Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

15 hours ago, 90DayFinancier said:

 

Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.

By S.V. Date

11/27/2019 05:13 PM ET

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The president’s motorcade arrives at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 27, 2019. Trump is spending Thanksgiving week at his nearby Mar-a-Lago estate.  (Susan Walsh/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump’s golf hobby has now cost Americans an estimated $115 million in travel and security expenses ― the equivalent of 287 years of the presidential salary he frequently boasts about not taking.

Of that amount, many hundreds of thousands ― perhaps millions ― of dollars have gone into his own cash registers, as Secret Service agents, White House staff and other administration officials stay and eat at his hotels and golf courses.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-trips-millions-thanksgiving_n_5ddedbefe4b0913e6f7865cf

Except Trump is in Afghanistan visting troops. More fake news 

[laylalex 7,300]

16 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Except Trump is in Afghanistan visting troops. More fake news 

But yesterday it was true? And the article and picture are from yesterday, when he was in Florida.

 

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A small group of reporters was told to meet Wednesday night on the top floor of a parking garage and was transported in black vans to Andrews Air Force Base. Meanwhile, the president was secretly flying back from Florida, where reporters had been told he’d be spending Thanksgiving at his Mar-a-Lago club.

The plane he’d flown to Florida — the modified 747 painted in the iconic white and blue of Air Force One — remained parked on the tarmac at West Palm Beach Airport to avoid revealing the president’s movement.

About 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, the president boarded a nearly identical plane concealed in a hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, taking off and landing under the cover of darkness, with cabin lights dimmed and window shutters drawn.

 

http://www.startribune.com/trump-in-afghanistan-for-surprise-thanksgiving-visit/565583602/

 

No one knew about the visit until today, so it wasn't fake news when the report was made. Just want to point that out.   Good for him for making the visit.

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16 minutes ago, laylalex said:

But yesterday it was true? And the article and picture are from yesterday, when he was in Florida.

 

http://www.startribune.com/trump-in-afghanistan-for-surprise-thanksgiving-visit/565583602/

 

No one knew about the visit until today, so it wasn't fake news when the report was made. Just want to point that out.   Good for him for making the visit.

He played golf and then took the red eye?

 

How long does it take too get there, 20 hours and then you have to go through Customs etc.

[laylalex 7,300]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

He played golf and then took the red eye?

 

How long does it take too get there, 20 hours and then you have to go through Customs etc.

I should have been more clear -- he was in Florida yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. I don't know if the played golf, I didn't turn on the Nest cam I have installed on the links there.  

[Boiler 45,979]

3 minutes ago, laylalex said:

I should have been more clear -- he was in Florida yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. I don't know if the played golf, I didn't turn on the Nest cam I have installed on the links there.  

Your apology is accepted, presumably you have the booze?

[laylalex 7,300]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Your apology is accepted, presumably you have the booze?

We have moved on to post-meal booze. Or post-first-helpings booze. Currently a cup of PG Tips and a big slosh of brandy. We're watching The Scarlet Pimpernel (1930s version with Leslie Howard). Nobody here is particularly interested in football.

[Boiler 45,979]

1 minute ago, laylalex said:

We have moved on to post-meal booze. Or post-first-helpings booze. Currently a cup of PG Tips and a big slosh of brandy. We're watching The Scarlet Pimpernel (1930s version with Leslie Howard). Nobody here is particularly interested in football.

Manchester United supporters?

[laylalex 7,300]

7 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Manchester United supporters?

Hardly. Not exactly the sportiest group here. (Giveaway: there are two men here under the age of 40 watching The Scarlet Pimpernel quite willingly.) 

 

Edit: that's not fair to Al. He does play football in a league, and likes watching football, but given that he's a St. Johnstone supporter, maybe I was right in my first analysis?

Edited November 29, 2019 by laylalex

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I have a brown Person and am their slave also

I prefer to talk tough on an anonymous forum, like I actually have a say around my house. Please do not interject reality into my persona.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Except Trump is in Afghanistan visting troops. More fake news 

To be fair... he COULD have done the rally on the 26th, played 4.5 holes EARLY on the 27th, hopped on a plane, and arrived in Asscrackistan on the 28th.  Barely.  But I'm sure it was REALLY a "golf vacation", as the huff post would never put out #fakenews.  And ole 90-day would never attempt to portray our president in a negative light without hard evidence.

[luckytxn 2,265]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Except Trump is in Afghanistan visting troops. More fake news 

It was nice he made that trip but we know he will be charged with an impeachable offense for some reason tomorrow for doing so.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Know what I haven't heard of?  A list of "suicides" trailing behind Trump for years.

[luckytxn 2,265]

2 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

Know what I haven't heard of?  A list of "suicides" trailing behind Trump for years.

I just read yesterday that a banker suicided himself that OK'ed a bunch of loans to him so that will be by my count.

 

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[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

Trump plays the fake media like a cheap drum. Gets blasted for golfing at thanksgiving, when he is really on a secret visit to visit the troops.  Makes them look fools again 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

Trump slams Newsweek article predicting he will spend Thanksgiving golfing and tweeting

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-slams-newsweek-article-predicting-he-will-spend-thanksgiving-golfing-and-tweeting