🤬Wanna get justifiably pissed off? A Trump family, taxpayer outrageous thread.
That figure excludes trips focused on Trump or the first lady
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
That figure excludes trips focused on Trump or the first lady
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Let's start with this one of many tweets from Trump regarding Obama and vacationing and golfing shall we?
Let's start with some graphs:
Protected trips from 2010-2016, keep your eye on the President's Family bar: That would be @BarackObama 2 teenage children.
Protected trips from 2010-2016, keep your eye on the President's Family bar: That would be @BarackObama 2 teenage children.
Now here, we have Protected trips since 2010. Notice the last 3 years of the President's Family.
Just for clarification:
The Secret Service defines a protected trip as “any instance that an individual protectee spends time within the jurisdiction of a single USSS field office, other than the protectee’s home district.”
The Secret Service defines a protected trip as “any instance that an individual protectee spends time within the jurisdiction of a single USSS field office, other than the protectee’s home district.”
Data is collated in gov fiscal years which run from Oct through Sept so the 2017 data includes about 4 months of Obama.
There are several reasons that Trump’s family might require more protected trips than did Obama’s. For one, Trump’s children are older and more numerous.
There are several reasons that Trump’s family might require more protected trips than did Obama’s. For one, Trump’s children are older and more numerous.
The Trumps spend a lot of time traveling, including on official business for the Trump Org and as surrogates for their father’s campaign and presidency. Jarvanka "work" for the admin.
Every time the family gathers, we are paying the Secret Service for their protection.
Every time the family gathers, we are paying the Secret Service for their protection.
That's ALL the adult children, their spouses and children. EVERYTIME they go to Mar A Lago, we pay.
The distinction is nonetheless stark. 40% of the protected trips in 2019 were ones involving members of Trump’s family
The distinction is nonetheless stark. 40% of the protected trips in 2019 were ones involving members of Trump’s family
In the past two fiscal years, Trump’s family has gone on more than 3,200 protected trips, almost 50% more than the number of protected trips taken by former WH officials.
The number of trips taken by Trump’s family in the past TWO fiscal years is more than 3x the # taken by
The number of trips taken by Trump’s family in the past TWO fiscal years is more than 3x the # taken by
Obama’s family from 2010 to 2016
Trump, Melania Trump and his family took about 4,200 trips in fiscal 2018 and 2019 — about as many as Obama, Michelle Obama and Obama’s family took from 2010 through 2015.
Trump, Melania Trump and his family took about 4,200 trips in fiscal 2018 and 2019 — about as many as Obama, Michelle Obama and Obama’s family took from 2010 through 2015.
Many of Trump’s own trips have been to properties he owns.
In August 2017, the Secret Service announced that without additional funding, its employees would be forced to work overtime without being paid.
We are paying for Secret Service details as the Trump kids and their wives/girlfriends hit the campaign trail for daddy. We pay when Eric and DJ travel for business. We pay when Eric, DJ, Lara, Kim and their kids want to visit the family's many properties. WE PAY
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