The money Americans will be making soon will be well worth it! Go Trump!
“The first thing I’m going to do is tell you that if I’m elected president, I’m accepting no salary, okay?” Trump told a crowd in New Hampshire in 2015. “That’s not a big deal for me.”
The week after his victory, the new president made good on that promise: In his first year in office, Trump will save taxpayers $400,000 by waiving the presidential salary.
But while billionaires can afford to turn down a government paycheck, they can also afford to develop a lifestyle that involves flying from one luxury property to another on a whim. And for billionaire presidents, that habit is even more affordable — because American taxpayers foot the bill.
Thus, in his first month in office, Trump has cost taxpayers over $15 million. Per the Washington Post:
… Trump’s three Mar-a-Lago trips since the inauguration have probably cost the federal treasury about $10 million, based on figures used in an October government report analyzing White House travel, including money for Coast Guard units to patrol the exposed shoreline and other military, security and staffing expenses associated with moving the apparatus of the presidency.
Meanwhile, Melania Trump’s decision not to move into the White House with her husband is costing New York City $500,000 a day to guard Trump Tower — a total that could reach $183 million a year. And Palm Beach County is preparing to bill Washington tens of thousands for each day that the president decamps to Mar-a-Lago, as the local government is overwhelmed by the security and traffic-management demands of the president’s (near-weekly) visits.
Then, there’s the cost of providing round-the-clock security to Trump’s adult sons, as they pursue their globe-spanning business interests: U.S. embassy staffers paid nearly $100,000 in hotel-room bills to support Eric Trump’s recent trip to Uruguay.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...festyle-is-a-perfect-issue-for-democrats.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...festyle-is-a-perfect-issue-for-democrats.html
“The first thing I’m going to do is tell you that if I’m elected president, I’m accepting no salary, okay?” Trump told a crowd in New Hampshire in 2015. “That’s not a big deal for me.”
The week after his victory, the new president made good on that promise: In his first year in office, Trump will save taxpayers $400,000 by waiving the presidential salary.
But while billionaires can afford to turn down a government paycheck, they can also afford to develop a lifestyle that involves flying from one luxury property to another on a whim. And for billionaire presidents, that habit is even more affordable — because American taxpayers foot the bill.
Thus, in his first month in office, Trump has cost taxpayers over $15 million. Per the Washington Post:
… Trump’s three Mar-a-Lago trips since the inauguration have probably cost the federal treasury about $10 million, based on figures used in an October government report analyzing White House travel, including money for Coast Guard units to patrol the exposed shoreline and other military, security and staffing expenses associated with moving the apparatus of the presidency.
Meanwhile, Melania Trump’s decision not to move into the White House with her husband is costing New York City $500,000 a day to guard Trump Tower — a total that could reach $183 million a year. And Palm Beach County is preparing to bill Washington tens of thousands for each day that the president decamps to Mar-a-Lago, as the local government is overwhelmed by the security and traffic-management demands of the president’s (near-weekly) visits.
Then, there’s the cost of providing round-the-clock security to Trump’s adult sons, as they pursue their globe-spanning business interests: U.S. embassy staffers paid nearly $100,000 in hotel-room bills to support Eric Trump’s recent trip to Uruguay.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...festyle-is-a-perfect-issue-for-democrats.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...festyle-is-a-perfect-issue-for-democrats.html
