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Originally Posted by Guest
In case you were keeping track, Donald Trump, the man who ran on cutting costs for the American taxpayer, has now been golfing more times than weeks he’s been in office.
Trump took office nine weeks ago, and since he took office, he’s gone on twelve golfing trips. That’s right — 12.
Senior News Editor at NBC News, Brad Jaffy, reports:
“President Trump is now at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, per pool; it’s his 12th golf course trip since taking office 9 weeks ago.”
If that doesn’t make you mad, it should. Especially since he went after former President Obama for golfing every now and again.
And there are several more where those came from.
It’s hypocritical, to say the least. Absolutely a waste, to be honest.
Trump just came off a huge failure with his inability to get Trumpcare passed. So, instead of trying to solve that problem, what does he do? Play golf.
He’s a disgrace.
Just how much Trump's golf trips cost American taxpayers?
In February, after spending 11 of his first 33 days as president at the "Winter White House," CBS estimated that Trump's first three trips to his golf resort cost taxpayers roughly $10 million, putting that figure at about $3.3 million per trip. With his fifth trip behind him, Trump has now spent an estimated $16.5 million in taxpayer dollars on traveling to Mar-a-Lago alone. Time reported that the trips have a hefty price tag for Palm Beach as well — their sheriff's department has spent about $570,000 on security for the president, not including overtime pay for officers, which totals about $60,000 per day he's there. Moreover, some businesses in Palm Beach have reported that they lose money and have to shut down when the president comes to town.
If the president continues to travel at the rate he's traveled so far, it would cost taxpayers an estimated $120.5 million in his first year alone — a figure that exceeds the $96 million the Obamas spent on travel during his entire two-term tenure.
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Non of this is true. He may have made trips to golf resorts, but there is no evidence that he played golf on any of those trips regardless of what CBS "estimates".
This is exactly what is meant by fake news.
And even if he did play golf and take some time off this is just ridiculous fodder. Every president travels and every president takes time off. The president has no control over the security costs when he moves. I said the same thing when there was an uproar over the Obamas going on a "date" to Manhattan. It has nothing to do with policy. It has nothing to do with getting problems solved. It's merely a tactic for the opposition to complain about it. And the money spent is a drop in the bucket.
if you want to discuss something worth discussing why not talk about why not one single democrat was willing to prevent the disaster that is coming as a result of Obamacare remaining in place?