New Report Finds Trump And His Family Took Way More Secret Service Protected Trips Than The Obamas

This family of grifters has far surpassed the number of taxpayer-funded trips the Obamas took.


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President Donald Trump and his family are abusing the Secret Service protection paid for by taxpayer dollars. So much so that they’ve taken more trips than the Obama family ever did.

As you may recall, Trump and many other conservatives frequently whined every time Obama and his family would take a vacation or trip, harping on about the cost to taxpayers and accusing him of wasting money.

Everywhere the President and First Lady go requires Secret Service protection. That’s understandable. Or at least it should be. But if conservatives had such a problem with the Obamas traveling, they should be even more outraged by how much Trump and his family have traveled with Secret Service protection over the last three and a half years.

According to an explosive new report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW):

Last fiscal year, the Trump family took more trips that required Secret Service protection than the Obama family took in seven, according to a budget document released by the Treasury Department. On average, Obama’s family took 133.3 protected trips per year, while the Trump family has taken an average of 1,625 annually. Much of the Trump family’s known travel has been to promote Trump Organization businesses, which President Trump still owns and profits from. Every President and his family deserve Secret Service protection. But the President’s private business should reimburse taxpayers for money spent at Trump’s businesses or in support of them.”

Overall, Trump and his family have taken 4,560 Secret Service protected trips, most of which were for the family business and include international trips to promote it. Those trips, according to CREW, were mostly undertaken by Trump’s sons Eric and Don Jr., who are adults and should not be eligible to receive Secret Service protection, especially since they can afford to pay for their own private security.

The Trump family’s extremely high number of protected trips can be partially explained by the fact that Eric and Don Jr. have traveled the world promoting Trump-branded businesses throughout the Trump presidency. This explanation does less to settle concerns than to highlight the extent to which the American people are subsidizing the Trump family business. Despite running up a high tab, the Trump Organization has not paid the American people back for the security taxpayers have subsidized when Trump family members travel to support a business that regularly cashes in on the presidency.”

CREW is calling for the Trump family to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of Secret Service protection on these business trips, which runs into tens of millions of dollars. And frankly, they should have to pay back every penny. Because you know that if Sasha and Malia Obama had crisscrossed the globe with Secret Service protection to promote private business interests, conservatives would have demanded their heads.

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