Posted on 10/13/2020 4:01:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Eric Trump took his Secret Service agents to Trump golf courses in Scotland, as he led transatlantic tours for paying customers. Donald Trump Jr. took his protectors to the Trump hotel in Vancouver, stopping over on hunting trips to Canada.
And Ivanka Trump took her Secret Service detail to the Trump golf club in Bedminster, N.J., again and again -- even after she asked other Americans to "please, please" stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
On trips like these, Secret Service agents were there to protect President Donald Trump's children. But, for the Trump family business, their visits also brought a hidden side benefit.
Money.
That's because when Trump's adult children visited Trump properties, Trump's company charged the Secret Service for agents to come along. The president's company billed the U.S. government hundreds, or thousands, of dollars for rooms agents used on each trip, as the agency sometimes booked multiple rooms or a multiroom rental cottage on the property
In this way, Trump's adult children and their families have caused the U.S. government to spend at least $238,000 at Trump properties so far, according to Secret Service records obtained by The Washington Post.
Government ethics experts say that nothing is wrong with Trump's children seeking protection from the Secret Service.
But, they said, the Trump Organization's decision to charge for the agents' rooms created a situation in which - just by traveling - Trump's children could bring taxpayer money to their family's business.
That, ethics experts said, could create the appearance that Trump family members were exploiting their publicly funded protection for private financial gain.
"Morally speaking, do they want to profit [from the fact] that their father's in the White House?" said Scott Amey, of the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight. "They could very easily reimburse those expenses."
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Oh no! Now our budget will never be balanced!
Of course, Moochelle going on vacation with 159 of her closest friends on the taxpayer’s dime wasn’t a problem.
How much pay has PDJT not taken since 1/2017?
How much of the room charge goes to the hotel owner vs. to the staff?
Are today’s journalists really this stupid?
They have secret service protection wherever they go. What is the problem here?
President Trump donates his $400,000 salary annually.
Nearly twice what this whinefest is complaining about.
The law says the SS accompanies the immefiate family everywhere. They have business interests that require thrir presence. Accountants do the rest.
Now compare that to the lazy lardass and her family that vacationed all over the world for pure fun on the taxpayer $.
Hol’ up.
MILLIONAIRE BILL CLINTON REPEATEDLY USED HIS SECRET SERVICE TO GO TO A KNOWN PEDOPHILE ISLAND.
OBAMA’S DAUGHTERS USE SECRET SERVICE TO GO TO CONCERTS WHERE ONE WAS FILMED ROLLING AROUND ON THE GROUND LAUGHING AS IF UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPimeofm3ws
THE PRESIDENT’S FAMILY HAS ALREADY HAD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AGAINST THEM. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STFU.
Three people needed to write this crap. We will have to put up with stories like this every day for the next three weeks.
Will PDJT and wife be worth 30 times more because of DC, like the Obamas made out?
And then, there’s the Bidens...
The charges for rooms and services at Trump properties are at cost with zero profit to Trump. In fact the payment amount to those who board the 1st family is determined by law.
They printed the article with a straight face?
What about the Clintons charging the secret Service rent at their multi million dollar home they bought when they were broke?
They never give up.
How much rent do we pay Bill and Hillary for the guest house at Chappaqua for the secret service to stay in?
Well, we here know all about Biden’s son Hunter and his activities. I wonder if the Post has done any serious investigations of all of that?
That does it!!!
I punching Trump’s name extra hard on 11/3.
“Three people needed to write this crap.”
Millennials grew up on group projects in school. Lets slackers ‘succeed’. Standing alone to succeed or fail frightens the crap out of them.
And didn’t Biden rent out his guest house to his SS?
How much are we paying these multimillionaires to have taxpayer funded SS protection?
They can afford their own protection.
I recall reports some ago about Joe Biden charging the taxpayers rent for a structure/cabin on his property to house his secret service/security personel. Anyone else recall these Biden reports?
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