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struggle4progress

(118,281 posts)
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 11:26 PM Feb 2017

The cost to taxpayers of protecting Trump's kids

ANNA WERNER, PAT MILTON, LAURA STRICKLER CBS NEWS
February 27, 2017, 7:55 PM

WASHINGTON -- By Wednesday, Eric Trump will have gone to four countries on Trump company business since January 1st, each with Secret Service agents in tow.

In early January, it was a trip to Uruguay for a glitzy party to promote a new property, with a reported $100,000 in hotel bills for Secret Service and other U.S. government personnel.

Then just a few weeks after the inauguration, he flew to the Dominican Republic -- but not before Secret Service agents first went for a routine advance planning trip.

Within weeks, Eric and his brother Donald Jr. flew to Dubai for the gala opening of another Trump property ...


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-does-protecting-trumps-children-on-overseas-business-trips-cost-taxpayers/

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Question: northoftheborder Feb 2017 #2

northoftheborder

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2. Question:
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 12:26 AM
Feb 2017

Did Bush's grown daughters have full secret service protection after they graduated from college???

Did Reagan's or Carter's grown children have secret service protection???

How could one find out?

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