Trump to spend 7th consecutive weekend at Trump-branded property, at enormous cost to taxpayers

[workinclasszero]

Trump to spend 7th consecutive weekend at Trump-branded property, at enormous cost to taxpayers
Austerity for us, regular Florida vacations for the president.
Aaron Rupar Journalist, ThinkProgress. Twitter: @atrupar. Email: [e-mail] Mar 17

President Trump doesn’t want to spend federal dollars on after-school programs, meals for poor people, or heating assistance that helps keep folks alive.

But he has no problem wasting more than $3 million a pop to spend weekends at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump has already made four trips there since becoming president on January 20, and on Friday he confirmed he’s headed there this weekend for the fifth time.

Despite vowing during his campaign that he “would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done” and “would not be a president who took vacations” because “you don’t have time to take time off,” Trump has visited Trump-branded properties each of the past six weekends. That streak will hit seven when Trump lands at Mar-a-Lago later Friday.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mar-a-lago-trump-branded-properties-weekends-41d373bbe97a#.pht94697g

[sarcasmo]

1. I think we can plan on this being an every weekend deal. Insane money at tax payer expense.

[workinclasszero]

2. I think you are right

Trump will pay for his obscenely expensive Florida vacations by killing off meals on wheels and school lunches for poor kids.

[elfin]

3. Would like a number - is it $3 MILLION a visit or just up to now?

Have seen both. Each is scandalous ( unless incurred by a Dem.)

Some must be personal (at least in documented part). Some must be "campaign" - also in documented part.

Bill(s) need to be sent on behalf of taxpayers and posted publicly to be reimbursed of the overage compared to past administrations.

They do care about real taxpayers, right???

On a spreadsheet somewhere to be sure. If not - should make headlines -- right???

[jmowreader]

12. That's PER VISIT

Yeah. It's scandalous, and it gets worse: iirc we're paying a million a DAY to have people guard Trump Tower.

[Goblinmonger]

13. Plus an addition like $175,000 a day for Melania in NY.

But, yeah, Obama took a lot of vacations that cost us money.

[Mendocino]

4. He's King of the Hill

down in Money-Ill-Laundered. The government provided mansion in DC gets too lonely and scary for him, Camp David isn't opulent enough. Malaria doesn't want him coming to NYC. He can go to FL, hang with all his lackeys and groupies, and feel wanted.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. ...and he has a narrow urethra!

[Mendocino]

9. Instead of wearing his ortho-gluteal prothesis

where it belongs, dt wears it on his head.

[gopiscrap]

5. fucking asshole, that's gotta stop

[C_U_L8R]

6. How many seniors will go hungry

so Trump can bask like a glutton in his gaudy gilt palace???

[yeoman6987]

7. Not consecutive but 7th just the same

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Hey it's only (our) money

[Stinky The Clown]

11. This would be a great topic for letters and calls to congresscritters and letters to editors

Particularly in light of that fucking ghoul, Mick Mulvaney's joyful hit on the citizens least able to help themselves.