Tightwad with his money but a spendthrift with yours
Rex Huppke
... Trump just wrapped up his fifth weekend at Mar-a-Lago — the Florida resort he owns — since becoming president Jan. 20. He playfully refers to Mar-a-Lago as "the winter White House," which is fun if you're him but not so fun if you're a taxpaying American ...
Despite his massive wealth, there is no indication that Trump is paying for any of these unnecessary expenses. In fact, by constantly visiting his own properties, he's making money via massive media exposure. The initiation fee at the Mar-a-Lago resort miraculously doubled to $200,000 in January ...
And that sends a troubling message. President Tightwad has thrown his full support behind a health care plan that will give the top 1-percent a major tax cut while squeezing lower- and middle-income families ...
I see us — the non-billionaires — paying for security while his sons attend the opening of a Trump-branded golf club in Dubai, and while his wife remains in a gold tower in New York City, and while he jets down to Palm Beach because he feels more comfortable at his resort on weekends ...
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