You paid $100,000 for a Trump organization business trip

[Takket]

This is why we wanted a blind trust.........

By the way, whatever happened to the Emoluments clause lawsuit????????

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/eric-trumps-trip-to-uruguay-cost-taxpayers-97830-in-hotel-bills/2017/02/03/ababd64e-e95c-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?postshare=7951486157303919&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.54b2d7adab2c

When the president-elect’s son, Eric Trump, jetted to Uruguay in early January for a Trump Organization promotional trip, U.S. taxpayers were left footing a bill of nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff.

It was a high-profile jaunt out of the country for Eric, the fresh-faced executive of the Trump Organization who, like his father, pledged to keep the company separate from the presidency. Eric mingled with real estate brokers, dined at an open-air beachfront eatery and spoke to hundreds at an “ultra exclusive” Trump Tower Punta del Este evening party celebrating his visit.

The Uruguayan trip shows how the government is unavoidably entangled with the Trump company as a result of the president’s refusal to divest his ownership stake. In this case, government agencies are forced to pay to support business operations that ultimately help to enrich the president himself. Though the Trumps have pledged a division of business and government, they will nevertheless depend on the publicly funded protection granted to the first family as they travel the globe promoting their brand.

[skylucy]

1. The MSM needs to keep reporting this kind of crap. CNN and MSNBC etc. get busy!

[Bengus81]

2. This is BS,that asshat should forced to reimburse....

This isn't some trip by the first lady and her children to another country. This is a BUSINESS trip clear as day.

[dalton99a]

3. The Trump family believes our money is theirs to spend as they wish - like in Russia

[logosoco]

4. This was one story I saw last night that got my blood pressure up.

I shared it on FB and got nothing so I took it down.
The people who need to see this won't even care. In their way of thinking, sending Elephant Killer out on business trips is going to be good for them! They don't see what is happening.

I don't really watch MSM but I might start if they would report on things like this and explain how it is not good for any American who does not have the last name tRump.

[Mr. Ected]

5. For every business trip the Trumps take on the public dime

2 of their companies should be auctioned off and the proceeds distributed to the ACLU.