Taxpayers Billed $1.4 Million for Obama’s Argentina Trip

Washington Free Beacon ^ | April 1, 2016 3:30 pm | Elizabeth Harrington

[Olog-hai]

President Barack Obama’s two-day visit to Argentina, where he tangoed and downplayed the differences between capitalism and communism, cost taxpayers nearly $1.4 million.

The president traveled to Argentina last week after his two-day stop in Cuba. The visit racked up substantial costs for hotels, transportation, and advance bathroom maintenance, according to government contracts signed by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security. […]

During the visit, Obama also apologized for America’s role in Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s and gave a less-than-ringing endorsement of capitalism in a speech to Argentinian youth. …

[ri4dc]

Uhm, advance bathroom maintenance ?

[soycd]

And I am sending these MoFo’s 14k on the 18th of April.

Eff them and the filth elected to enforce them .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIOrQasR18

[smokingfrog]

A mere pittance, old chap!

[FatherFig1o155]

I was gonna say, “Whatever, chump change when we have a $20 trillion deficit.”

But then I thought “It’s crap like this that got us a $20 trillion deficit.”

Effen government...

[NonValueAdded]

advance bathroom maintenance ... reinforcing the bowl for the royal arse

[867V309]

A mere pittance, old chap!

Agreed!

I'd gladly agree to a hundred times that amount so long as the destination was outside the earths gravitational pull.

[bgill]

We’d have only had to shell out half that if he’d just stayed there.

[mosesdapoet]

There is no doubt in my mind that they have been using these trips to reward their cotributers at US expence. Seems to me if it’s not impeachable it certainly censureable. Gather up the costs of all the trips some of them had entourages of a 1000 Time to call the WH on this .

[LegendHasIt]

The fuel and other operating costs for the planes was more than three million.

[Squantos]

Multiply that number times 10 and you may get half of the true costs....

[DaveA37]

Perhaps a President Trump will bill him and his ilk (family) for all those nonessential gubmint trips (meaning vacations) and get restitution by garnishment of odumbo’s “retirement” checks. In fact, there should be a new Federal Law for all present and future "frequent flyers". There has been way to much abuse of the privilege, it must be stopped and/or controlled. I'd like to know the total expenses we tax payers have had to shell out for similar trips the odumbo's have taken these past 7 1/2 years. Worse, just think, it's not over yet.

[Squantos]

Dave I’m retired USAF EOD, we were attached to the Secret Service Tech Division routinely to conduct sweeps of routes, facilities, vehicles, events and press corps etc when the president or the VIP’s “traveled”. All services have EOD so Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines we tasked to send EOD . We had clothing allowances per year to maintain civilian dress clothing, suits, casual wear etc.... We were given rental cars, travel pay (per diem), reimbursement for any costs, meals and some of the most killer of expensive hotel rooms or resort bungalows in the world .

Now add to that all the folks associated to those trips. White House communications Agency is also a military filled group by Army and AF. K9 teams from DOD, . FLEA’s aka Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FLETC graduates that are working anything from IRS Internal affairs to Post Office Inspectors etc are tasked to post perimeter security, and on sites that need to be secured the entire visit , regardless if the VIP is present or not.

Even the fuel trucks that refill AF1 or the VIP’s aircraft must be tested, secured etc...

Add in the Secret Service Agents, their Uniform Division, Local Law Enforcement , and groups I won’t mention and the cost is staggering PER TRIP.

This happens at the departing locations, the destination locations and a few alternates if the plan is altered due a security incident or bad weather etc...

Add in the cost of moving the motorcade vehicles by USAF Cargo Planes to and from. Crew TDY pay etc...

I’m gonna suggest that the 1.4 million disclosed here was from the White House budget ALONE versus DOD asset cost, FLEA / LEO costs then add in the nut hugger parade of presstitutes and polidiots that go for the joy ride and their travel voucher claims .

Hotels, Rental Cars, Clothing, Equipment for the events, renting the venues, ..... the costs are not limited to getting in AF1 and kicking the tires and lighting the fires. As stated this was routine I personally experienced during my career in EOD .

Billions wasted on polidiots trips....... Teleconference is a hell of a lot cheaper , safer and reliable.

AF1 should be used as intended ..... for the POTUS if he HAD to travel. Not this BS we have to go to this Global Warming Meeting (LIARS CLUB) then we can press the flesh of rich folk for political party funding on the taxpayers dime and time.....

Shit’n Shineola Scam if ever I saw such ...... Precedent Erkel Mugabe is the worst at abusing this privilege provided for the office of the President.....