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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEric and Donald Trump Jr. cost taxpayers $250 000 in one month of travel last year in Dubai.
Eric and Donald Trump Jr. cost taxpayers $250 000 in one month of travel last year in Dubai.
The information was gathered by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) using Secret Service documents that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requested.
Tracking and monitoring presidential travel expenses has become more commonplace since Bill Clintons presidency. As traveling abroad for business trips and meetings increased with the advances in air travel, presidents and their families came under increased public scrutiny for the cost of their travel at taxpayer expense.
Although the purpose of the trip was for the Trump family business with money spent primarily on hotels, airfare Secret Service protection for President Donald Trumps adult sons comes at a cost for taxpayers. That same month, Eric Trump traveled to the Dominican Republic to potentially relaunch a failed Trump-branded resort project. The FOIA documents show that around $20 000 was spent on airfare, hotel rooms, auto rental and additional expenses.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trumps-adult-sons-costing-taxpayers-fortune-gallivant-around-world-private-business-deals/
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Eric and Donald Trump Jr. cost taxpayers $250 000 in one month of travel last year in Dubai. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2018
OP
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. GRIFTERS
oasis
(49,317 posts)2. In 2019, Don Jr. will only cost the taxpayers $60,000 for entire year. nt
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)6. thinking along the same line(s)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. Useless, grifting trash!
Get them out of our government!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)4. Are Salon and Raw Story the same now?
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)5. Such useless, expensive liabilities. For the whole country. rec, Nt