Tag: Trump scamming the American taxpayers

Trump scraps Bedminster trip amid protests

NOTE:  It is estimated that each round of golf Pres. Trump plays costs the American taxpayers over $520,00 per round.

But the president is still planning to go to his resort in Bedminster, N.J., next week for an in-person fundraiser.

President Donald Trump has canceled an expected trip to his resort in Bedminster, N.J., this weekend amid the ongoing nationwide protests.

Instead, Trump will fly to Maine on Friday to visit a manufacturer of medical swabs used in coronavirus testing before returning back to Washington.

“The president’s looking forward to another working weekend,” said a senior administration official. Continue reading.

Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties

Washington Post logoPresident Trump’s company charged the Secret Service $157,000 more than was previously known — billing taxpayers for rooms at his clubs at rates far higher than his company has claimed, according to a new trove of receipts and billing documents released by the Secret Service.

Many of the new receipts were obtained by the watchdog group Public Citizen, which spent three years battling the Secret Service over a public-records request from January 2017.

When added to dozens of charges already reported by The Washington Post, the new documents show that Trump’s company has charged the Secret Service more than $628,000 since he took office in 2017. Continue reading.