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riversedge

(70,323 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 10:20 PM Mar 2017

Trump could reverse cuts to arts, poor & elderly if he cut his trips to Mar-a-Lago & lived in WH!!

uga--He decorates his Fl home like Trump Towers home. Wonder if he will re-decorate the WH in gold!!





Donald Trump could reverse cuts to arts, poor and elderly if he stopped staying at Mar-a-Lago, figures show

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-budget-cuts-mar-a-lago-nea-arts-poor-elderly-meals-on-wheels-florida-weekends-us-a7634551.html



Four services facing elimination under proposed cuts could be maintained at the cost of President's visits to private Florida resort over four years, figures show

May Bulman @maybulman
7 hours ago





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American taxpayers must foot a bill of more than £2.4 million each time Mr Trump travels to the private Palm Beac resort, amounting to £485 million over a four-year presidency

Donald Trump could reverse his recently announced cuts to arts, poor and elderly services if he cut his trips to Mar-a-Lago and lived permanently in White House instead, figures indicate.

Calculations show four programmes that face elimination - which tackle homelessness, unemployment among over-55s, participation in the arts and helping the poor access higher education - could be maintained at the cost of the President’s trips to his private Florida resort over the course of four years.

The services amount to a total of $597 million — just less than the $600 million security arrangements for the Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits are estimated to cost the taxpayer over the course of his term......................

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Trump could reverse cuts to arts, poor & elderly if he cut his trips to Mar-a-Lago & lived in WH!! (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2017 OP
He doesn't think that way. Turbineguy Mar 2017 #1
A golden rat hole MFM008 Mar 2017 #2
K & R SunSeeker Mar 2017 #3

Turbineguy

(37,372 posts)
1. He doesn't think that way.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 10:22 PM
Mar 2017

He takes one thing or he takes another. There is no give or take. It's take or take with him.

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