How many Americans does it take to keep President Trump and his family in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed? Well, think of it this way. The Washington Post this week had a scoop on the Secret Service requesting an additional $60 million in its next budget: $27 million to protect the president’s wife and son in their three-floor penthouse at Trump Tower in New York, where they live instead of the White House, and $33 million for additional travel costs. The average family of four in the United States pays about $4,000 a year in federal income taxes. That means the entire tax bill for 15,000 families for the year will go toward these additional protection measures for Trump. And the Secret Service is just a slice of the overall expense. Figure in costs incurred by authorities in Florida and New York, the Pentagon and others, and costs related to the Trump sons’ international business trips, and we’re well over $100 million a year. That’s the annual federal income-tax bill for some 25,000 American families. Each trip Trump takes to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, where he has gone most weekends since his inauguration, is estimated to cost taxpayers in excess of $3 million. And an unknown chunk of the taxpayers’ money subsidises Trump businesses in the form of rent, restaurant bills and publicity. In April, Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at what Trump dubs the “Southern White House,” which is a Trump property where the initiation fee has doubled to $200,000 since Trump won the presidency.
Gee how soon you forget all the money that the Amerian Taxpayer had to foot for Michele Obama's vacations, and all the other money the taxpayers spent on the family vacations. Something close to 100M dollars. But they're democrats so it's ok right? https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2017/01/02/obama-runs-100m-vacation-tab-on-taxpayers
Terry are you comparing 8 years of accumulated expenses vs. the prolific monthly rate that the Trump clan is costing the American taxpayer?
"Figure in costs incurred by authorities in Florida and New York, the Pentagon and others, and costs related to the Trump sons’ international business trips, and we’re well over $100 million a year". Some annoyances/shortcomings of The Donald are just too hard to brush under the rug.
The salary is $400k.... kinda pales in comparison to $100 million. I wonder what Trump's net worth will be at the end of his term vs. now?
I wonder what Obama's Net worth will be 5 years out. Remember he was a community organizer! Think he's sucking down big dollars now?
Guess we forget about Obama's "date" with Michelle to NYC for dinner and a show. He never went home to Chicago he was always going to some resort to play golf. Trump, who would fly on his own plane if he were allowed to, goes to his place on weekends and usually is working entertaining politicians and foreign leaders. How much do we spend every month on Secret Service protection for the Clinton's and Obama?
To have to constantly maintain three different residences with the Secret Service has to be the most expensive presidency operationally in our history. We'll see how many "friends" Trump has crafted internationally when he has to call on them for support over some crisis issue that we all know is looming somewhere in our future. Hopefully Trump can be the leader he sees himself to be when that happens.