April 7, 2017

The Trumps Are Running The Secret Service Into The Ground (just like they are the USA)

The situation is increasingly dire at the Secret Service, where the task of keeping up with President Donald Trump and his family has strained the agency nearly to the point of breaking, according to a Thursday report in The New York Times.

After a trying campaign season, the Secret Service has undertaken the immense task of providing protection for Trump, a handful of his aides, the president’s four adult sons and daughters along with their spouses and children, and first lady Melania Trump and their 11-year-old son, who both live at Trump Tower in New York. All told, the Secret Service is looking after 40 percent more people than it would in a typical non-campaign year, essentially putting the agency in perpetual campaign mode, the Times reported.

“They are flat-out worn out,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told the Times.

It’s not just the number of people under Secret Service protection. The president and his family have taken a freewheeling approach to travel in the opening months of his presidency. Trump has spent at least seven weekends at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in the 11 weeks since his inauguration, each trip costing taxpayers an estimated $3 million or more.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-secret-service_us_58e69f28e4b08d572e03e58c?dnpp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Morning%20Email%20040717&utm_content=The%20Morning%20Email%20040717+CID_ad1852a0d583ca63f41e18dcf22517e1&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&

Remember how the Republicans reacted every time the Obamas or their children took trips. Not a peep from them now of course.