I would think, at the end of the day, the Top Bean Counter at the properties is doing exactly what you wrote. Using the going rate for the room on the company’s tax returns, while charging a discounted rate for the actual use.
Who knows? Who cares?
The last occupant of the White House and his wife used the taxpayer as ATMs while they traveled the world, vacationed in Hawaii and the Vineyard and used AF1&2 as their personal NetJets for family, friends and their entire entourage.
“...Who knows? Who cares?...” Actually I do, I care. The left makes these statement to denigrate POTUS, it is not true. If the Secret Service is not billed then it should be known and the people who lie about should be publicly corrected.