CNN reports that the government has spent more than $20 million for Trump’s weekend trips over 80 days–and will spend more in one year than was spent on Obama in 8 years.
This would not be an issue if Trump had not ridiculed Obama for excessive spending on his vacations.
Excessive??
Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama’s travel spending in 1 year – CNN
Diane Ravitch's blog 
How much of that $20 million ended up being profits for the malignant narcissist’
s private-sector, for-profit Florida resort?
Does Trump charge the Secret Service higher rates for the rooms they stay in?
Since Trump met China’s president there, did China or the U.S. State Department pay for all the rooms the Chinese stayed in?
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Why am I not surprised?
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Puke on dump. He’s reprehensible and has no clue except how to be a real turd, and he has made a living out of being a turd. Makes him feel “bigger” than Putin.
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A little off topic—but not much: Just how stupid are the people in this administration and how much more so are those who voted for and continue to support it?
Just a little while ago Spicer actually said this: “…someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to the…to the… to using chemical weapons…” He really said that. Did he go to an online charter school? Was he home schooled by one of those former concentration guards who slipped into the country? He’s never heard of Zyklon gas?
And to think that this was less than 48 hours after Marie LePen lied about French culpability in the rounding up of Jews and others to send to Nazi death camps.
Does anyone know anything about history anymore? If only Scotty could beam me the hell out of here.
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Before you get beamed up here is the real scoop . Playing golf is chicken scratch . The Assad story is not being covered by most of the media. Yes Assad used Saran gas , Yes the Russians did know about the attack in fact they orchestrated it. But the question was what was the motive.
The failure of the media to pursue it is almost as profound as the lead up to Iraq and the Democrats being the compliant stooges that they are wont even bring it up as the are too busy waving the flag.
I laid out this exact scenario over the weekend here , To my Reps yesterday and Schumer’s office today . There is a reason that the author and I agree . Not that I am so bright, just that it is the only one that makes any sense. As I described it to the interns who answered the phones, everything else resembles a kick returner spiking the ball on the 5 yard line with no one in sight between him and the goal after an 80 yard run. . This is Kabuki theater with an end game. Even Scarborough sees it. He just wont go as far as to accuse Trump of being a willing participant. The new cold war story is a pile of turd.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028914016
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GregB… it is incredible the level of stupidity and ignorance that abounds in this presidency. I am not sure who wins “most stupid” award although Spicer is inching ahead today in this long distance marathon for his “at least Hitler didn’t use chemicals” comment. Guessing Spicer doesn’t read much and flunked history and politics courses. This makes him have the exact resume needed to be a high level official in the Trump regime. Let us hope it is not 4 years to the finish line in this marathon – that Impeachment is in the cards ANYTIME SOON!
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The more vacays he takes the less damage he can do. Trump should take a long walk off of a short pier.
Sent from my iPad
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Steve,
Best comment/plan yet!
All of this is such an embarrassment to what used to be the great United States of America – and they think this guy is gonna’ “bring it back?”
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By the way, CNN not exactly objective with regards to Trump so have to question numbers validity.
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I know Stan if it isn’t National Enquirer it isn’t news.
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All to get the media off the topic of DT and Putin as bedfellows. See, DT sent missiles so it looks like Russia is not telling him what to do.
Or is this the game plan. Putin says “Donald, you send missiles and miss the runways. You will look tough to your fans.”
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Yes , read the democratic underground link that I posted above , Kabuki theater short and sweat .
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sweet
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Interesting … but the words out of the mouth of the President AND the First Lady do NOT reflect that. He only keeps $1/year and donates the rest of his salary … first check went to the Parks Department. Trump has said repeatedly he will take no vacations while in office. Every trip to Mar-Largo has been work related. Melania has said on several times she will pay for any trips she takes out of her own pocket.
I prefer to take them at their word, rather than liberal media with a history of dishonesty.
Liberal media practices distraction and opinion. That does not make it news, but OPINION or PROPAGANDA. Communist countries that control the media practice this propaganda style of journalistic approach. I prefer facts from the news … No opinion, or bias. When I want an opinion peace I will go looking for it.
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Oh, Linda, he donated his check for $78,000 to the National Parks, as he is cutting $2 billion from the budget of the Interior Department, which is responsible for the National Parks. The cutbacks to the National Park will far exceed $78,000.
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Our government is bloated with wasteful spending. Why not make it more efficient? In our personal lives we have to tighten our belts, why not the government? It forces us to be more creative in what and how we do things, otherwise we become stagnant and robotic.
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Linda,
Why doesn’t Trump tighten his belt? Millions are spent for him to golf in Florida every weekend. Millions are spent to secure his wife in midtown Manhattan. Why take food out of children’s mouths for his profligate way of life?
