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" On February 17, President Trump will head to his $200,000-per-membership Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the third consecutive weekend, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Each trip reportedly costs taxpayers upward of $3 million.
Trump’s reluctance to spend a weekend in Washington stands in contrast to what he promised during the campaign, when he said he’d “rarely leave the White House.”
“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,” Trump told a reporter in 2015. “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off… You don’t have time to take time off.”
Trump would argue that he’s working during his weekend getaways to Mar-a-Lago, but he might be doing more harm than good.
On Saturday, the president had to deal with an international crisis during a dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, creating a situation where members of the club and wait staff were able to watch and listen in as the two heads of state grappled with matters of war and peace. Aides reportedly used their cell phones to illuminate sensitive documents on a dimly-lit terrace.
Earlier Saturday, Trump played golf with Abe — marking the second time he hit the links since his January 20 inauguration. Trump repeatedly criticized President Obama for golfing during his presidency: "
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mar-a-lago-travel-winter-white-house-broken-promise-14f6d5d609ef#.tr5htivzb
Each trip reportedly costs taxpayers upward of $3 million.
Trump’s reluctance to spend a weekend in Washington stands in contrast to what he promised during the campaign, when he said he’d “rarely leave the White House.”
“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,” Trump told a reporter in 2015. “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off… You don’t have time to take time off.”
Trump would argue that he’s working during his weekend getaways to Mar-a-Lago, but he might be doing more harm than good.
On Saturday, the president had to deal with an international crisis during a dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, creating a situation where members of the club and wait staff were able to watch and listen in as the two heads of state grappled with matters of war and peace. Aides reportedly used their cell phones to illuminate sensitive documents on a dimly-lit terrace.
Earlier Saturday, Trump played golf with Abe — marking the second time he hit the links since his January 20 inauguration. Trump repeatedly criticized President Obama for golfing during his presidency: "
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mar-a-lago-travel-winter-white-house-broken-promise-14f6d5d609ef#.tr5htivzb
They're so jelly of everything The Donald does.
Also, remember one thing, if nothing else. Why would Trump take on the monumental task of POTUS if he wasn't a patriot? He was already living in a gilded cage, and nothing in WDC would have affected him. I love that he is shaking the gilded cages of Congress lifers that don't care about their constituents, and are now running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to find their roost. Fun to watch. Just hope it doesn't go bad, and it could. JMO, yo.
I am sorry you have amnesia. I hope you will recover. Poor you. Shoo, fly. You are one creepy forumite.
