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Within hours of Mueller?s appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm?s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said.
An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.
Mueller?s former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump?s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president?s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.
Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.
If the department did not grant a waiver, Mueller would be barred from investigating Kushner or Manafort, and this could greatly diminish the scope of the probe, experts said.
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its not like they are trying to block or obstruct
this will not end well when they catch up to Trump
An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.
Mueller?s former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump?s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president?s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.
Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.
If the department did not grant a waiver, Mueller would be barred from investigating Kushner or Manafort, and this could greatly diminish the scope of the probe, experts said.
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its not like they are trying to block or obstruct
this will not end well when they catch up to Trump
Trump?s repeated media missteps have frustrated even longtime supporters. ?Every day he looks more and more like a complete moron,? said one senior administration official who also worked on Trump?s campaign.:mj07:
?I can?t see Trump resigning or even being impeached, but at this point I wish he?d grow a brain and be the man that he sold himself as on the campaign.?
Asked whether an administration staff change-up would ameliorate this latest crisis, a Republican source formerly involved with a pro-Trump political group told The Daily Beast, ?yes, if it comes with a frontal lobotomy for Trump.?
The consequences for Trump could be more dire than a staff shake-up, law enforcement sources suggested, however. Trump?s reported comments to the Russian officials could support allegations that he fired Comey in order to slow or put a stop to an investigation probing his campaign?s contacts with the Russian government?allegations that the White House vehemently denies.
?Absolutely? Looks Like Obstruction?
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someone spelled moron wrong
?I can?t see Trump resigning or even being impeached, but at this point I wish he?d grow a brain and be the man that he sold himself as on the campaign.?
Asked whether an administration staff change-up would ameliorate this latest crisis, a Republican source formerly involved with a pro-Trump political group told The Daily Beast, ?yes, if it comes with a frontal lobotomy for Trump.?
The consequences for Trump could be more dire than a staff shake-up, law enforcement sources suggested, however. Trump?s reported comments to the Russian officials could support allegations that he fired Comey in order to slow or put a stop to an investigation probing his campaign?s contacts with the Russian government?allegations that the White House vehemently denies.
?Absolutely? Looks Like Obstruction?
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someone spelled moron wrong
By Ju-min Park
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South?s new liberal government for peace between the neighbors.
A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to be an upgraded, extended-range version of the North?s solid-fuel submarine-launched missile. The missile fired a week ago flew was liquid-fueled, and flew further.
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Trump needs to tweet and put N Korea on notice !
America is looking like a huge grab a pussy
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South?s new liberal government for peace between the neighbors.
A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to be an upgraded, extended-range version of the North?s solid-fuel submarine-launched missile. The missile fired a week ago flew was liquid-fueled, and flew further.
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Trump needs to tweet and put N Korea on notice !
America is looking like a huge grab a pussy
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Obama bowed and it was a shitstorm.
Trump Curtsys to the King.
down on his knees
how embaressing for America
President Trump today denied that he revealed that Israel was the source of intelligence about a terrorist threat to commercial airliners during his meeting with Russian diplomats earlier this month.
Just arrived in Israel on Monday, and speaking here alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump insisted, "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel."
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no shit you didnt say Israel . Russia figured it out quickly where it came from.
you said secret classified information
holy chit, this never stops with him.
Just arrived in Israel on Monday, and speaking here alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump insisted, "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel."
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no shit you didnt say Israel . Russia figured it out quickly where it came from.
you said secret classified information
holy chit, this never stops with him.
WASHINGTON ― The former head of the CIA said he has seen intelligence about interactions between President Donald Trump?s campaign associates and Russian officials that made him believe there was a need for the ongoing FBI investigation into possible collusion.
?I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign,? former CIA chief John Brennan told lawmakers on Tuesday during a House Intelligence Committee hearing. By the time he left the CIA on Jan. 20, Brennan continued, he had ?unresolved questions? as to whether the Russians were successful in getting Americans ?to work on their behalf, again, either in a witting or unwitting fashion.?
Brennan told lawmakers he could not say with certainty whether the president?s campaign associates colluded with Moscow. ?But I know that there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the [FBI] to determine whether or not U.S. persons were actively conspiring or colluding with Russian officials,? he testified Tuesday.
