Posted on 03/29/2017 11:19:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog will examine the taxpayer-funded travel costs when President Donald Trump travels to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and the security procedures surrounding those trips, several congressional Democrats announced Tuesday.
The lawmakers requested the inquiry by the Government Accountability Office after reports that Trump, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, openly discussed North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile while at the resort. They also raised concerns about the cost to taxpayers.
In a March 24 letter to the lawmakers, GAO said it will examine how the president's communications and classified information are secured when he's traveling, including whether a secure space exists at Mar-a-Lago.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump and other Republicans sharply criticized Democrat Hillary Clinton for compromising national security by using a private email server. Democrats have seized on Trump's Feb. 11 visit to Mar-a-Lago with Abe as an example of what they say is Trump's own carelessness with sensitive information.
In a letter sent to GAO last month seeking the review, the lawmakers said Trump reportedly communicated with staff about North Korea's launch by cellphone while sitting with Abe in the middle of a public dining room. Trump, his staff and Abe also may have reviewed potentially sensitive national material in apparent violation of protocols, according to the Democrats.
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I am absolutely certain that they did this when the Wookie travelled around the world...
And the Obama perpetual vacation?????
How many millions did the Obongo’s spend on Travel?
Did they ever do an accounting of Moochie’s eight years of vacay’s where she took separate planes from Obummer, plus her entire tag-along Christmas card list of friends and family members?
...what does the GAO think happened to the mussing 10 trillion missing from the Pentagon?
they will discover that the cost is much less than that expended on the Zero clan, mommy and second wife included
Hell, Nixon was dragging the whole operation out to San Clemente every time you picked up the paper.
If you remember a couple of weeks ago, he took his cabinet members and their spouses to Virginia, where he has another golf course, and had a nice dinner there, the press was all upset because he went to a ‘golf course’ ; did he play golf? why was he there and not at the White House, why does he always go to Palm Springs? Why does he go here, why does he go there???
I don't remember anyone worrying about bami and wookie, do you???
The Obamas spent more that $1.5 BILLION DOLLARS on themselves every single year while in office-
You can find that figure online- Fox news carried it-
In 8 years- the obamas spent more than $12 BILLION DOLLARS on themselves-
Did they do that for bammy’s golfing tripss and vacations?
NO, then STFU.
If they weren’t hypocrites they wouldn’t be Rats.
How much did it cost the taxpayers to fly the Obama dog to their vacation haven? And how much did it cost to fly in that chef so he could make pizza at the White Hut? The Wookie usually started her vacations early, and flew separately from her so-called husband. How much did it cost for the Obama’s date night trips? Plenty more questions like that need to be raised.
Obama went flying around the country fundraising and partying almost every day he was in office. I am sure his costs dwarf anything Trump could run up.
Did the GAO ever “examine” the costs of Barry and Moochelle’s “vacations”?
Did the GAO ever “examine” the costs of Barry and Moochelle’s “vacations”?
Bull Effing S**T..... There is that word "reportedly".
Democrats are increasingly wallowing in petty, mean, sewage-worthy crap simply because they lost an election to an outsider with different political views than their own. What was it the dude said to McCarthy back in the day? “At long last, sir, have you no shame?” I realize the concepts of shame and honor barely exist anymore, but isn’t there anyone is DC who will call the Left on its shameful, dishonorable behavior?
It costs what it costs. You don’t pinch pennies on presidential security.
A government watchdog? A democrat watchdog, you mean.
That dog needs to be put down! With extreme prejudice,
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