Posted on 11/14/2016 3:39:33 PM PST by drewh
Donald Trump is planning to spend as little time in the White House as possible, according to reports. The president-elect's preference for his $100 million New York penthouse has called into question who will pay for the 90-minute commute to the capital by helicopter.
During the campaign trail, the businessman would often fly back late at night to his gold-bedecked luxury home in Trump Tower so he could wake up in his own bed. The New York Times claimed that Trump is already having discussions with advisers about how many days of the week he is required to spend in the White House.
He has reportedly told them he would like to spend time in New York whenever he can. Melania is understood to be expecting to make the move to Washington. But the couple's 10-year-old son, Barron, is midway through a school year at the private Columbia Preparatory School, in Manhattan. It has been reported that the 10-year-old could actually remain in New York with his grandparents and stay at his current school.
Trump is likely to spend most of the week in Washington, returning to Trump Tower or his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on weekends.
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No he will be a moving target. I do not hope this is true. I am thinking it is not. He has to know the history of the WH and be proud he lives there. You would have to drag me out of the place if I lived there.
I would be in the basements looking at all the past history. they say funiture and paintings are in the basements. I would be asking questions about everything every minute of the day.
My photo album would be massive.
Would it be easier for sniper to shoot/missile down a helicopter than AF1 jet?
wouldn’t camp david be a lot more secure? I remember Bush One going there almost every weekend...
Doesn’t take much to figure out why.
Well, I’m no expert, but helicopters are slower than jets.
Well, I’m no expert, but helicopters are slower than jets.
Well, I’m no expert, but helicopters are slower than jets.
I just don’t believe Trump can be sufficiently protected in a helicopter flying right into Midtown Manhattan.
Barron is a handsome (and tall!) 10yo who IMO needs to suck it up for his country and move schools mid-year—just like presidents’ kids always have.
The plan should be for him to be in DC for 8 years—and to graduate from Sidwell Friends at the end of his dad’s second term.
On NCIS we see MTAC, a wonderful room with fantastic global communications
With Mtac, there is no real need to be in DC
Yea, but that would reek havoc on his hair.
Fund an airwolf type transport. I’m thinking of the speed and EW countermeasures.
Even as kid, a super fast helicopter lugging all that ordnance was silly. Great theme though.
Despite the problems, I liked the series anyway until the dopey lady sidekick came along.
Yes, but every time it flies, there are three identical choppers so any bad guy has no idea which one he’s actually in. (from what I’ve read).
He originally stated he would be in the White House all the time working, not golfing. So why the need to be in NY when Congress is in Washington?
I think this is a false story.
Secret Service nightmare.
Good President Trump should stay out of Washington until its cleaned up. It’s a snakes nest right now.
I don’t have a problem with that. What’s the cost to tax payers, $400 a trip?
Still far less than the billion dollars Obama spent on vacations.
difficult to land Air Force 1 on the top of trump tower
Good landing on Trump tower.
I believe Trump will set up a heavily armed forward control base along the southern border to personally supervise the border wall construction. He can do anything needed to run the country much to the dismay of angry frustrated losers still looking to attack him.
He could probably power his own trips, if he goes by air tube.
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