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- utopian6
It's costing a fortune to protect the Trump family
In just one month....The Post rounded up a handful of estimates of the costs of protecting the Trump family incurred by the US departments of Defense and Homeland Security and local police agencies.
Three trips to Mar-a-Lago since Trump's inauguration may have cost about $10 million, based on a government report from October that analyzed White House travel, The Post said. The expenses include the cost of US Coast Guard patrol boats on the shoreline.
Palm Beach County officials say they will request reimbursement of tens of thousands of dollars per day from the White House for their deputies who provided security and logistical support around the city.
Police officials estimate that it would cost New York $500,000 a day, or $183 million a year, to guard Trump Tower, where first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump live.
Secret Service and US embassy employees paid about $100,000 in hotel room bills during Eric Trump's trip to Uruguay, where he promoted a Trump-branded building.
If the Pentagon secures rental space in Trump Tower — needed for when the president returns to New York — it could cost $1.5 million per year, according to the building's website.
Secret Service paid $12,000 for tents, portable toilets, light towers, and golf carts during Trump's Super Bowl weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago.
- stick those figures in your spreadsheet omg.... then shove it up your ass.BuddhaHat
- how much is this in comparison to checking emails... thosofakingback
- you mean the leader of the free world checking email (and tweeting) on his consumer-grade Samsung phone? It's hard to say.... =\BuddhaHat
- You using the same image for all your posts is driving me effen insane! I can't stand that damn look on his face...whatthefunk
- Trump family trips cost taxpayers $11.3m in one month – almost as much as Obama’s cost in a yearwhatthefunk
- and to think how much time I wasted arguing with that pea-brain omg with his argument about Obama costing more.. let that be a lesson to everyone...BuddhaHat
- omg is a toxic fucking cretin that cannot be reasoned with. much like President Agent Orange. but without the knee-jerk reactions, vicious temper or the $$BuddhaHat
- Debating any Trump supporter is the most pointless effort you can make. If you've made that leap off the cliff of common sense, you're not mentally stable.CyBrainX
- whatthefunk2
This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President
U.S. president Donald Trump gave a speech in Melbourne, Florida, Saturday evening. While speaking about keeping America safe he mentioned the major terrorist attacks in Nice, Paris and Brussels – and in the same sentence he pointed out an unspecified event in Sweden Friday evening.
”You look at wha's happening last night in Sweden, SWEDEN! Who would believe this, Sweden.”, he said.
Mr President, here is what happened in Sweden Friday night:
3:24 PM (local time): A man set himself on fire at Sergels torg, a plaza in central Stockholm. He was taken to the hospital with severe burns. There is so far no information on his motives but the intelligence service is not part of the investigation.
6:42 PM: The famous singer Owe Thörnqvist had some technical problems during rehearsal for the singing competition ”Melodifestivalen”. (However, the 87 year old singer still managed to secure the victory the very next day.)
Continued with 4 additional monumental events from Sweden last night, lol
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyhete…- Aldrig glömma Svensk Bowla Grönt massakern :(face_melter
- whatthefunk3
- What in the eternal holy fuck did I just watch.mg33
- Found omgyuekit
- omg IS the cardboard Trumpsee_thru
- The endgame is going to be people like this guy desperately fleeing the dumpster fire of Trump's America...only to find "the wall" standing in their way.yuekit
- That cnn anchor loved every sec. of this, pure gold.sofakingback
- I think their all actors myself. Been paid to turn upBullitt
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Part Deuxutopian - "blacks for trump" signs. seriously?inteliboy
- "women for trump"inteliboy
- where there's smoke there's fire. so they say.inteliboy
- America is winning https://pbs.twimg.co…omg
- hahaha! this guy can't be real right? I guess he can be but it sure does scare the shit out of me that there are people like this guy saluting cardboard trumps.capn_ron
- err4
- inv5
- TL, but still funnyinv
- historical anti-trumpian mockingomg
- He deserves the mocking just like you. Your point?monospaced
- I guess that makes you a Trumpian?monospaced
- I never tried it myself, but a real Trump Viognier has notes of honeysuckle, white peach, and tropical fruits.omg
- The exact image of what ive seen every female trump supporter look like.CygnusZero4
- Bullitt1
American is slowly but surly tranforming into Putins Russia. I can't believe the shit this tool is getting away with. How long can this go on for?
- omg-9
- Joined March 2016
credible and prestigious organizationsted - Fake news. Sad!BuddhaHat
- An open poll made 2 days ago with over 5000 twitter votes and 60.7K followers sounds truthful and persuasive.omg
- Such faulty logic at play there, textbook cognitive bias. Fail.BuddhaHat
- It's also funny that internet polls are so widely ridiculed when not in favour of the president, but posted when in support of him.BuddhaHat
- Same applies to both sides, because they're so susceptible to being swamped by one side or the other. They are useless.BuddhaHat
- Just because these polls are not manufactured by mainstream corporations, doesn't mean that the people's voice is not valid, rather more credible.omg
- Gallup polls give him 56% DISapproval rating 3 days ago. They are conducted with phone calls. And you're challenging their credibility.BuddhaHat
- At most they challenge credibility in getting voices of old people who cannot use computers.omg
- Would you care to point out the flaws in Gallup's methodology for producing these results that directly contradict the results of your internet poll?BuddhaHat
- who most likely sit at home all day watching MSM at the same time.omg
- You're a cretin, and a waste of time.BuddhaHat
- 350.000 twitter bots agree with yousted
- never fails. everytime. default to russian hacking when and if the polls fail you.omg
- Uhh isn't it exactly old racist white people with no internet access that got trump elected? You're think a phone call would be the only way to reach them.monospaced
- lol the people i know and own/use bots are most likely from the us and asia :Dsted
- anyway 5k votes from 60.7K users i a really bad ratested
- so.... you used a fake poll to support this "fact" that you speak of...
i don't think it works like that :\pango - "Just because these polls are not manufactured by mainstream corporations, doesn't mean that the people's voice is not valid, rather more credible." LOLpango
- HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL?!?!?!!!! LOLpango
- This is fake news. Here's the reality:
https://youtu.be/m-3…yuekit
- Joined March 2016
- omg-3
- +1monospaced
- While I agree with the sentiment 100%, I smell pandering from the person whose go-to distraction was consistently Clinton. Call me a cynic if you like.BuddhaHat
- No he's posting this because he probably thinks it's anti male and we should be upset about gender equality issues with this rape apologist and child molester.monospaced
- Who of course isn't president and therefore should be relevant to the current political shitshow that Trump is leading.monospaced
- Trump supporters are seeing his disaster presidency and cant help but bring up Hillary. I think we all know she would have been a better president.CygnusZero4
- sted5
- http://imgur.com/a/w…sted
- I wish all the "fake news" outlets start using these imageszaq
- drgs3
- whatthefunk1
Getting choked up at the :50 mark there Reince, you ok getting that out...
- isn't it just amazing how much Trump and his cohorts can't stop whining about the media??? Obama barely uttered a word as Fox and co smeared him for 8 years.inteliboy
- it's part of the game, if you can't hack it, GTFO.inteliboy
- alt-snowfalkesmonoboy
- alt-snowflakes*monoboy
- whiny little bitchesRamanisky2
- zaq3