Who paid for Trump's rally in Melbourne?

[Stonepounder]

I read with interest the essay by the Minister who went to the 'event' in Melbourne, FL.
( http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028686730 )

The one sentence that jumped out at me was: "I found it odd that the tickets indicated that this was not a government/White House event & that this was a campaign event."

If this was a campaign event, the what I want to know is, Who Paid? When the President travels, if it is on official business, then the taxpayers pay for the cost of the trip. But when the President travels for the purpose of campaigning, whether for himself or to campaign for someone else, the the cost of travel is on him. So, again, my question is, who paid for the trip to Melbourne?

[Angry Dragon]

1. I would like to know who pays for his staff while he is Florida

do they stay at Marolago??

[bravenak]

2. Supposedly his campaign paid. His 2016 campaign

[JHB]

12. His 2020 campaign.

[bravenak]

13. Really? Fuck him

[JHB]

15. The papers were filed a few hours after the inauguration...

Think of it this way (and argue it at every opportunity):

Thanks to Donnie, it's already election season. And as the Republicans have unwaveringly claimed for the last year and a half, no Supreme Court justices can be seated, nay, even considered, until the election is done and the people have made their will known.

They'll flip-flop, of course, because IOKIYAR, but always throw it in their faces.

[bravenak]

16. Well, we cannot let him pick a Supreme Court Justice during his final year in office, can we?

As it is his final year, we may as well save the seat until after the election. I want our Senators to say shit like that.

[Chemisse]

3. I have been wondering this too. n/t

[Vinca]

4. Trump's ATM (American Taxpayer's Money).

He's running a scam that makes Bernie Madoff look like an amateur.

[spanone]

5. i'll bet you and i and every other taxpayers pays for it.

[pkdu]

6. Trump 2020 campaign say they paid for the event ( hanger , signs etc) but WE

paid for the Security/Airforce-One etc

[mulsh]

7. If it was a campaign event why did he taxi in on Airforce One, shouldn't he have used his own plane?

n/t

[JHB]

14. Technically, any plane the president is on is Air Force One..

It's a call sign, not the name of the plane(s).

Given that, I'd just as soon prefer that it not be used for Kremlin Don's Fake Versailles In The Sky.

[LAS14]

8. I have heard, but can't verify, that when the president..

... uses Air Force One for campaign (or other private) events, the government is reimbursed with the amount it would have cost to hire a private plane to carry all the passengers.

Does anyone know for sure?

[lpbk2713]

9. Trump said it ...

[MFM008]

10. Allegedly

His 2020 campaign...
Which he won't see.

[Takket]

11. I did. And so did you.