trump gave six months extra Secret Service protection to his kids, three officials.

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It cost taxpayers $1.7 million.

In June, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited Israel to scout investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a conference. At the time, Mnuchin had been out of office for five months.

But, because of an order given by President Donald Trump, he was still entitled to protection by Secret Service agents. As agents followed Mnuchin across the Middle East, the U.S. government paid up to $3,000 each for their plane tickets, and $11,000 for rooms at Qatar’s luxe St. Regis Doha, according to government spending records.

In all, the records show U.S. taxpayers spent more than $52,000 to guard a multimillionaire on a business trip.

These payments were among $1.7 million in additional government spending triggered by Trump’s highly unusual order — which awarded six extra months of Secret Service protection for his four adult children and three top administration officials — according to a Washington Post analysis of new spending documents.

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1. That was probably a good idea honestly.

Good for them. Good for us.

If something happened to one of those idiots, do we really want waves of sympathy?

$1.7m million is really a pittance when it comes to Presidential Protection.

Every single trip by a President cost more than than that.

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2. fuck steve mnuchin. let the billionaire pay for his own security

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3. Yea. I'm coming at this from a selfish angle

I don't care about those folks.

But if something did happen, it would take focus off the stuff the we do care about.

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4. Let them pat taxes for the benefit