

4. These costs are

GROSSLY understated..............There is no way these amounts include all the "incidental" expenses that are quite substantial for his adventures......not even close............

[Deuxcents]

5. Demand a refund

And get it.

[bronxiteforever]

6. Kick and recommend for visibility

[Hotler]

7. Go pound sand, sue us..... nt

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Mr. Biden should pull secret service support from rump and cronies. Since they are deliberately

screwing the American taxpayer, enough is enough. rump can pay for his own security from now on.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Can these excessive expenses be reviewed by a federal agency

and be reduced?

[bottomofthehill]

10. There are plenty of less expensive hotels near by

tRump is no longer President no agent should ever spend a night there again. Post standers only. How pissed will trump be that the Service is staying at an 89 dollar Hampton Inn and pulling 12 hour shifts at his shithole club

[bottomofthehill]

11. Take a piece of the club eminent domain put a couple of trailers up

Let the service sleep there and use them for office space.

[bottomofthehill]

12. Park a couple old gulf streams in the parking lot

Let the agents bunk in there

[central scrutinizer]

13. That's less than one dollar per bedbug

Just saying

[Martin68]

14. Fucking conman. I really can't understand how any patriotic American could support this fraud.

[bluestarone]

16. Actually surprised they wern't charged $1000 a night

That's who he is.

[BlueWavePsych]

17. 'stop the steal'

[Javaman]

18. how exactly does he get away with price fixing? nt