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So they all flew down to Mar-a-Lago at tax payer expense (Original Post) malaise Apr 2018 OP
That is correct. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #1
Yes he is to the tune of millions of dollars. scarletlib Apr 2018 #2
Just found a pic of some of WH staff, etc..... riversedge Apr 2018 #3
It is when I saw the vast number of them that I poste malaise Apr 2018 #4
Just to add--I do not know when that pic was taken. riversedge Apr 2018 #5
Bolton and Kudlow are in it, so not too long ago. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #11
Bolton and Kudlow are in it ... kooth Apr 2018 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author unblock Apr 2018 #6
I believe that Mar-A-Lago does also charge for meals, drinks, ldging, etc for staff, social security dameatball Apr 2018 #7
"discounted rate" - Shirley, you are joking! erronis Apr 2018 #16
Yes, let the lardass go to Camp David. But don't call me Shirley! dameatball Apr 2018 #24
Trump charged Eric full price for charity events held at Trump properties. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2018 #30
Secret Service guys are all paying full-rate just to protect these guys FakeNoose Apr 2018 #26
can't get much more obviously corrupt than ordering federal officials to pay money at your hotel. unblock Apr 2018 #8
any way to get our money back bluestarone Apr 2018 #14
I doubt anyone will want the political hassle, but I would think unblock Apr 2018 #15
The grifter is making money from tax payers Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #9
Our government has been hijacked by a few who believe it should serve them, not all of us. -nt CrispyQ Apr 2018 #10
Can we just keep him there? Initech Apr 2018 #12
Absolute corruption world wide wally Apr 2018 #13
Its theft outright. BSdetect Apr 2018 #17
Bunch of old, fat, totally out of shape white men. Stupid too! n/m machoneman Apr 2018 #18
we even pay for golf carts, caddies, club rental, green fees getagrip_already Apr 2018 #19
That's a lot of pistachios, Malaise. ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #21
Shelled ones too malaise Apr 2018 #22
Everyone should know what Marmalade Mussolini is doing ... Jopin Klobe Apr 2018 #23
And just think the fucking "turtle" and his "gang" of hypocrites and "ayn rand" are doing exactly turbinetree Apr 2018 #25
Never forget his wife is a Cabinet member malaise Apr 2018 #27
She's a disgusting piece of shit also turbinetree Apr 2018 #28
Boy i hear ya!! bluestarone Apr 2018 #29
The worst grifters in the world. gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #31

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. That is correct.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:10 PM
Apr 2018

All part of making America great again. If "America" is defined as Trump's bottom line.

scarletlib

(3,411 posts)
2. Yes he is to the tune of millions of dollars.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:10 PM
Apr 2018

No it is not right, if not an outright Constitutional violation of the Emoluments Clause, then at the least morally & ethically wrong.

malaise

(268,998 posts)
4. It is when I saw the vast number of them that I poste
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:14 PM
Apr 2018

I cannot believe this shit. Why should they all leave DC - why aren't the meetings in DC - this is terribly wrong.

Response to malaise (Original post)

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
7. I believe that Mar-A-Lago does also charge for meals, drinks, ldging, etc for staff, social security
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:20 PM
Apr 2018

I do not know if it is at a discounted rate or what.....have no idea how Mar-A-Lago works. Same thing happens when the sons go off on a "business trip."

erronis

(15,257 posts)
16. "discounted rate" - Shirley, you are joking!
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:57 PM
Apr 2018

Anyone remember the old presidential retreats like Camp David or Truman's Key West? The current ahole wouldn't even bend over (if he could) to pick up that pocket change.

Used to be another branch of government would have some say over the abuse of power....

30. Trump charged Eric full price for charity events held at Trump properties.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:28 PM
Apr 2018
This is ridiculous.

Then there was the scam where people would believe that by donate to Eric's charity 100% per cent of the money was going exclusively to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

It is alleged the Eric Trump Foundation has been funneling donations -- from donors who believed the money was going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital -- to the Trump Organization by paying high sums for use of Trump properties during fundraisers and redonating some funds to charities friendly with Trump interests. It is alleged that the Eric Trump Foundation paid the Trump family business hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last seven years for use of one of the organization's golf courses, funds which he claimed were being donated nearly in full to the children's cancer charity.

You can't redirect funds donated for one charitable organization to another charitable organization. Even though both are charities, it falls into the category of "bait and switch."

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FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
26. Secret Service guys are all paying full-rate just to protect these guys
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:17 PM
Apr 2018

The SS guys have to pay for golf cart rentals when the orange asshole and his buddies go out and play golf!

Remember how the GOP hollered bloody murder whenever Obama played golf? (It wasn't that often, but they wouldn't shut up about it.) Meanwhwile not one word is said about the orange asshole and his entire cabinet.


unblock

(52,227 posts)
15. I doubt anyone will want the political hassle, but I would think
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:55 PM
Apr 2018

that it would be considered an improper payment that needs to be returned. I don't know the relevant laws. It's possible that there's no actual law preventing it.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
12. Can we just keep him there?
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:55 PM
Apr 2018

It's obvious that he wants to be more at Mar-A-Shithole than he wants to be at the White House, so I say leave him there.

getagrip_already

(14,750 posts)
19. we even pay for golf carts, caddies, club rental, green fees
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:04 PM
Apr 2018

for everyone in trumps entourage. At guest rates for the most part.

Even his security detail gets charged for using facility services like internet, office space, etc.

A complete con.

He is trying to run up the tab before he leaves. He will pardon everyone in his crime family and then pence will pardon him, probably just before his term expires.

With NY having a law that bars prosecution if someone has a federal pardon, he will get away with it.

malaise

(268,998 posts)
22. Shelled ones too
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:23 PM
Apr 2018

This cannot continue - it started out with his infomercial in the presence of the Japanese PM.

Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
23. Everyone should know what Marmalade Mussolini is doing ...
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:30 PM
Apr 2018

... he's trying to copy his betrothed Vlad ...

... he's got the joint bugged, people ...

... this should be fun ...

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
25. And just think the fucking "turtle" and his "gang" of hypocrites and "ayn rand" are doing exactly
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:15 PM
Apr 2018

what..........fucking nothing.

In fact the fucking traitor loving "turtle" goes in front of camera and says that the country doesn't need any "insurance" from Muller or Rosenstein getting fired..............I guess this asshole drives a car around without any insurance, after all he fucked the Constitution a ways back , and he really fucked the Constitution when it came to Gorsuch.........................fucking asshole..............

This asshole can't have a state dinner at the white house, this asshole can't have a state dinner at Camp David..................nope, he gets to fly fucking down to Palm Beach (3 million a pop) and fuck every taxpayer in the country, with the those beady fucking black narcissistic malignant psychopathic mafia eyes .........................


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

bluestarone

(16,940 posts)
29. Boy i hear ya!!
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:26 PM
Apr 2018

Every fucking day they are spending spending spending! NO FUCKING WATCHDOG TO STOP ANYTHING!!

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