world?. And her seven-figure trip to Spain to party with her friends?
The Washington Post bitching about the Trump family’s “elaborate lifestyle”? That’s pretty damned rich ain’t it? I don’t recall them having a thing to say about the incredible cost of the Obamas’ vacations, some of which were taken with a battalion-size force of their “friends” and political allies and some of which were taken without Hussein himself.
One very positive effect of Trump’s election is that it’s revealing the media for exactly who they are and it’s especially encouraging to see that neither the media nor the Democratic Party itself have a clue why Trump won.
Now liberals are concerned about prudence in public spending.
What a knee slapper. Under Obama, none of that was ever a concern.
Opposition party, indeed.
Trump’s sons have SS wherever they are so what. And they likely are flying on company money not taxpayer. And Trump isn’t taking a large salary and Melania does not have the huge staff Moochele had so they save us money.
Trump’s comments yesterday are quite correct, the people see stuff like this, they know what it is, they know it’s hypocrisy. They are tired of it.
I remember Laura Bush saying living in the WH was not a free ride. The Bush family was responsible for personal expenses, including groceries for the private quarters.
I would be shocked if President Trump turned personal expenses into official expenses, unlike his predecessor.
But none of these articles will explore the breakdown of expenses & payments. Doesn't fit the narrative.
BTW-Presidents are now expected to remain in DC because of the cost to municipalities if POTUS comes to town? God, I loathe these people.
Three fake journalists were needed to scribble this garbage.
Trump is going home. Big deal. Members of Congress fly home almost every weekend. Long distance commuting by our political elites has been growing for decades. We can discuss whether its a good thing (get them out of the DC bubble and back home) or a bad thing (a waste of taxpayers' money), but it's not a new thing.
This story usually is reported as an exercise in partisan sniping, with figures inflected for effect. It's a bit complicated when you get down into the weeds. No one objects to a working trip with a crowded itinerary. Questions arise when working trips become junkets, with a few scattered official meetings, often vanishingly trivial, to lend cover to visits to ritzy locations. The same thing happens when presidents abuse official travel to attend political events. Then again, presidents do take vacations, and no one objects in moderation. As far as I'm concerned, presidents going back home is in another category altogether, and I don't object to it.
In the days of modern jet air travel, which is the relevant era to consider: LBJ liked to get back to the ranch, as did Reagan and Bush 43. Bush 41 retreated to Kennebunkport when he could. Nixon was not a wealthy man and I don't recall if he kept a private home when he was in the White House, but he liked to get back to California and famously hung out with his buddy Bebe Rebozo in Florida. I don't remember how often Jimmy Carter got back to Plains, but like Nixon, Carter did not live ostentatiously and I don't remember any controversy about his travels.
The two presidents that stick out are Clinton and Obama. The Clintons, of course, did not own a home, having gotten used to the Governor's Mansion and then the White House, but they sure liked to travel. Obama is an oddity because he had a very nice home in Chicago, but seemed to have very little interest in getting back. Most presidents have been very attached to their roots. Of course, for Obama, "roots" seemed to mean Hawaii, not Chicago. But like the Clintons, the Obamas were excessively fond of resort destinations.
The left will always try to equate Reagan and Bush going back to the ranch and chopping wood, when they didn't just go to Camp David, to the Clintons and Obamas jetting around the world to exotic locations at the drop of a hat. It's an old game, and tiresome.
Help help...I am winning too much!!!
The article did mention Judicial Watch’s keeping tabs on 0bama’s vacation expenses.
How much has been spent in the last 30 days on the Zero family elaborate lifestyle - at taxpayer expense?
double standards will continue to make news
Always the same with these clowns, they don’t care how much a Democrat President spends on anything but there are always aghast at what Republicans spend. They’ll be rolling out the homeless crisis any day now which amazing always disappears when there’s a Democrat administration. The media is completely cooked because no one takes them seriously anymore.
WaPo is just jealous of CNN. They worked so hard for the title of “Very Fake News,” only to lose out to the effortless fakers at the Communist News Network.
LOL, so NOW the press is concerned, too predicable -FAKE Press.
LOL, so NOW the press is concerned, too predicable -FAKE Press.
OMAGGOT and the Wookiee cost the taxpayers 185 MILLION IN VACATIONS with all her welfare kin in tow!!! So STFU WP!!!
Three days ago I flew from Ft Lauderdale to DC Dulles. 90 minutes. So Trump is making a short hop to a place he already owns, with a security envelope in place for decades, with a service staff doing their normal workday.
I’d say the taxpayers are getting a good deal here.
All of a sudden the liberal media is concerned about travel expenses.....What do you think caused their concern????