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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:01 PM Nov 2019

Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary

Amazing, just fuckin' amazing:

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With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump’s golf hobby has now cost Americans an estimated $115 million in travel and security expenses ― the equivalent of 287 years of the presidential salary he frequently boasts about not taking.

Of that amount, many hundreds of thousands ― perhaps millions ― of dollars have gone into his own cash registers, as Secret Service agents, White House staff and other administration officials stay and eat at his hotels and golf cours

The exact amount cannot be determined because the White House refuses to reveal how many Trump aides have been staying at his properties when he visits them and will not turn over receipts for the charges incurred.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-trips-millions-thanksgiving_n_5ddedbefe4b0913e6f7865cf

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Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary (Original Post) packman Nov 2019 OP
Everyone needs to see and read this. Thank You for posting..k and r Stuart G Nov 2019 #1
He and the rest of the MAGAt GOP don't care one bit. jpak Nov 2019 #2
"Refuses to turn over receipts"? Takket Nov 2019 #3
while he's golfing, he's not blowing up the world Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #4
Trump is fulfilling his campaign promises to vacation more and golf more than Obama. keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #5
I wonder if he is playing today. Kingofalldems Nov 2019 #6
Get the receipts. Send him the bill. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #7
+1 crickets Nov 2019 #8

Takket

(21,558 posts)
3. "Refuses to turn over receipts"?
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:18 PM
Nov 2019

On what grounds are they allowed to do that? This is public money.

Kid Berwyn

(14,876 posts)
7. Get the receipts. Send him the bill.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 10:01 AM
Nov 2019

No one is entitled to use the US Government for their personal benefit.

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