During One Of His Trips, Trump Reportedly Claimed Secret Service Told Him To Stay At His Vegas Hotel, Costing Taxpayers Money — But DHS Says There Is No Record Of It

Busted.


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Donald Trump’s corrupt actions have been staggering during his over three years in office, but somehow his supporters and Republican colleagues haven’t batted an eye. The former game show host has enriched himself while in office while taking a dump on our country’s beloved Constitution. We could write volumes on Trump’s greed and lust for more power while in office, but we’ll leave that for future historians, and instead offer you just one more example.

Trump insisted on returning each evening to his Las Vegas hotel while he was on a multi-day trip out west, and that, of course, cost taxpayers a metric fuckton of money, and benefitted his businesses. Trump, in true Trump-form, blamed the Secret Service, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reports.

“Largely, the schedule is set by the Secret Service,” Trump insisted at the time. “We do what they want us to.”

Unsurprisingly, CREW received an email from the Department of Homeland Security saying there was no such record.

The watchdog group has a long list of Trump doing the same shit, but here is just one example:

This is not the first time that he appears to have used the Secret Service to cover up an attempt to profit from his office. Last year, Trump aggressively asserted that the Secret Service chose his Doral resort as their preferred location for the 2020 G-7 Summit after months of looking at other options. In November, CREW received records that undermined Trump’s claim and illustrated that in reality, Doral was only added to the list of considered sites at the last minute and was viewed by the Secret Service as presenting challenges.”

It’s never been “America First” with this president. To Trump, Trump comes first. Having to protect this president as a Secret Service member lately has an added danger. Yahoo! News found that multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reviewed by the outlet.

The White House has become a giant Petri dish amid the pandemic, and yet, the president and those in his orbit stubbornly refuse to wear face masks to protect others. And now we find that Trump is lining his pockets amid the pandemic.

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