Posted on 03/28/2017 12:39:59 PM PDT by EinNYC
More than 108,000 people have signed a petition urging First Lady Melania Trump to move to the White House or pay for security costs at Trump Tower herself.
The Change.org petition was started after a senior White House aide indicated the president’s wife and son, Barron, will remain in New York until the school year ends. It’ll be delivered to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren if at least 150,000 people sign.
“The U.S. taxpayer is paying an exorbitant amount of money to protect the First Lady in Trump Tower, located in New York City,” the petition reads. “As to help relieve the national debt, this expense yields no positive results for the nation and should be cut from being funded.”
The NYPD estimated it costs between $127,000 and $146,000 per day to protect Mrs. Trump and Barron while President Trump is out of town, according to the New York Times. The cost to guard Mr. Trump and his family between the election and Inauguration Day reached $24 million, the NYPD said.
Comments beneath the Change.org petition highlighted the signers’ dissatisfaction over the first family’s use of taxpayer funds.
“Living in the White House is what you do when you are married to the president,” one commenter identified as Sheila Forsyth of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote. “The tax money saved by eliminating these extra protection expenses can be used to feed senior citizens. Why is our tax money being spent on people who already have more than their fair share?”
Melania Trump is the only first lady since Anna Harrison not to make the White House her residence. Barron Trump, the son of the president and the first lady, attends school in New York. Trump’s frequent weekend trips to his private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, have also spurred criticism over costs to secure a non-White House location, on top of travel costs.
AFTER the obamas pay for the keep of his mother-in-law and all the planes that took them on separate vacations, plus the extra rooms/floors they booked for all they took with them on trips. there were no complaints on him.. imagine that!!
I never seen a lib say anything about bami and wookie taking all those vacations and spending all that money during their 8 years of eating high off the hog...
When they can start to put things in order, then I MIGHT listen to them, then again I probably WON’T!!!
Oh, but the costs of keeping the Former Occupant of the White Hut, 2009-2017, and his show family in the manner to which they became WAY too accustomed to, as that was just “good public relations”.
Besides, the Trump Administration is going to defund sanctuary cities, of which New York City is a major locality, and the costs will all be recouped unless the City Council and the Mayor undergo a major attitude adjustment.
Don’t anybody be holding their breath, now.
Why would Melania want to leave her nice penthouse life to live in a dump in the middle of a swamp and be surrounded by a bunch of weirdos.
The parallels are obvious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umS3XM3xAPk
And yet... not one word about Michelle Obama and the kids along with Grandma Obama trotting all over the globe on vacations - without, or separate from - Obama and costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Is Obama going to return the $10 Trillion debt he ran up on America’s credit card? s/
Trump has saved America billions already.
Don’t forget this ones Mother and her 8 year free ride on the tax payers
Has signing one of these retarded petitions ever accomplished anything? For either side?
It’s nothing more than a pacifier for petulant whiners.
Move the WH to NYC Let Ivanka use it for a closet.
Valerie Jarrett had SS protection.
Wow. The envy runs deep with these people.
“”this expense yields no positive results for the nation and should be cut from being funded.””
Can also be applied to Sanders and Warren. Show us the benefit to the American taxpayer of paying those two a salary...or pension down the road. NADA!
How much would be the bill each day to protect Trump Tower once the first lady and the president’s youngest son leaves?
I’m going to guess just about the same amount of money.
Why? Well, probably because the president’s other sons and daughter either live there or spend a considerable amount of time there.
So, please, NYPD, let’s see the breakdown of numbers for when the first lady isn’t in residence at Trump Tower.
After all the money blown by Mooch and Barky.
What about the obama clan??
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CLAN? Hells bells it an entire society. Traipsing around, all 500 of them, all over Europe, and other assorted countries. The meals, the hotel rooms, the vehicles, the jets/jet fuel, the SS
Given what we’ve heard about the WH being bugged, can’t blame Mrs. Melania Trump for not wishing to live there. BO’B might not be inclined to spy when she’s in the bath, changing clothes, etc.; but there are those who would love to be given the possibility of doing so.
Hate filled people.
I’m willing to sign a petition to remove secret service protection from the Obama family and all their entourage. After all, they’ve done less than nothing for this country. Their contribution has been a huge negative.
What about the $10 trillion the pentagon misplaced, a lot of it while the Obamatard was in office.
yes yes yes and more yes!!
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