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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtecting Donald Trump costs New York City more than 1 million a day
Amagine to cost protecting all his busines interest overseas from possible terrorist attacks.
They could be easy target and surely draw us into another war. Exactly, what ISIS needs to survive.
That's because Melania Trump and their 10-year old son Barron expect to stay at their home at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, at least until the end of the school year. And Donald Trump has indicated he plans to return home regularly, especially while they're still here.
Adding to the expense is the cost of police assigned to Trump's adult children and his grandchildren, who are also receiving Secret Service protection, John Miller, NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence & counterterrorism, told WCBS Monday. All of them live in the city, and all are entitled to receive Secret Service protection.
"The number one imperative here is safety and security. We owe that to the president elect, his family and his team," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference on Friday. But he added the city will need help with those costs, particularly police overtime.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/21/news/protecting-donald-trump/index.html
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(10,137 posts)especially the ones overseas. He's the one who plastered his name all over them, making them easy targets.
As for NYC, it's his legal residence and legally the Secret Service has to protect him there - they did the same for Obama and Bush before him. I'm surprised he's not renting space in his tower to the various agencies: after all, it's his style to squeeze profit out of every opportunity.
And if it costs the city money? Why should he care? It's not like they voted for him.
AmericanMan1958
(520 posts)But some of my retired military friends seem to believe we(taxpayers) will end up paying to protect them.
A few of them worked in D.C and our Repubs and didn't vote for Trump for that reason.
I have known these guys for 40 years and it is the first time they voted Democratic.
They told me they had much respect for Hillary.
First, time we all agreed in 40 years.
That is why I am so shocked about the outcome.