Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year

[demmiblue]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's travel to his private club in Florida has cost over an estimated $20 million in his first 80 days as president, putting the president on pace in his first year of office to surpass former President Barack Obama's spending on travel for his entire eight years.

The outsized spending on travel stands in stark relief to Trump's calls for belt tightening across the federal government and the fact that he regularly criticized Obama for costing the American taxpayer money every time he took a trip.

Given variations in each trip, estimating the security costs around a presidential trip is difficult. But a 2016 Government Accountability Office report about a four-day trip Obama took to Florida in 2013 -- one similar to Trump's trips -- found the total cost to the Secret Service and Coast Guard was $3.6 million.

To date, Trump has spent six weekends -- and a total of 21 days -- at Mar-A-Lago, his private Palm Beach club. The total estimated costs for those trips are around $21.6 million.

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[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Hypoctites

Right-wingers regularly slammed Obama for personal and family travel expenses. Not so much as a peep from Jason Chaffetz or any other Republican budget hawks about Trump's lavish expenses.

[Botany]

2. And how much did the grifter in chief's golf course make on his golf outings?

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[Gothmog]

3. Trump is sticking the American taxpayers with his bills