Posted on 05/20/2017 9:30:42 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Dolce vita! The Obamas arrive in Tuscany on a private plane escorted by six fighter jets and a 13-car motorcade for five days in a $15k-a-night private villa
Barack and Michelle Obama flew into a Tuscany militray base on Friday, escorted by six fighter jets
They were escorted in a 13-car motorcade to Borgo Finocchieto, a refurbished 14th century village
The five-building, six-acre space is owned by Obama's former ambassador to Italy, John Philips
It features 22 bedrooms, multiple saunas and Jacuzzis, a swimming pool, a gym and a basketball court
It's also surrounded by beautiful rolling hills that can be explored by car, helicopter or even hot air balloon
The Obamas, who have been on multiple vacations since leaving the White House, will reportedly visit Florence and Siena during their vacation
By Hannah Parry and James Wilkinson For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:10 EDT, 19 May 2017 | Updated: 03:22 EDT, 20 May 2017
The Obamas arrived in Tuscany on a private plane escorted by six fighter jets and a 13-car motorcade on Friday as they continue their all-expenses-paid world tour.
Barack and Michelle Obama will have an entire 14th century village to themselves during their five-night stay - at an eye-watering cost of $15,000 per night.
Not that the couple are likely to have paid, as it's owned by the ex-president's former ambassador to Italy, John Philips.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“....... a private plane escorted by six fighter jets and a 13-car motorcade”.......
The article DOES NOT SAY those were American fighter jets.
So while President Trump is in Sicily at the G7 meeting Obama will be just up the coast in Tuscany... A suspicious person would wonder if 0 is planning to try to interject himself onto the global stage in order to discredit President Trump.
Amazon.
“...motorcade to Borgo Finocchieto...”
Does that translate to something about Finocchio? Wonder why Obama picked that place. Does he like its name?
They need a vacation from their vacations!
There is a bit of hint in the article. They are staying at resort/villa/village owned by Obama’s former ambassador to Italy “who made a small fortune as a public rights lawyer”. And there you have the “Deep State” in a nutshell. Someone who gamed the system well enough to buy a Tuscan village and refurbish it as a resort for the wealthy made his money as a “public rights lawyer”. And where did that money come from? Why us of course. No wonder they are upset with the swamp-drainage project.
“”The article DOES NOT SAY those were American fighter jets.””
That’s right - and landing at an Italian military base, it would figure they were Italian planes.
BUT - isn’t this story OLD? It was reported when he supposedly went to Italy a couple of weeks ago to make a speech and was paid $2,500,000. Or is this a different trip?
I highly doubt they were U.S. fighters. What the Italians do with their air force is their business.
Sasha continues to be raised by grandma. Seems to be the norm for a certain group.
“”escorted by six Eurofighter Fourth Wing jets as it landed at Grosseto Air Base””
It IS different trip - looks like he stuck around Italy after the speech which was on 5/9 and was joined later by his wifey-poo...Hmmmm...
Looking at the pictures at the link, it appears that the obozos will have to put up with one another without any outside distraction - unless they go out looking for the wild PIGS...seriously - or swim or play tennis. Please don’t let us see “her” in a tennis outfit or him either for that matter.
“”Someone who gamed the system well enough to buy a Tuscan village and refurbish it as a resort for the wealthy made his money as a public rights lawyer””
AND bought the ambassadorship!
Never heard of a “public rights” lawyer...
According to this article, former Presidents and their spouses get lifetime Secret Service protection, as well as their offspring up to age 16. Former Presidents can also get up to $1 million per year in travel expenses and their spouses $500,000 per year. Of course, at the rate Obama is going it seems he would be exceeding these limits.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/02/how-former-presidents-fly/
$15k-a-night private villa;
What Swiss bank account I don’t have any money........
Wonder how much of that 1.5 billion in cash didn’t make it to Iran?.
By the way, there’s a picture of obozo and Kerry with the ambassador - whatever happened to Kerry? Did he fall off the face of the earth after the election? Haven’t seen nor heard him since then. He and Biden are keeping low profiles during all this ruckus in the news - biding their time and getting ready to run for the presidency again?
Right now, there are of course 5 former Presidents and their spouses still living under Secret Service protection (Carter, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama).
Yeah.... I'm of the opinion that Pravda has more respect and trust then the media in the U.S. nowadays....
Totalitarian Statists get all the best stuff!
Obama sold the rights to his memoir in a recent auction for $60 million. He has the money. He will also be sure to receive enormous speaking fees, etc for the rest of his life. He will undoubtedly set up a foundation that he can use to further bankroll his lifestyle. The government pays up to a million in travel for him, 500k for his wife every year. He can accept free stays at ‘friends’ homes and flights. Most hotels would comp him or pay him for the PR generated. Countries will pay for him to visit , take photos with the leaders, and make a small speech. When he stayed at the Tahiti hotel for a month ‘working’ on his book with his ghostwriter, there was a big review of the hotel on the dailymail two days before it was announced (I read it and found it interesting when two days later it was publicly announced Obama was going there). He’s going to live like a King for the rest of his days.
“Hello? Italian Air Force? We’d like to demand fighter escort, please.”
:: IAF response is a matter of international security ::
“Uhhh, don’t you know who we are?”
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