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I got a hunch on this.
Son in law Kushner has been getting the rag by Trump lately.
I will not be surprised if he is the most flagrant violater of collusion.
It would not be good if Ivanka;s husband takes Trump down.
can you imagine thanksgiving dinners
?I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign,? former CIA chief John Brennan told lawmakers on Tuesday during a House Intelligence Committee hearing. By the time he left the CIA on Jan. 20, Brennan continued, he had ?unresolved questions? as to whether the Russians were successful in getting Americans ?to work on their behalf, again, either in a witting or unwitting fashion.?
Brennan told lawmakers he could not say with certainty whether the president?s campaign associates colluded with Moscow. ?But I know that there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the [FBI] to determine whether or not U.S. persons were actively conspiring or colluding with Russian officials,? he testified Tuesday.
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I got a hunch on this.
Son in law Kushner has been getting the rag by Trump lately.
I will not be surprised if he is the most flagrant violater of collusion.
It would not be good if Ivanka;s husband takes Trump down.
can you imagine thanksgiving dinners
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when your wife does this in public
there is something seriously wrong with the relationship
when your wife does this in public
there is something seriously wrong with the relationship
Companies started pulling advertisements from Sean Hannity?s Fox News show on Wednesday as he continued promoting a conspiracy theory about Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich?s death.
Cars.com, the automotive classifieds site, was the first to release a statement on its decision to remove ads.
?The fact that we advertise on a particular program doesn?t mean that we agree or disagree, or support or oppose, the content. We don?t have the ability to influence content at the time we make out advertising purchase. In this case, we?ve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity.?
At-home exercise company Peloton followed suit later Wednesday afternoon, saying it decided to pull advertisements from ?Hannity? in response to complaints on Twitter.
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OReilly , Hannity , then Rush
oh what a glorius time that would be.
Cars.com, the automotive classifieds site, was the first to release a statement on its decision to remove ads.
?The fact that we advertise on a particular program doesn?t mean that we agree or disagree, or support or oppose, the content. We don?t have the ability to influence content at the time we make out advertising purchase. In this case, we?ve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity.?
At-home exercise company Peloton followed suit later Wednesday afternoon, saying it decided to pull advertisements from ?Hannity? in response to complaints on Twitter.
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OReilly , Hannity , then Rush
oh what a glorius time that would be.
posted two days ago.....................
I got a hunch on this.
Son in law Kushner has been getting the rag by Trump lately.
I will not be surprised if he is the most flagrant violater of collusion.
It would not be good if Ivanka;s husband takes Trump down.
can you imagine thanksgiving dinners
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The FBI is looking at Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump?s son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of its investigation into Russia?s influence in the 2016 election, The Washington Post and NBC News reported Thursday evening.
Kushner has not been accused of wrongdoing, both outlets noted. Sources told the Post that Kushner has come under scrutiny because of two meetings with Russian officials in December ― one with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and another with a banker.
Kushner met with Kislyak in December and Sergey Gorkov, the head of Vnesheconombank, a state-owned bank, after Trump was elected, at Kislyak?s request.
Kushner initially did not disclose the meetings on an application for a security clearance. His lawyer later acknowledged he had made an error and amended the application. Kushner has also voluntarily agreed to meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss the meetings.
I got a hunch on this.
Son in law Kushner has been getting the rag by Trump lately.
I will not be surprised if he is the most flagrant violater of collusion.
It would not be good if Ivanka;s husband takes Trump down.
can you imagine thanksgiving dinners
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The FBI is looking at Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump?s son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of its investigation into Russia?s influence in the 2016 election, The Washington Post and NBC News reported Thursday evening.
Kushner has not been accused of wrongdoing, both outlets noted. Sources told the Post that Kushner has come under scrutiny because of two meetings with Russian officials in December ― one with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and another with a banker.
Kushner met with Kislyak in December and Sergey Gorkov, the head of Vnesheconombank, a state-owned bank, after Trump was elected, at Kislyak?s request.
Kushner initially did not disclose the meetings on an application for a security clearance. His lawyer later acknowledged he had made an error and amended the application. Kushner has also voluntarily agreed to meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss the meetings.
so the only thing we know about him talking to the Russkies is told thru news.
They got something much much more .
