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struggle4progress

(118,332 posts) Fri May 5, 2017, 02:28 PM May 2017

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To Mar-a-Lago twice on Air Force One: at least $1.2 million

By: Chad Day, The Associated Press, May 4, 2017

... A Trump trip in early February cost about $670,000, and a second trip in March cost about $612,000, according to the U.S. Air Force, which operates and maintains Air Force One. He's visited seven times as president ...

The Government Accountability Office agreed to a Democratic request to price out a few of Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips, and its forthcoming report promises a more accurate estimate.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/flying-trump-to-mar-a-lago-on-air-force-one-twice-cost-at-least-12-million

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To Mar-a-Lago twice on Air Force One: at least $1.2 million (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2017 OP

From another story RandiFan1290 May 2017 #1

RandiFan1290

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1. From another story

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Fri May 5, 2017, 02:37 PM

May 2017

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/national-govt--politics/new-travel-for-two-trump-trips-mar-lago-cost-nearly-million/xenYDKBAcGionqMGv1ujUN/

That does not include other federal costs, such as Secret Service and Coast Guard protection, and the large military cargo planes that ferry Marine One and motorcade vehicles to and from Washington, D.C.

ETA: I see it was also included in the AFT story

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