Right before his father's inauguration, taxpayer paid just under $100,000 for a 2-night get-away to Uruguay for Eric Tru
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pvd295 — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 11:37 AM)
Right before his father's inauguration, taxpayer paid just under $100,000 for a 2-night get-away to Uruguay for Eric Trump. The trip was classified as a 'business meeting'.
The younger son of Trump visited the South American nation as a representative of the Trump Organization, staying at the posh seaside town of Punta del Este, dining at exclusive beachfront restaurants and speaking at an 'ultra exclusive party'.
The Secret Service agents hotel rooms totaled nearly $90,000 for the 2 night stay, while the US Embassy spent nearly another $10,000 for staffers to stay in hotel rooms and 'support' the Secret Service.
There is a Trump Tower in Punta del Este, but according to Eric the family doesn't own it - they just "license their name" to the property owners. The condos in the tower cost $550,000 - $8M, while Trump charges between $100,00 - $1M for use of his name. The building is scheduled for completion in 2018.
Sleep tight, America.
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pjpurple-1 — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 12:19 PM)
OMG!!!
This must be the FIRST time in the history of the Republic that the taxpayers were on the hook for government business travel.
Just wish PVD would look up the cost of Michelle Obama's trip to Spain in 2010. According to the White House, the Obamas "paid their own way"! Ha ha, I enjoy good comedy.
However the added expenses including Secret Service brought the tab up to $467,585 for the taxpayers, most of whom could probably only afford "stay-cations" as Michelle 'Antoinette' Obama spent big bucks on HER vacation.
Your hypocrisy is AGAIN, stupefying!
Well can't really blame our former First Lady. There's been a lot of talk from Black Leaders about reparations for slavery. I guess Michelle was taking out HER reparations in free vacations. (hmmmmwonder how much cotton she actually picked???)
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pvd295 — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 02:55 PM)
Just wish PVD would look up the cost of Michelle Obama's trip to Spain in 2010. According to the White House, the Obamas "paid their own way"! Ha ha, I enjoy good comedy.
Eric Trump is not the First Lady. We always paid for travel expenses for First Ladies, including Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, and Barbara Bush. Why shouldn't we for Michelle?
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zabbree — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 08:12 AM)
This sounds exactly like the kinds of posts that Storm did on Obama. Please tell me that you can recognize this hypocrisy.
This in no way is the same as the crap Storm spewed. When did Eric Trump become president? Is he a minor child of the sitting president? Why should we pay any travel bills for him? That is hypocrisy from the right or anyone else that can't see the difference. His grown children should not be involved in his presidency at ALL. -
pvd295 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 12:35 PM)
Ivanka Trump also boarded Marine One with her father when the made the 'surprise trip' to honor the fallen Navy Seal this past Wednesday. Why was she on Marine One? She is not a government official, and didn't belong on that aircraft. She has no role in her father's Presidency, and should have never made the trip with him. Bring an elected person from congress with you, or an appointed government official, or your wife.
Not your 35 year old daughter who has no role in the White House.
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JamesAvalon — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 06:58 PM)
You mean if he's a minor, American taxpayers should be footing the bill for his travels?
Obama is the only one who claimed he would forego taking vacations as president. Of course, he lied. But what else is new?
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zabbree — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 07:02 PM)
What does ANY of that have to do with Eric Trump, and yes, if he was a minor, I would expect American tax payers to pay for some of his expenses, just like we did for President Obama's girls, President Bush's girls, etc.
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pvd295 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 07:41 PM)
I'll give Obama credit for covering up the biggest story during his Presidency - the Bowling Green massacre! How in the world he was able to hide it from everyone except Kellyanne Conartist is beyond me.
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zabbree — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 08:53 PM)
I'm not complaining or criticizing tax payers paying for a president, a first lady, or minor children's travel. So, if Trump, Melania, and little Baron want to go on vacation, I have no issue. The issue at hand is paying for ERIC TRUMP'S travel expenses. Your comprehension skills are seriously low.
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pvd295 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 06:41 AM)
Were Eric Trump's travel expenses legitimate?
No, he doesn't work for the government. So his expenses - paid for by taxpayers - was not legitimate. Why is that so difficult for you to comprehend?
"What matters is the size of your heart and your character" - Herman Munster