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He is the President of the United States of America! You're damned right I expect that of him! For 4 or 8 years that is exactly what I expect out of him!! If he can't do that then he shouldn't be president! And a Defense Secretary is NOT the president. I don't care what he did, I care what the president does! I'm holding him to the highest standard deal with it.
originally posted by: queenofswords
He will probably go to the Southern White House every weekend where he continues to have meetings and work and get a little family time in. Get used to it. Do you think he should hold up on the 2nd floor of the White House 24/7? Sheesh!
Did you know that when Leon Panetta was Obama's Defense Secy. and CIA Director, he flew home to California every weekend....on a military jet no less?!
www.washingtonpost.com... 2OMT_story.html?utm_term=.2ab661abb411
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Monday that he regrets that his frequent flights home to California on a military jet have cost taxpayers more than $800,000 since July. He gave no indication, however, that he would end the weekend commutes.
“For 40 years that I’ve been in this town, I’ve gone home because my wife and family are there and because, frankly, I think it’s healthy to get out of Washington periodically just to get your mind straight and your perspective straight,” said Panetta, who maintains a residence with his wife, Sylvia, on their walnut farm in Monterey, Calif.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: EightAhoy
originally posted by: Byrd
President Trump will once again spend the weekend at his Florida private club, as his 4th straight taxpayer funded trip will set a record by spending more money on travel in a month than former President Obama spent in a year.
Ken Vogel of Politico reported that Trump is heading back to Palm Beach, FL to meet with donors, “The party’s biggest donors are gathering in Palm Beach for a retreat organized by the Republican National Committee, and the president has been announced as the featured speaker, according to people with knowledge of the plans. A number of senior administration officials will also attend the retreat, the people familiar with the planning said, a key draw for the donors.”
Taxpayers will now be paying for Donald Trump and senior administration officials to meet with Republican donors in Florida. It is not a coincidence that the RNC is holding the donor retreat on the weekend in the same city as Trump’s private club.
When President Trump makes his fourth trip to his club in Florida, he will have spent more money on those trips alone ($13 million) than former President Obama spent during an entire year on travel ($12.1 million).
Source
...and that's only a month into his presidency.
Frankly, I'm not happy at what his upkeep costs us - we pay for Trump Towers and Meliana and his son we pay for Mar-a-Lago (which he then rents to others and the rents come back to him), we pay for his buying his own water and wine from his own companies (or his son's companies) to resell to the visitors who are there. Meanwhile, he's understaffed (by at least 1900 positions.) I suppose we're saving those salaries, but that doesn't make up for what he's costing us.
There's charts somewhere on the amount of time he spends doing various things. He seems to be wasting our money and our time (particularly on his twitter fights.)
A donor retreat organized by the RNC? If it is a fundraiser for the RNC, a formula exists for the RNC to reimburse the federal government. Remember when everyone was crying foul over Obama's fundraising jaunts and MSM defended saying it was usual and customary?
FACT CHECK: Air Force One, Who Pays?
"There are payments that are made by the [Democratic National Committee] to the federal government anytime the president is traveling for political purposes," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, who were also flying aboard the presidential 747. "Those rules apply both for routine fundraising trips but also when Secretary Clinton is aboard Air Force One."
In the 2012 election cycle Obama attended 228 fundraisers. Yeow!
Source: PolitiFace New Hampshire Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.
Our ruling Lessig said Reagan attended eight fundraisers in 1984, while Obama attended 228 in the 2012 cycle.
How many of those fund raisers were held at resorts he owned?
originally posted by: Wildmanimal
a reply to: Byrd
So , are you happy with the fact that out of
9 trillion spent during the last administration:
Social Security imbalances were not addressed at all.
(etc)
Yet you have a problem with the the costs of security
for the current President of The United States of America.
As far as I am concerned, No Expense Shall Be Spared Regarding
The Security, Protection, and Well Being of The President of The United States of America.
originally posted by: Tardacus
he deserves to go to florida every weekend, it`s bad enough that he has to run the country from that crime infested $hithole, Washington D.C., he shouldn`t be forced to stay there on the weekends too.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: queenofswords
What's funny is that Sean Spicer keeps denying what the anonymous source claims only to be proven a liar over and over... and you're upset that there's a leak not that the administration is lying to America on a daily basis.
originally posted by: Grimpachi
a reply to: Isurrender73
Because he took the job of president.
originally posted by: EightAhoy
Thought same. Article repeats that number more than once. DNC must have deep pockets to reimburse and/or most fundraisers were in DC-area?
originally posted by: PhyllidaDavenport
Maybe taking days off will save him from the horrendous Presidential aging process!
And do you really think that if he didn't take these trips the Government would what....refund your taxes? Of course not they'd be spent on something else just as frivolous. Where your taxes go is none of your business you don't have a say in that ...unfortunately
originally posted by: Isurrender73
a reply to: Byrd
Should we expect him to have a lower quality of life than he earned for himself? Why shouldn't he be able to continue to live the life he had before he was President?
originally posted by: Byrd
originally posted by: Tardacus
he deserves to go to florida every weekend, it`s bad enough that he has to run the country from that crime infested $hithole, Washington D.C., he shouldn`t be forced to stay there on the weekends too.
So you had no problem with Obama leaving DC for vacations? Or Bush traveling to Texas all those times (that really irritated me, let me tell you.)
I thought I remembered that you were outraged over Obama's travels -- but I could be mistaken.
You surely can't have a belief that "it's wrong if this guy does it but it's okay if this other guy does it" - life's rules aren't conditional. You can't have or expect justice if things are "okay if person A does them" and outrageously wrong if "person B does them."
Trump weekends at Mar-a-Lago for 4th week