Co-President Elon Musk and his unqualified minions on the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity have been inflicting chaos with their efforts to slash the federal funds and eradicate 1000’s of federal workers in order that purported President Donald Trump can discover the funds to provide tax cuts to his wealthy buddies.
Oddly, DOGE hasn’t tried to chop the wasteful journeys Trump himself has taken throughout his first month in workplace which have value taxpayers tens of millions of {dollars}, in keeping with estimates crafted by Each day Kos.
Since he took workplace, Trump has traveled to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida three separate instances—the weekend of Jan. 31, the weekend of Feb. 7, and the weekend of Feb. 14—to golf and be showered with fawning adoration from the cultists who shell out silly sums of cash to hitch his gaudy membership. In truth, he spent this Tuesday morning {golfing} as an alternative of working, even whereas ordering federal workers to go again to the workplace—typically with out sufficient work house for them to truly do their jobs.
A Authorities Accountability Workplace report from 2019 stated that 4 Trump journeys to Mar-a-Lago totaled $13.6 million for the journey and safety prices. In case you do the maths, which means Trump’s three journeys to Mar a Lago within the first month of his second time period tallied as much as not less than $10.2 million.
Trump has taken two different superfluous journeys, together with attending the Tremendous Bowl and going to a NASCAR race on Sunday—neither of which did something to assist the American individuals, however did an entire lot to stroke Trump’s very massive ego.
In accordance with calculations by the fact-checking outlet Snopes, Trump’s Tremendous Bowl journey value taxpayers not less than $1 million only for the air journey and common Secret Service element that travels with the president. However the journey doubtless value rather more than that, given the necessity for additional regulation enforcement officers and safety measures to make sure Trump’s security for the occasion, which he left earlier than the sport was over.
Trump’s journey to the NASCAR occasion was much more ridiculous.
He flew lower than 200 miles from Mar-a-Lago to Daytona, the place he took a pleasure journey across the race observe within the presidential limousine whereas babbling on the radio to the race automobile drivers.
“This is your favorite president. I’m a big fan. I am a really big fan of you people,” Trump stated.
The sector journey to the Daytona 500 occasion—the place he stayed for roughly 90 minutes—doubtless value taxpayers not less than $373,000, in keeping with Each day Kos calculations.
That is based mostly on the truth that it prices $177,843 per hour to function Air Power One, in keeping with data the outlet the Conflict Zone obtained by means of a Freedom of Info Act request in 2022. White Home pool studies stated the flight instances between Daytona and Mar-a-Lago had been roughly an hour every, plus the each day value of $17,520 for the Secret Service element, per Snopes, and also you land on the $373,000 determine.
In all, Trump’s journey throughout his first month in workplace value taxpayers not less than $11.4 million.
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