The latter one is the question that 45 obviously asked himself three of the four weekends that he’s been on the Washington payroll. He has gone to his Mar-a-lago estate in Florida three times to entertain people and play golf. So what, right? Well if you’re okay with footing his one-month $10,000,000 bill to protect him, his family and friends, then keep forking over your hard-earned cash and support him so that he can play golf in Florida.
Ironically, 45 ripped Obama in early 2016 stating, “All that man does is play golf.” During the 8 years of Obama’s presidency the total cost for his assorted family and business-related trips was 97 million. If 45 continues to play on weekends in Florida at his current pace the total cost to us over four years will be a minimum of 480 million dollars. He’s doing this at your expense! So who needs the money more, you or 45 and his family?
Adding insult to injury, if you live in New York City you’re also paying for 45’s protection at his NY Tower. How could this be, why doesn’t the federal government pay for this, and why are New Yorkers getting stuck with both bills? Simple math in the bookkeeping ledgers tells us that it has cost NYC $35,000,000 to date to protect him at the 45 Tower. In contrast, the federal government has only reimbursed New York City $7,000,000. When reporters asked White House staff why they have only paid 20% of 45’s protection bill they declined to comment. What, no 3am tweet slamming the media for fake billing news?
Why can’t this man work from the White House instead of the 45 Tower, why can’t he go to Camp David like all the other presidents before him and why do we have to pay for his entire mishpocha to travel to all of these places? When he goes to Florida we’re paying astronomically more than we would for him to go to Camp David because the Coast Guard also has to be paid to protect the waterways surrounding his palatial estate. You know the estate, the one with 126 rooms that has 24 kt gold bathroom fixtures and $7,000,000 worth of gold leaf in the ballroom.
So who’s ripping off the taxpayers 45? It’s certainly not immigrants because they often work for less than minimum wage. You can’t blame it on Obama or the media this time. Apparently the way to make America great again is to take Americans’ money for self-indulgent golf trips to Florida. How does he sleep at night? Oh right, he doesn’t, unless he tweets in his sleep at 3 am. Wanna get away?
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