Already President Trump has made
about 7 trips to his Florida Resort Mar-a-Lago
in Palm Springs. He is on pace to
surpass 8 years of Obama’s travel spending in one year. His extensive choice to
continually escape to the place is triggering cost and ethics concerns. Does he
even realize his greed as he cuts costs to just about everything in our
government except military spending? His recent bombings in Syria and in
Afghanistan cost us millions because he chose to employ the largest non-nuclear
bombs we have that have never ever been used before anywhere else on anyone. The
bomb in Afghanistan killed 36 terrorists at a cost of about $500,000 dollars
per terrorist. Obama used to send a group of Navy Seals and was able to kill
Bin Laden pretty cheaply.
Documents show that Grump’s I
mean Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits is costing Florida thousands out of their budget
that would have gone to services for the people of Florida. All of the First
Family’s needs are straining the Secret Service. Trump’s golf outings soar way
above the first 12 week totals of Obama, Bush and Clinton. The only thing he
has accomplished was the appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice and all
that credit could go to the antics of the Republicans in Congress. Is Trump
worth what he is costing us?
Mar-a-Lago is surrounded by water
on two sides. The Coast Guard was forced to create three security zones around
the property 24/7 using patrol boats and helicopters to protect the President. The
Coast Guard is getting no extra funding to do this. Shouldn’t Trump pay for
security when he is on his own properties? They have to already protect 100,000 miles of
United States coastline and inner waterways. They also save American lives on
the average of ten people per day. Shouldn’t we fund those who protect and save
more than conquer and destroy? Trump accepts all this protection while he is
cutting the Coast Guard budget. The Trump administration’s draft budget last month
called for cutting the Coast Guard’s funding by 14% per cent for about $1.3
billion dollars.
They called for a $54 billion
dollar increase in military spending because he has already proven that he
intends to deploy our most expensive bombs, destroy our $75 million dollar helicopters
and kill our elite Navy Seals in poorly planned attacks. None of that money
goes to the Coast Guard. Should Americans be spending our tax dollars to
protect the President’s golf club? While the Coast Guard is busy with their
resources defending the man’s properties they are getting cut. What a lack of
respect for the very people that are the closest to you protecting your life
while you play games and eat gourmet food!
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