Ivanka - Daddy what did you get us into
Trump - well maybe it wasnt a good idea to have you guys so involved.
But I needed someone I could trust.
Ivanka - Dont let him go to jail daddy. He is the father of my children.\
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Trump - Yes and they are my grandchildren. He aint going to go to jail, I will pardon him.
Ivanka - but what about you daddy ?
Trump - well what about me then
Ivanka - who will pardon you ?
Trump - Gulp !
:scared:scared
They got something much much more .
Ivanka - Daddy what did you get us into
Trump - well maybe it wasnt a good idea to have you guys so involved.
But I needed someone I could trust.
Ivanka - Dont let him go to jail daddy. He is the father of my children.\
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Trump - Yes and they are my grandchildren. He aint going to go to jail, I will pardon him.
Ivanka - but what about you daddy ?
Trump - well what about me then
Ivanka - who will pardon you ?
Trump - Gulp !
:scared:scared
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Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) isn?t impressed with President Donald Trump.
Speaking at an energy conference in Houston on Wednesday, Boehner did praise Trump on foreign affairs and said he had stepped up the fight against the Islamic State militant group. But he generally gave a grim assessment of the president?s first few months in office, according to energy publication Rigzone.
?Everything else he?s done [in office] has been a complete disaster,? Boehner said. ?He?s still learning how to be president.?
Boehner, who backed the businessman during the presidential campaign, criticized the Trump?s late-night tweets and said he hadn?t imagined him becoming commander-in-chief.
The former speaker, who retired from Congress in 2015, suggested investigations into Russian interference in the election were necessary, but said talk of impeaching Trump would only boost the president?s political support.
?I don?t know why either of these [2016 presidential] campaigns were talking to Russians, but they need to get to the bottom of this,? he said. ?The crazy left-wing Democratic colleagues of mine bringing up impeachment talks ? talk of impeachment is the best way to rile up Trump supporters. Remember, impeachment is not a legal process; it?s a political process.?
Boehner also said he thought a border adjustment tax, favored by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), was ?deader than a doornail? and called the prospect of tax reform just ?happy talk.?
Since leaving office, Boehner has joined a D.C. lobbying firm and the board of tobacco giant Reynolds American, Inc. He told the energy conference he has no regrets about leaving Congress.
?I wake up every day, drink my morning coffee and say hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,? he said.
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I think he wakes up with a double vodka not coffee
Speaking at an energy conference in Houston on Wednesday, Boehner did praise Trump on foreign affairs and said he had stepped up the fight against the Islamic State militant group. But he generally gave a grim assessment of the president?s first few months in office, according to energy publication Rigzone.
?Everything else he?s done [in office] has been a complete disaster,? Boehner said. ?He?s still learning how to be president.?
Boehner, who backed the businessman during the presidential campaign, criticized the Trump?s late-night tweets and said he hadn?t imagined him becoming commander-in-chief.
The former speaker, who retired from Congress in 2015, suggested investigations into Russian interference in the election were necessary, but said talk of impeaching Trump would only boost the president?s political support.
?I don?t know why either of these [2016 presidential] campaigns were talking to Russians, but they need to get to the bottom of this,? he said. ?The crazy left-wing Democratic colleagues of mine bringing up impeachment talks ? talk of impeachment is the best way to rile up Trump supporters. Remember, impeachment is not a legal process; it?s a political process.?
Boehner also said he thought a border adjustment tax, favored by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), was ?deader than a doornail? and called the prospect of tax reform just ?happy talk.?
Since leaving office, Boehner has joined a D.C. lobbying firm and the board of tobacco giant Reynolds American, Inc. He told the energy conference he has no regrets about leaving Congress.
?I wake up every day, drink my morning coffee and say hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,? he said.
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I think he wakes up with a double vodka not coffee
A Russian oligarch who secretly employed Donald Trump?s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, offered to testify before congressional committees investigating Russia?s meddling in the U.S. election, but only if he?s granted immunity from prosecution, The New York Times reported Friday.
Lawmakers have so far turned down the demands of aluminum billionaire Oleg Deripaska, lest an immunity deal compromise criminal investigations into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election, according to the Times. Manafort is said to be a key figure in the FBI?s investigation.
