Although he left the White House
Trump and his family are still costing taxpayers a lot of money
Trump and a number of his former employees benefit from protections at the expense of taxpayers.
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Ivanka Trump / Jared Kushner.
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During the four years that Donald Trump was president, he was notorious for looting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayers' money by hosting official government business in his properties and hotels, making sure that government hosts through the government paid the bills for everything from golf carts to Candles to the water. However, the biggest source of income appears to come from charging Secret Service personnel to rent a place at his private resorts, even though they protect it. Whether it was over the weekend at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, or on the golf course in Bedminster, Trump, who claims to be very rich, never considered letting his lifeguards stay for nothing.
Since former presidents receive life protection, Trump did not abruptly stop his fraudulent tactics upon leaving office, and Trump's method of forcing the government to pay for Secret Service personnel to stay at his resort or other properties has apparently not changed. Between January 20 and April 30, the government paid $40,000 for Secret Service personnel to stay at Trump properties and resorts.
But Trump isn't the only member of his family that continues to cost taxpayers huge amounts of money. There are also his adult children. The Washington Post reported that the taxpayer had to pay more than $1.7 million on the 45th president's order, issued during his last days in office, to extend 24/7 security for six months to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his daughter, Ivanka Trump. His son Eric Trump, daughter Lara Trump, Donald Trump Jr., daughter Tiffany Trump, and three former officials. This means providing protection to a group of people who have absolutely no role in government and can protect themselves.
In other words, taxpayers have been, in part, footing the bill to protect Ivanka while she was off and Kushner while he was in business. Spokespersons for the couple did not respond to Washington Post requests for comment, and the question is: Why are taxpayers still protecting Kushner and Ivanka, when the duo make up to $640 million while working in the White House and can certainly pay for these things out of their own pockets. Another unanswered question: Do Kushner and Ivanka now allow Secret Service men to use their bathrooms, or do they still have to find a tree outside when things call?
Outside of his family, the former president also protected a number of his former employees at the taxpayer's expense for an additional six months. That group included the fourth and final White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose protection cost $479,000, including $114,000 for hotel rooms in Los Angeles, and $23,000 for rooms while travelling. Business in Israel, and $58,000 for rooms and golf carts during three separate vacations, during which Mnuchin traveled to Cabo San Lucas.
For those unfamiliar with the net worth of several Trump officials, Mnuchin is very wealthy, with an estimated net worth of $400 million, as of July 2019. How did he amass this wealth?
He collected them from various sources that included his role in managing a bank called One West, which reportedly made more than 36,000 foreclosures during his tenure at the bank, including a foreclosure owned by a 90-year-old woman who owed the bank just 30 cents.
• Trump is not the only member of his family that continues to cost taxpayers huge amounts of money, and there are also his adult children.
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