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Secret Service: Trump is Not Our Only Problem.

Captain Adverse said:
People have recently raised the issue of the high cost of protecting the current President after a recent USA Today article blaming him for increased costs.

However:

Secret Service: Trump'''s Not Our Only Problem - NBC News

Sooo...the President has a larger family than the prior administration (see 18 family members of the 42 people who have S.S. protection vs what number of the 31 under President Obama? (Strangely, I cant find that number in any search engine, I wonder why?)

In any case, blaming this cost on Trump's "vacations" is a bit disingenuous IMO. Just saying. :coffeepap:
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Not to mention that the Secret Service has to rent space in Trump Tower and Mara Lago in order to protect him. So it's kinda like they're paying Trump to protect him and running short on funds as well as manpower.
 
Moot said:
Not to mention that the Secret Service has to rent space in Trump Tower and Mara Lago in order to protect him. So it's kinda like they're paying Trump to protect him and running short on funds as well as manpower.
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At the present time they are not renting space in Trump Tower. They are using a trailer on the side of Trump Tower as a command center.
 
Fearandloathing said:
And YOUR point is? Blah, blah blah, always refer to Obama, Hilary, or any other democrat whenever Trump steps in ****.

What does Obama have to do with it? Seriously? If you want to go there, Trump has played more golf so far than Obama did in 8 years.

Bad mad move

That obsession with "what about" only shows that Trump is as bad as Obama at worst.

Stupid post
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I was pointing out the same thing.

Go figure.
 
A good portion of the much higher Secret Service costs are because Trump charges the Secret Service exorbitant prices when protecting him at Trump properties.

Is anyone here dumb enough to think Trump allows the Secret Service to reserve lodging and designate a command post at Trump properties such as Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower for free?

In addition, whenever Secret Service agents have to fly on Trump Organization jets to protect Trump family members ... we taxpayers get gouged with outlandish prices.

So taxpayers get screwed twice-over ... Trumps many vacations at Trump properties and the Secret Service being billed exorbitant prices to protect Trump at his personal properties and fly on Trump jetliners.
 
Southern Dad said:
At the present time they are not renting space in Trump Tower. They are using a trailer on the side of Trump Tower as a command center.
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Yes, because Trump was price-gouging the very agency tasked with protecting him. The Secret Service was going bankrupt from Trumps price-gauging.
 
Rogue Valley said:
A good portion of the much higher Secret Service costs are because Trump charges the Secret Service exorbitant prices when protecting him at Trump properties.

Is anyone here dumb enough to think Trump allows the Secret Service to reserve lodging and designate a command post at Trump properties such as Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower for free?

In addition, whenever Secret Service agents have to fly on Trump Organization jets to protect Trump family members ... we taxpayers get gouged with outlandish prices.

So taxpayers get screwed twice-over ... Trumps many vacations at Trump properties and the Secret Service being billed exorbitant prices to protect Trump at his personal properties and fly on Trump jetliners.
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Thus making a profit off of the security he demands. He may be a moron, but he knows how to squeeze every dime.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Yes, because Trump was price-gouging the very agency tasked with protecting him. The Secret Service was going bankrupt from Trumps price-gauging.
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There are suites in Trump Tower that are owned by others. The government can feel free to rent from one of them or from a building nearby. Right now, they seem to be doing well operating from a trailer.
 
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