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Every department needs to make cuts…why should the Interior Department be exempt? When a budget is cut–you learn to make do. It’s called management. I am shocked at the constant battering the president has been taking. It never lets up even in columns dedicated to education. I don’t think a lesser person could stand it. This is not being helpful.
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“I don’t think a lesser person could take it.” You’ve got to be kidding.
tRump lives a lifestyle that has no compassion for anyone who isn’t a billionaire. He wants to cut funding for the United Nations so that people starving, around 20 million, don’t get enough food to survive. He is ready to sign a health care bill that would deprive 24 million people from getting any health care. He figures its okay for Sessions to demote the ‘filth’ that immigrants spread.
He has no problem spending $3 million of taxpayer money so that he can golf on the weekends. His Trump tower in Manhattan costs $308,000 a day to maintain.
So, it’s totally okay to waste taxpayer money so he lives in luxury while others, all less deserving, can hope to barely survive. There is nothing noble about Trump.
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No, every federal department doesn’t need to make cuts. In fact, few of any do except the Department of Defense that should be cut by at least 50-percent.
Taxes on the wealthiest Americans must be raised instead of cut. Loopholes that help corporations avoid paying taxes must be closed.
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Obama family spent about $96 million on vacations. One of his trips to Florida for golfing cost tax payers $3.5 million. According to records Trumps trips to the Southern White House cost under $1 million each.
Also according to IRS records, the rich already pay more of the government tax burden. Historically, when taxes are reduced it has a beneficial consequence to the lower wage earners.
If anyone is truly interested in seeing the effects of socialist government policies, like Lloyd is suggesting, on the citizenry you should read all you can about the current state of the Venezuelan people. Their plight is after just twenty years. Unless you want to eat zoo animals or pay $300+ for a bag of rice or no longer use toilet paper, give up the Utopian dream of socialism … a purely socialistic society has NEVER worked. Over burdening any segment of society is an unsustainable action. Early settlers tried it, and quickly rid themselves of the concept. The discovered the reality that not everyone will participate in the “giving”, some are lazy and only “take” preferring to get life handed to them for free.
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My reply: BS … BS … BS … BS … BS!
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Quote: “Also according to IRS records, the rich already pay more of the government tax burden. Historically, when taxes are reduced it has a beneficial consequence to the lower wage earners.”
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According to this theory I should by now be luxuriating in luxury. The only ones who are benefiting from the current economic status is the 1%. Middle class wage earners are increasingly going into the poverty level of existence. How much more do the wealthy need to get before we can enjoy some of the riches?
The trickle down theory is a bunch of BS, BS, BS, BS, BS.
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Then why did more people become part of the 1% during the Obama years?
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Are you saying that 8 years of Obama should be compared with under 100 days of Trump?
I stand with what Senator Bernie Sanders has to say, “This country will either move in the direction of an authoritarian government where the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer, or we will successfully fight back and build a strong grassroots movement to create a government which represents all of us, not just Donald Trump and others in the billionaire class.”
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Ah yeah, Mar-Largo is a perfect comfy place to take care of business. You can forget about the ballistic missles shot from the Korean Peninsula while his Japanese friend Shinzo Abe is present.
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Trump not only wastes tax payer money to frolic in Florida, he brags about his wonderful accomplishments. This comes from the Huffington Post:
DONALD TRUMP IS A HUGE LIAR – Noland McCaskill: “President Donald Trump claimed credit Tuesday for the creation of more than 600,000 jobs since he entered office, a figure tens of thousands — if not hundreds of thousands — off his administration’s true job creation totals…. ‘We’ve created over 600,000 jobs already in a very short period of time, and it’s gonna really start catching on now because some of the things that we’ve done are big league, and they are catching on. Already, we’ve created more than almost 600,000 jobs.’ … According to Labor Department data, the U.S. economy added a combined 317,000 jobs in February and March, the first full months Trump’s presidency. About 98,000 of those jobs were added last month.” [Politico]
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Donald set to cost us $1 billion due to his reality-challenged lifestyle.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/trump-lifestyle-cost-taxpayers-billion-dollars
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Liberal media propaganda. Just one of Obama’s trips to Florida cost taxpayers over $3.5 million, Trump’s jaunts cost less than $1 million and he WORKS while he is there.
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funny how everyone says his trips cost $3 million every weekend.
Must be working on the golf course.
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Trump got into politics to eliminate the wasteful spending, especially during the Obama years. Try reading government reports, rather than listening to liberal media. Liberal media didn’t used to be so biased they were more fact based, but not any more. These days they are more reminiscent of the media in North Korea, China, Russia, etc. All of which are controlled by the government. They fight against the current administration no matter what. Factually informed people are harder to control than those that follow a mantra that subliminally tells them what to do.
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The most wasteful government spending is Trump’s $3 million weekend trips to his luxury resort in Florida.
