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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIrish government pays Trump over $100K to feed the police officers guarding him
Kevin M. Kruse RetweetedRemember: an ex-Trump exec said Trump got $1M from foreign govts in 2018. Trump got himself 1/10 of that figure on a single trip in 2019!
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Great scoop by @gordondeeg: when @realdonaldtrump made a side trip to visit his Irish resort this summer, the Irish govt paid Trump over $100K to feed the police officers guarding him.
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State pays Donald Trump's Doonbeg resort 113k to feed and accommodate gardaí during US President's visit
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Irish government pays Trump over $100K to feed the police officers guarding him (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2019
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gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)1. Taking grafting and corruption to new levels.
He and his minions are a plague on our country.
Mc Mike
(9,107 posts)2. He's very rich, worth 10 or 11 billion dollars.
He just can't afford to comp himself for his security costs that he incurs at his golf club, while we're paying him for him to go golf.
Cashed a 13 cent check from Spy Magazine, one time.
Basically, he's a fraud and pos in every way.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)3. He is a disgrace.
Unfit to be in the WH. Thanks, Vlad. He is no billionaire, he is a fraud in every way.
Mc Mike
(9,107 posts)4. Vlad, and the pinhead nazi flunkies here in the US who lurve Rump, both deserve thanks.
The whole repug party reeks, from bottom to top.
Granny M
(1,395 posts)5. As an Irish taxpayer (and a US taxpayer)
This pisses me off. And we haven't added up the cost of Pence's visit yet. These people are a scourge.