The hours of preparation including the "Advance Team".......The huge military transports that have to transport the "Beast" and all the other vehicles used in transporting him from the airport to the location...And all need to be taken back at the end of his day of golfing.
The cost of Local Police, paramedics, etc etc (which he refused to pay)
All of that and if you want to carry it further, how about the airlines fuel expense to stay in a"hold" pattern outside his departure airport, his arrival airport, and and along the entire air corridor along his flight path......
Also, although rarely shown, are the fighter aircraft that accompany the plane throughout the flight........And if he needs to make use of MarineOne, the helicopter he rides in, they fold up the blades and load the helicopter onboard one of the largest military transport airplanes. Sometimes they use THREE identical Marine One Helicopters.....two to serve as Decoys so terrorists won't know which one actually has the President on-board. There are several special planes in the air that accompany him.....a Communications one?, and one defensive radar plane?????
I doubt that very many know the thoroughness, and all the multitude of facets, of all of the President's protection.
A close friend of mine got sucked into working around the clock with the SS the entire time Obama was in Denver. Did he ever have stories to tell about the arrival, around the clock needs when Obama was here, and all the way up to his departure.......
With Trump, it was a huge logistical nightmare, every few weeks, getting him to some location and back, to basically golf for the day.......
At least with Reagan and WBush, they would spend a lot of time off at their ranches, but they would stay there a week or two at a time.....
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