I understand that it seems petty to begrudge a vacation, etc.
But isn’t it a little bit odd that they never go back to Chicago? Its as if they (including their daughters) had no roots there. Barry hasn’t lived in Hawaii for decades...so why pick it (every single time) over his alleged home of Chicago?
And there’s another element to this - how he treats his hired help (secret service) and staff, and even media lackeys. By going so far away, he is essentially telling them “screw you, you’re not spending any of the holidays with your family”.
I don’t begrudge him a vacation...but can’t there be some limits? I don’t think if he tried, he could find a vacation spot that cost the taxpayers more money, and disrupted the lives of his staff more.
Wouldn’t you rather Christmas in Hawaii than Chicago?
And I don’t think you can really hang the SS thing on him, since W used to drag them to Texas in August.