The Dubai trip included the sons and their Secret Service detail.
Or are you arguing that Trump should not be allowed to leave Washington for the weekend?
I am not, as my Reply 46 clearly shows.
Thank you for responding to my honest question directly (it could have been read as a straw man, which is not how I meant it).
Given the clear vitriol aimed at Trump and his whole family, I certainly do not begrudge his family SS protection. Seeing that this trip, apparently, has been planned long in advance, I also do not begrudge the children their roles in the family business regarding heading to Dubai.
Presidential use of AF1 for non-official trips are supposed to be reimbursed, which is why so many first family political trips and vacations are prefaced by small official events in the same area. While this subterfuge is not entirely honest, it is also accepted, historically.
I think we disagree somewhat, but we both have reservations regarding the use of taxpayer money to support some aspects of these trips. In this case, I hope that Trump Enterprises will pay for the whole trip for the boys (on non-government planes), even though the SS protection detail will be government funded.
Provided, of course, that ethics laws allow for this.