Deripaska and Manafort worked together on an offshore fund in 2007 that quickly folded. But Deripaska also provided a $10 million annual contract to Manafort beginning in 2006 to promote Russian interests abroad, The Associated Press reported in March. During the time of the contract, Manafort was working as a campaign consultant to candidates in the Ukraine backed by the Kremlin.
Manafort was forced out as campaign chairman shortly after the Republican National Convention last year, when AP revealed he had helped a Ukrainian political party linked to Russia secretly funnel millions of dollars to two Washington lobbying firms from 2010 to 2014.
Last month, Manafort was to register with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent, as is required for someone on the payroll of a foreign interest.
The FBI also is reportedly investigating activities of Trump?s ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, former campaign advisers Carter Page and Roger Stone, and top White House aide and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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oh shit
this guy is going to sing like a canary
:sadwave::sadwave:
Lawmakers have so far turned down the demands of aluminum billionaire Oleg Deripaska, lest an immunity deal compromise criminal investigations into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election, according to the Times. Manafort is said to be a key figure in the FBI?s investigation.
Deripaska and Manafort worked together on an offshore fund in 2007 that quickly folded. But Deripaska also provided a $10 million annual contract to Manafort beginning in 2006 to promote Russian interests abroad, The Associated Press reported in March. During the time of the contract, Manafort was working as a campaign consultant to candidates in the Ukraine backed by the Kremlin.
Manafort was forced out as campaign chairman shortly after the Republican National Convention last year, when AP revealed he had helped a Ukrainian political party linked to Russia secretly funnel millions of dollars to two Washington lobbying firms from 2010 to 2014.
Last month, Manafort was to register with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent, as is required for someone on the payroll of a foreign interest.
The FBI also is reportedly investigating activities of Trump?s ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, former campaign advisers Carter Page and Roger Stone, and top White House aide and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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oh shit
this guy is going to sing like a canary
:sadwave::sadwave:
The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased,? Gerson writes. ?The movement has been seized by a kind of discrediting madness, in which conspiracy delusions figure prominently. Institutions and individuals that once served an important ideological role, providing a balance to media bias, are discrediting themselves in crucial ways. With the blessings of a president, they have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion.?
This abandonment, he argues, inevitably leads conspiracy theorists to ignore the tragedy at the center of these stories ? in this case, Rich and his family ? and instead focus solely on the political machinations they believe are at hand.
?In Trump?s political world, this project of dehumanization is far along,? he concludes. ?The future of conservatism now depends on its capacity for revulsion. And it is not at all clear whether this capacity still exists.?
Read Gerson?s full column here.
Hannity, by far the most prominent proponent of the Rich theory, has faced intense backlash for pushing the story on his Fox News show, radio program and Twitter account. Multiple advertisers have pulled their ads from his Fox show, and #FireHannity has become a popular rallying cry on Twitter. Some Fox staffers also expressed their disappointment in the host to CNN, saying they were ?disgusted? by his coverage of the story.
Aaron Rich, the brother of the slain DNC staffer, pleaded with Hannity in an emotional letter to drop the story.
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I think we have known of this conservative mind disease around here for a long time.
pity really
This abandonment, he argues, inevitably leads conspiracy theorists to ignore the tragedy at the center of these stories ? in this case, Rich and his family ? and instead focus solely on the political machinations they believe are at hand.
?In Trump?s political world, this project of dehumanization is far along,? he concludes. ?The future of conservatism now depends on its capacity for revulsion. And it is not at all clear whether this capacity still exists.?
Read Gerson?s full column here.
Hannity, by far the most prominent proponent of the Rich theory, has faced intense backlash for pushing the story on his Fox News show, radio program and Twitter account. Multiple advertisers have pulled their ads from his Fox show, and #FireHannity has become a popular rallying cry on Twitter. Some Fox staffers also expressed their disappointment in the host to CNN, saying they were ?disgusted? by his coverage of the story.
Aaron Rich, the brother of the slain DNC staffer, pleaded with Hannity in an emotional letter to drop the story.
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I think we have known of this conservative mind disease around here for a long time.
pity really
As Smith later observed, a president?s budget is merely a set of suggestions that reflect the president?s fiscal priorities. It is up to Congress to allot the funds for federal programs. The president can then sign or veto budget legislation they craft.
