Republican panties are all in a wad, as usual about social insurance spending, worried there won't be enough money to spend on obsolete weapons systems. Just wait until they get a load of what the Trumps are going to be costing us. There's the small change that Uday (or is he Qsay) Trump costs the nation for a business trip to Uruguay a few weeks ago.
When the president-elect’s son, Eric Trump, jetted to Uruguay in early January for a Trump Organization promotional trip, U.S. taxpayers were left footing a bill of nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff.
Let's reiterate. That was for a Trump Organization promotional trip. Not state business. But hey, that's nothing compared to what we're spending on Trump himself for this weekend off.
President Donald Trump’s trip to his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago this weekend could saddle taxpayers with a bill upward of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama.
But, hey, don't worry. Politico assures us in addition to attending the American Red Cross’ annual fundraising gala and socializing, "Trump will have several meetings and phone calls as he maintains his aggressive work schedule." The kind of aggressive work schedule that had him tweeting about his ongoing feud with The New York Times instead of being in the Situation Room during the botched raid in Yemen.