Trump Is Turning The Secret Service Into a Multi-million Dollar Piggy Bank

[HAB911]

American taxpayers are not only footing the bill for Trump's travel, they are paying him and his company for many of the costs related to it.

From day one of Donald Trump's candidacy for president it was plain to many of us that his improbable run was all about drawing attention to the Trump brand. Dallas Mavericks owner and Trump troll Mark Cuban made it plain last summer that he believed Trump's goal was to lose the election while at the same time boosting his net worth. But Trump won, and he still took no time in turning the American presidency into a money pipeline feeding directly into the Trump Organization.

The cost of Trump's repeated visits to his own properties, Mar-a-Lago in particular, has gotten a good deal of attention. As it should, because taxpayers foot the bill for the expenses related to his travel. The same with the cost of Secret Service protection for his wife Melania, who insists on staying at Trump Tower in New York City instead of at the White House.

But largely absent from the discussion of the cost of Trump's travel is any direct mention of the incidental expenses incurred by the Secret Service agents who accompany him. And the money from at least some of those expenses indirectly goes right into Trump's pocket.

http://thedailybanter.com/2017/04/taxpayers-are-paying-trump-directly-for-his-travel/

[jimjc]

1. He and his whole stinking family will cost us hundreds of millions a year...

[dalton99a]

2. Last sentence sums up the scam: "The one thing everyone needs to remember about con men is that

when the chips are counted, they always come out ahead."

[mopinko]

3. the fact that he cant even comp the damn golf carts

proves this to be true.

i cant even imagine making life so hard for the ss, and at the same time gouging them for the damn golf carts.

[KT2000]

4. this along with re-election

campaign are the stories that may get people to open their eyes. He is just funneling money into his businesses. I still want to know why Melania to another plane to Florida that landed minutes from AF1.