Hunting, golf, and MAGA rallies: 12 times Trump made taxpayers foot the bill for him

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By Donna Provencher -September 16, 2020 3:08 PM

Trump's trademark overspending hits the American people where it hurts: their pocketbooks.

Donald Trump has made billing taxpayers for his personal expenses a habit since taking office.

Last week, the U.S. Justice Department moved to replace Trump's private legal team with government attorneys in his defamation battle with former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll — a decision that shifts the financial burden back onto the American taxpayer.

In June 2019, Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan in the late '90s. In response, Trump claimed that Carroll was lying, "not (his) type," and said he'd never met her — despite being photographed with her in 1987.

Making taxpayers foot the bill for Trump's protracted legal dispute is a questionable move. The Justice Department claims it is allowed to move the defense back under its purview — and onto the taxpayers — because Trump was "acting within the scope of his office as President of the United States at the time of the incidents out of which the Plaintiff's defamation claim arose."

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-taxpayer-bills-spending-campaign-rallies-golf-mar-a-lago-hunting-white-house-july-4/