[. . .and I don’t remember such excess for “diplomatic” trips, certainly with not such an entourage (by the Bush family).
Bush was criticized for not traveling enough. The media said he had no curiosity about foreign lands.
$8,000,000 for a pleasure trip. Circa 1868 the reconstruction legislature of Louisiana treated themselves to $250,000 dollars worth of Christmas hams-that would be about $8,000,000 in today’s dollars. Nothing has changed.
I’d like to know how many in that entourage were relatives and friends.