Smith refused to rule out reductions in SNAP spending as part of that process, however.
?I want to look at our entire budget, look at all of the details,? he said.
Roughly 43 million low-income Americans receive SNAP benefits, which are vouchers to buy food. Enrollment has dropped significantly since 2014 due to improvement in the economy.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, by claiming there are people receiving benefits who do not need them given how long ago the recession was.
The administration has not been clear about its intentions for the means-tested aid program though. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, whose department oversees SNAP, has defended SNAP?s performance and claimed that it will be up to Congress to decide how much it wants to reduce the program?s spending.
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cut out this program where the very poor cant even eat , and there will be a huge uprising and crime pertaining to food will soar.\
neo cons say ...... get a job ......then you eat.
the majority of ppl on food stamps cannot get a job even min wage.
they should cut out the fraud and then look at this. Not just cut it
Smith refused to rule out reductions in SNAP spending as part of that process, however.
?I want to look at our entire budget, look at all of the details,? he said.
Roughly 43 million low-income Americans receive SNAP benefits, which are vouchers to buy food. Enrollment has dropped significantly since 2014 due to improvement in the economy.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, by claiming there are people receiving benefits who do not need them given how long ago the recession was.
The administration has not been clear about its intentions for the means-tested aid program though. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, whose department oversees SNAP, has defended SNAP?s performance and claimed that it will be up to Congress to decide how much it wants to reduce the program?s spending.
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cut out this program where the very poor cant even eat , and there will be a huge uprising and crime pertaining to food will soar.\
neo cons say ...... get a job ......then you eat.
the majority of ppl on food stamps cannot get a job even min wage.
they should cut out the fraud and then look at this. Not just cut it
A new bill that a Democratic congressman introduced would put the financial burden on President Donald Trump for his frequent visits to his own properties.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced the Stop Waste and Misuse by the President ― or SWAMP ― Act to the House this month. If passed, taxpayers would be reimbursed for the millions of dollars they spend on Trump?s trips to his own properties, including Mar-a-Lago ― where he bragged about enjoying ?beautiful? chocolate cake as he told Chinese President Xi Jinping about his decision to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against Syria in April.
?President Trump is on track to spend more during his first year of office than all eight years of the Obama administration combined,? by taking his weekend trips, Lieu?s bill says.
Each trip to Mar-a-Lago costs around $3.7 million in security costs alone. And that?s not including the more than $34,000 spent on golf cart rentals the Secret Service orders. In New York City, meanwhile, trips to Trump Tower have already racked up more than $20 million in taxpayer dollars. If that wasn?t troubling enough, the federal government officially promoted Mar-a-Lago when the State Department posted an article crooning over the mansion.
?It is unacceptable for the President to maintain an interest in traveling to properties in which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. Government is responsible for renting space for personnel in said private commercial entities,? the bill argues.
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If Trump has to pay then these trips will stop pronto.
as long as taxpayers foot the bill he was promoting his ass off . He even raised the join fee at Mara Lago to 200 K
what a deutchmark
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced the Stop Waste and Misuse by the President ― or SWAMP ― Act to the House this month. If passed, taxpayers would be reimbursed for the millions of dollars they spend on Trump?s trips to his own properties, including Mar-a-Lago ― where he bragged about enjoying ?beautiful? chocolate cake as he told Chinese President Xi Jinping about his decision to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against Syria in April.
?President Trump is on track to spend more during his first year of office than all eight years of the Obama administration combined,? by taking his weekend trips, Lieu?s bill says.
Each trip to Mar-a-Lago costs around $3.7 million in security costs alone. And that?s not including the more than $34,000 spent on golf cart rentals the Secret Service orders. In New York City, meanwhile, trips to Trump Tower have already racked up more than $20 million in taxpayer dollars. If that wasn?t troubling enough, the federal government officially promoted Mar-a-Lago when the State Department posted an article crooning over the mansion.
?It is unacceptable for the President to maintain an interest in traveling to properties in which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. Government is responsible for renting space for personnel in said private commercial entities,? the bill argues.
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If Trump has to pay then these trips will stop pronto.
as long as taxpayers foot the bill he was promoting his ass off . He even raised the join fee at Mara Lago to 200 K
what a deutchmark
