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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 11:49 AM Feb 2020

Trump lies about having to return back to his Las Vegas hotel each night, costing taxpayers millions

Of course, going straight in his pockets..


LAS VEGAS ― President Donald Trump’s choice to stay at his own Las Vegas hotel each night during the western states swing that wraps up Friday likely cost taxpayers a million extra dollars as well as diverted thousands of them into his own cash registers.

Previous presidents on extended trips away from the White House typically stayed in the city of each day’s final event, or traveled to the city of the following day’s first event. Trump, instead, traveled back to Las Vegas each night from California, Arizona and Colorado to overnight at his Trump International Hotel ― requiring several extra hours’ flying time on Air Force One, a plane that costs taxpayers about a quarter-million dollars per hour in the air.

“At this point in his presidency, there’s no way to look at it other than Donald Trump is using his position and taxpayer dollars to make money for his businesses,” said Jordan Libowitz with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “This is beyond a conflict of interest. This is corruption, plain and simple.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-las-vegas-hotel_n_5e4fe0dfc5b629695f596f0b

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Trump lies about having to return back to his Las Vegas hotel each night, costing taxpayers millions (Original Post) HipChick Feb 2020 OP
Draining the swamp.... Ohiogal Feb 2020 #1
Yeah, we all knew this. What I wonder is ... has the M$M been reporting on this? mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #2
A crooked liar. donald trump boosted that he would drain the swamp when elected. ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #3
Gee! world wide wally Feb 2020 #4
Really! Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #5
Nice info.. HipChick Feb 2020 #6
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Yeah, we all knew this. What I wonder is ... has the M$M been reporting on this?
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 11:57 AM
Feb 2020

I don't know because I don't watch them anymore.

Are they?

Or are the only ones making a fuss the actually somewhat liberal press?

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
3. A crooked liar. donald trump boosted that he would drain the swamp when elected. ...
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 11:57 AM
Feb 2020

The problem with his statement is that Donald trump IS THE SWAMP.

Corruption personified in living color.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Really!
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 12:54 PM
Feb 2020

Yah right. Trump Hotel Vegas has had a ugly Room Occupancy rate per folks who work that place. All about padding the income Ledger with Tax Payer Dollars.

Also,his Hotel Partner Rifkin who owns 50% of the Hotel,just purchased several other Properties on the Strip from various Wall Street Hedgies like Carl Ichan and a couple others.

Rifkin can not have Trump as a Business Partner in any deal that involves a Casino in Nevada. So there are other issues happening. We can thank Harry Reid for Black Listing Trump.

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