Followed by the $1 million a month to provide extra security for Betsy DeVos
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It was a great piece from the federalist!
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I find this abhorrent. Trump has no problem wasting money so that he and his bloated family can live a luxurious lifestyle. He then wants to cut humanitarian aid funding that would help millions survive a global famine. The man has no compassion, morals, ethics or sense of justice.
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Aid workers warn that Trump’s proposed funding cuts will cost lives. [HuffPost]
Starving to death
Wars in four countries have left 20 million people on the brink
…But this year, South Sudan slipped into famine, and Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen are each on the verge of their own. Famine now threatens 20 million people — more than at any time since World War II. As defined by the United Nations, famine occurs when a region’s daily hunger-related death rate exceeds 2 per 10,000 people.
The persistence of such severe hunger, even in inhospitable climates, would be almost unthinkable without war.
Each of these four countries is in a protracted conflict. While humanitarian assistance can save lives in the immediate term, none of the food crises can be solved in the long term without a semblance of peace. The threat of violence can limit or prohibit aid workers’ access to affected regions, and in some cases, starvation may be a deliberate war tactic….
The United Nations. has warned that half a million children in northeastern Nigeria are so severely malnourished that 75,000 could die by June. A growing measles outbreak in the region could transform into an epidemic, too….
At this time of unprecedented need, the world’s biggest supplier of humanitarian relief is getting ready for a major cutback. Humanitarian aid makes up a tiny fraction of the U.S. government spending — less than 1 percent — but the Trump administration’s proposed budget would eliminate much of it. Although the cuts would have to withstand bipartisan opposition, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could see their budgets reduced by more than a third. U.S. funding to the United Nations might drop by more than half.
The United Nations had sought $4.4 billion by the end of March for emergency hunger relief operations, but raised barely a fraction of that.
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The Orange Buffoon has no respect for the environment. He has no problem wasting taxpayer money but thinks a polluted environment is just fine. Costs too much for corporations to clean up their act. Here is an article from The New Yorker:
From newyorker.com: Earth Day in the Age of Trump
..The zeal with which the Administration has attacked the environment recently prompted the comedian Bob Vulfov to imagine a set of National Geographicheadlines from the year 2030. “These Striking Photographs Show the Best On-Fire Lakes from Around the World,” one read. “Five Ways the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Should Use Its $400 Budget” was another.
How is it that a group as disorganized as the Trump Administration has been so methodical when it comes to the (anti) environment? The simplest answer is that money focusses the mind. Lots of corporations stand to profit from Trump’s regulatory rollback, even as American consumers suffer. Auto manufacturers, for example, had argued that the 2022 fuel-efficiency standards were too expensive to meet. (This is the case even though, when they accepted a federal bailout, during the Obama Administration, the car companies said that the standards were achievable.) Similarly, utilities have argued that the power-plant rules are too costly to comply with. Coal companies will probably benefit from the rollbacks. So, too, will oil companies, and perhaps also ceiling-fan manufacturers, though, in the case of the appliance standards, the affected manufacturers were at the table when the proposed regulations were drafted….
Earth Day in the Age of Trump
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/earth-day-in-the-age-of-trump
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Another great speech by our ‘leader’ who can’t speak in complete sentences.
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Donald Trump Promises to End Problems, Fear…in Slate
By Joshua Keating
On April 12, 2017, in response to a question from a Norwegian reporter at a press conference with the NATO Secretary General, President Donald Trump told an anxious world that they would soon have nothing to fear as soon as he fixed all the problems, because it’s better when there aren’t problems:
Reporter: What do you think European countries have to fear from Russia if this tension continues to escalate?
Trump: Well, I want to just start by saying hopefully they’re going to have to fear nothing, ultimately. Right now there is a fear and there are problems, certainly problems, but ultimately I hope there won’t be a fear and won’t be problems and the world can get along. That would be the ideal situation. It’s crazy what’s going on, whether it’s the Middle East or you look at no matter where, the Ukraine, you look at — whatever you look at, it’s got problems. So many problems. And ultimately, I believe that we are going to get rid of most of those problems and there won’t be fear of anybody. That’s the way it should be.
So there you have it. Trump also said, in reference to deterring North Korea’s nuclear program, that “if we go it alone it will be with other nations.”
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I think Bernie says it all very well.
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No One Can Sit on the Sidelines. Not Now.
By Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
14 April 17
…No one can sit on the sidelines. Not now. The only way we win is when we stand together and fight back. I need your help to do that.
The bad news is that Trump’s agenda – huge tax breaks for billionaires, enormous increases in military spending, massive cuts in health care and programs that protect the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor, horrific attacks on environmental protection and scapegoating the immigrant community – constitutes the most reactionary set of policies in the modern history of our country….
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/43035-focus-no-one-can-sit-on-the-sidelines-not-now
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