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

[Straw Man]

I know all our right wing Trumptards who lost their marbles whenever Obama went on a trip will somehow find a way to not have a problem with this at all

BTW - Jackass in Chief is also spending a lot of time on the golf course. Something he said he wouldn't have time for if he were elected. 

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

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.
Obama, by contrast, spent just under $97 million on travel in his eight years as president, according to documents reviewed by Judicial Watch, a conservative government watchdog. These trips included personal trips - including ski trips to Aspen and the Obama's annual family vacation in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts -- and work trips, like a visit to Everglades National Park on Earth Day in 2015.

Trump's frequent weekend travel makes it all but certain the 45th President will surpass Obama's spending in his first term, likely within months.  The spending comes as Trump asks the federal government to slash non-defense spending by $54 billion, including deep cuts to the State Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and the wholesale elimination of other federal programs. The proposed cuts, which are unlikely to be adopted in total, will correspond with $54 billion in increases to defense spending.

Trump's frequent trips to Florida will likely end soon. Businesses in Palm Beach County have been told to expect the president to visit through May, but that Trump will likely stop visiting after that because the weather in the area begins to get stiflingly hot.

Instead, many expect Trump will then start making frequent trips to his penthouse apartment at Trump Tower in New York City -- where first lady Melania Trump has been living for the first part of 2017 as their son, Baron, finishes school -- and his private Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.

Trump is said to be particularly fond of his New Jersey property. Ivanka Trump was married there, and Trump used the country club as president-elect to put together his government after winning November's election. In a sign of his love for the club, Trump has expressed a desire to be buried on the property.But as much as the trips are a budget problem for Trump, they are also a public relations issue.

The president was an outspoken critic of Obama's travel, routinely slamming his predecessor on Twitter for his holiday trips home to Hawaii.  "The habitual vacationer, @BarackObama, is now in Hawaii. This vacation is costing taxpayers $4 milion +++ while there is 20% unemployment," Trump tweeted in 2011 with an incorrect unemployment figure.
Trump later tweeted: "President @BarackObama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars——Unbelievable!"
High costs of security and travel

Despite these comments, Trump and his family have proven to be an expensive first family to protect.
Not only does Trump travel frequently, but New York City officials have said it costs between $127,000 to $146,000 a day to protect first lady Melania Trump when she is in New York and the president is not there.
Trump has yet to visit New York as president.

The extensive needs of the Trump family have put strains staffing on the Secret Service, too.
Dozens of agents from field offices across the country, including New York, have been temporarily pulled off their normal criminal investigation duties to work two-week rotations protecting members of the large Trump family, Secret Service officials told CNN.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said earlier this month that the Department of Homeland Security will ask for additional funding to protect Trump. "They need a lot more agents, not just because of the Trump era, although that is additional because he has a lot of children and grandchildren," Kelly told senators on the Homeland Security Committee. "We need more agents and we need more uniformed personnel." Kelly also acknowledged the strain the Secret Service is under. "We need a larger Secret Service," Kelly said, "because we need to get some of these people a little bit of time at home with their families."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/donald-trump-obama-travel-costs/index.html

[headhuntersix]

He's not taking a salary..but whatever. He needs to curb that shit. Of course this is all bullshit...the MSM never broke down Obama's golf outings like this. It was always some obscure right wing site.

[Straw Man]

He's not taking a salary..but whatever. He needs to curb that shit. Of course this is all bullshit...the MSM never broke down Obama's golf outings like this. It was always some obscure right wing site.

BFD - what's the salary of POTUs ~ 400k

I guess if he forgos that then he can rack of tens of million of travel expense to be paid by the rest of us

BTW - he can take out money from he trust at his discretion - something that was not originally reported when he had that ridiculous press conference about how he was separating himself from his businesses.

In an interview with ProPublica, Trump Organization attorney Alan Garten confirmed that President Trump can withdraw profits and underlying assets from his trust at any time.

He also said the president has been able to withdraw money since Trump took office on Jan. 20. That language was not included in a Jan. 26 summary of the trust — what’s known as a trust certification — but was included in a Feb. 10 version of the document.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pull-money-his-businesses-whenever-he-wants-without-telling-us

[Nick Danger]

He's not taking a salary..but whatever. He needs to curb that shit. Of course this is all bullshit...the MSM never broke down Obama's golf outings like this. It was always some obscure right wing site.

The only reason anyone cares about Trump's "golf outings" is because he tweeted about Obama every time he played.
He also said he'd never have time to play as President because he'd be too busy.

[OzmO]

He's not taking a salary..but whatever. He needs to curb that shit. Of course this is all bullshit...the MSM never broke down Obama's golf outings like this. It was always some obscure right wing site.

I always thought is was Soul Crusher who banged that drum for everyone.

Where is he now with Trump out spending Obama?

[Soul Crusher]

It's hypocritical

[chaos]

LOL how do they come up with that figure? That's a milion dollars per day for Trump to go to his own resort. Does the Clinton News Network make up their own figures or is there a legitimate breakdown about this?

[Coach is Back!]

