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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 01:00 PM Apr 2017

Trump's Travel Costs as Much as Obama's In Two Years


April 8, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

President Trump’s trips to his luxury Florida resort “have already cost the US taxpayer at least $24 million — roughly as much as Barack Obama spent on travel in the first two years of his presidency,” the Independent reports.

“In total, Mr Obama’s travel bill over the eight years of his presidency came to $97 million — an average of $12.1 million a year.

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/04/08/trumps-travel-costs-much-obamas-two-years/
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Trump's Travel Costs as Much as Obama's In Two Years (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
To be expected from someone with gold plated bathroom fixtures. lpbk2713 Apr 2017 #1
Wasteful government spending! Initech Apr 2017 #2
I wonder how much of that money went into IdiotsforPalin Apr 2017 #3
But that's different because Obama is a lazy black man Orrex Apr 2017 #4
Is that personal or both gov't and personal? DK504 Apr 2017 #5
Don't forget millions being spent to protect Birther Melania Charles Bukowski Apr 2017 #6
Does that include his family's travel expenses? world wide wally Apr 2017 #7

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
1. To be expected from someone with gold plated bathroom fixtures.
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 01:05 PM
Apr 2017




Why would anyone who voted for him expect any different?

IdiotsforPalin

(170 posts)
3. I wonder how much of that money went into
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 01:09 PM
Apr 2017

Trump's pocket, from charging exuberant room and meal rates from Mar-a-Lago.

Orrex

(63,212 posts)
4. But that's different because Obama is a lazy black man
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 01:13 PM
Apr 2017

Whereas Herr Trump is a hard-working white man tirelessly fighting to Make America Great Again.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
5. Is that personal or both gov't and personal?
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 01:21 PM
Apr 2017

'Cause damn. The Orange Menace will go through that in the next month. Fuck these guys, this needs to be plastered all over every single republican stronghold in the swing states. Show them how much he "really cares."

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