I know all our right wing Trumptards who lost their marbles whenever Obama went on a trip will somehow find a way to not have a problem with this at all

BTW - Jackass in Chief is also spending a lot of time on the golf course. Something he said he wouldn't have time for if he were elected. 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/donald-trump-obama-travel-costs/index.html

First off it's CNN. But lets do a far reach and say they're right. The big difference here it, Trump is actually getting shit done while he's golfing. He's a businessman and the fact is more deals get done on a golf course than just about anywhere else. When Obama golfed, it was all about golfing which  his game still sucked. Trump owns golf courses, what the hell did you think you would happen?


Fact, in 80 days Trump had done more good for this country than Obama has in the eight years, unless you enjoyed being under a Marxist regime while purposely and systematically destroying the country.

[The Ugly]

It's hypocritical

Whooooa, hold on. Objective honesty? Am I reading this correctly?

(Careful, bro. You sure you wanna do this?)

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

First off it's CNN. But lets do a far reach and say they're right. The big difference here it, Trump is actually getting shit done while he's golfing. He's a businessman and the fact is more deals get done on a golf course than just about anywhere else. When Obama golfed, it was all about golfing which  his game still sucked. Trump owns golf courses, what the hell did you think you would happen?


Fact, in 80 days Trump had done more good for this country than Obama has in the eight years, unless you enjoyed being under a Marxist regime while purposely and systematically destroying the country.

You're an idiot if you even buy that shit.  He should be conducting business at the White House but not only is he a hypocrite but he's also golfing at his own club to obviously promote his brand and businesses

[Soul Crusher]

Whooooa, hold on. Objective honesty? Am I reading this correctly?

(Careful, bro. You sure you wanna do this?)

I have always been objective.  I think Trump is generally a con artist, but i think he is trying to do good things.   The two are not mutually exclusive. 

[Coach is Back!]

You're an idiot if you even buy that shit.  He should be conducting business at the White House but not only is he a hypocrite but he's also golfing at his own club to obviously promote his brand and businesses

And you're naive. Doesn't matter where a deal is done as long as it's done. White House, Mira Lago, a yacht or a golf course as long as shit gets done....the right way especially if he owns the golf course.

[HockeyFightFan]

Obama added $10 trillion wasted dollars to the National Debt.

So what percentage of that is this "ESTIMATED" travel cost?

Fuck, liberals are so stupid

[chaos]

So we still have no proof or breakdown of expenses? We're just going to believe CNN? Lmao!

[Dos Equis]

So we still have no proof or breakdown of expenses? We're just going to believe CNN? Lmao!

Right?  I don't know how much is attributable to taking vacations as opposed to working, but it doesn't look like this is in the same universe as Obama flying to Hawaii with his family, on separate plans, to stay in a $20 million beachfront house, which was something he never did before being elected president. 

[The Ugly]

I have always been objective.  I think Trump is generally a con artist, but i think he is trying to do good things.   The two are not mutually exclusive.  

Impressed, I must admit. Objectivity is quite the hurdle for most, especially the Redhats. This thread's a perfect example.

And the loudest here couldn't even define the word. 100% shameless apologism.

[whork]

Soul Crusher showing integrity.

Chaos and Dos E show themselves to be weakminded hypocrits.

[tatoo]

another big deal..... lol.... let us know when it surpasses the amount Obama gave to iran... snowflakes

[Necrosis]

And you're naive. Doesn't matter where a deal is done as long as it's done. White House, Mira Lago, a yacht or a golf course as long as shit gets done....the right way especially if he owns the golf course.

So it doesn't matter that golfing costs tax payers money to do business that could be done in a place not costing tax payers money?

[Option D]

It's hypocritical

Obama got whole threads from you with your badgering regarding golf. You acted like he was joining the PGA. Trump gets 2 words.

It's hypocritical, in many levels.

Now for my take. If he is getting shit done there, knock yourself out. It wouldn't  be a story if his monkey ass didn't get on twitter saying what he wouldn't do and then turn around and to exactly that.

[Soul Crusher]

Obama got whole threads from you with your badgering regarding golf. You acted like he was joining the PGA. Trump gets 2 words.

It's hypocritical, in many levels.

Now for my take. If he is getting shit done there, knock yourself out. It would be a story if his monkey ass didn't get on twitter saying what he wouldn't do and then turn around and to exactly that.

Trump is merely a con man

Obama was trying to sink America - big difference.

[Option D]

Trump is merely a con man

Obama was trying to sink America - big difference.

By making the economy better and giving healthcare access to many of its citizens. Nice

[Soul Crusher]

By making the economy better and giving healthcare access to many of its citizens. Nice

Making the economy better.  gTFO

[Option D]

Did the economy improve from the day he took office to the day he left?

[Soul Crusher]

Did the economy improve from the day he took office to the day he left?

Did you get older from the day he took office?  What type of stupid question is that?  We had a credit crisis and like all matters it bounces back.  Just like 1987. 

The economy was stagnant for most of his term DESPITE running up trillions and trillions in debt.  He didnt have GDP growth hit 3% at any point in his putrid failed junta. 

The economy was great for sloths and welfare bums, billionaires, and govt employees, everyone else it sucked.