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Secret Service asks for $25M to protect Trump Tower

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SoundofSilence

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking for more money to protect President Donald Trump's signature New York skyscraper, add hundreds of new Secret Service agents and strengthen security at the White House, according to new budget documents presented to Congress.

The request is for $25.7 million in security-related expenses at Trump Tower, including "personnel travel costs assigned to the protective details for the children and grandchildren of President Trump, as well as other functions supporting these details." Those services, the request said, will be maintained "throughout the incumbent's presidency."

The budget numbers offer the first look into the administration's request for a full year's worth of extra protective resources under Trump, who frequently has stayed at his namesake properties outside of the White House since he took office Jan. 20. The figures also underscore the taxpayer costs that benefit Trump, with $6.3 million allocated toward "rent and utilities" at Trump Tower.

The biggest increase includes $1.3 billion in new staffing, including $75 million for 453 special agents and uniformed officers as part of a multiyear personnel plan. The administration said the money helps it "keep pace with mission requirements" by getting 7,150 positions filled by the end of the next budget year.

Also requested is nearly $86 million in "protective infrastructure and technology," including more money for physical protection of the White House. Earlier this year, a man jumped the White House fence and spent 15 minutes roaming the grounds.

The Secret Service faces a more complicated job than it did under Trump's immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, because Trump has family living beyond Washington and traveling extensively. They include First lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, who currently live in Trump Tower. Barron plans to attend school in suburban Washington this fall.

Trump's jaunts beyond Washington have proved expensive, with a pair of his recent trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida costing more than $1.2 million. The documents, made public by the conservative group Judicial Watch, reflect only the costs associated with the president's plane, Air Force One, and not expenses for Secret Service protection or support vehicles provided by the Department of Defense.

A Trump trip in early February cost about $670,000, and a second trip in March cost about $612,000, according to the Air Force, which operates and maintains Air Force One. He's visited seven times as president.

Trump has used Mar-a-Lago, which not only is a vacation home but also a for-profit resort that charges $200,000 for memberships, to entertain foreign dignitaries and to meet with members of his Cabinet and senior leadership team. Based on other travel reports for other presidents, Defense Department costs far exceed all other expenses related to such trips.

Cuts to next year's Secret Service budget include $12 million to the National Computer Forensics Institute, which trains state and local law enforcement, as well as $30 million related to an agency panel's recommendations. The Secret Service reported a savings of about $140 million with the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Rage against the rich
https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-budget-asks-25m-protect-trump-tower-182124669--politics.html:
 
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Eidan

Member
$6.3 million dedicated to paying Trump for Social Security's protection of Trump. It's fucking unbelievable.
 
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Akuun

Looking for meaning in GAF
The guy is gutting the fuck out of the country for personal gain, and chances are he'll still find a way to piss it all away after he's president because he's just that fucking bad with money.
 
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rjinaz

Member
All the presidency ever has been for Trump is a way to make money. He wouldn't have done it if he didn't think he could. Hell he probably feels entitled to the money.
 
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Dyle

Member
Wait a week and Mulvaney will deny the raise again and force them to defund more of their miscellaneous duties
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Eidan said:
$6.3 million dedicated to paying Trump for Social Security's protection of Trump. It's fucking unbelievable.
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That would be an interesting way to raid social security, but I think probably mean the Secret Service.
 
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Cagey

Banned
Trump's 2021 interview
from prison
bragging about how he made a lot of money as President, great investment, tremendous boon to business is going to make my blood boil.
 
Link

Link

The Autumn Wind
It's really amazing how openly corrupt this motherfucker is and how willing people are to overlook all of it because he appeals to their bigoted sensibilities.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
GOP is responsible for this man. And they continue to protect him. Don't ever let them forget (if we survive that is).
 
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sturgboski

Member
How about we kick Melania and his son out?

Or better yet, how about they move into Mar a Lago, let those idiots in Florida who supported this POS front the bill.
 
Ploid 3.0

Ploid 3.0

Member
"Trump is such a good guy, you know he's in it for the right reason because he don't even accept a salary for being president."

- Trump supporter I know.

Look at trump roll in that money, thanks America! Conned by the Drumpf.
 
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PandaPandaPanda

Member
if i'm remembering right, they proposed to remove the funding for things like PBS a month or two ago

I don't remember how much is allocated but it's not $25M

what a fucking waste of money
 
Amory

Amory

Member
Link said:
It's really amazing how openly corrupt this motherfucker is and how willing people are to overlook all of it because he appeals to their bigoted sensibilities.
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I'm finding way more Trump voters-turned-apologists these days than people who still actually think he's doing well.

I have friends that voted Trump and they've "ignored the news" since he won because they're not stupid enough to try to justify any of his bullshit.
 
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ramoisdead

Member
I fucking despise having to set foot near anywhere that is 59th Street whether it's the west or east side. Having to see counterterrorism officers there keeps me very uneasy even though their job is to protect. All because to protect that obnoxious building.
 
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sphinx

the piano man
the thing is.. why is this a TOWER.. I don't remember any former president saying "I need protection for a tower".

every goddamned regular person has a house (an expensive Mansion if you like) , I could understand him asking for security for his house/home but a tower?? seriously WTF?

or am I missing something here?
 
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SoundofSilence

Member
sphinx said:
the thing is.. why is this a TOWER.. I don't remember any former president saying "I need protection for a tower".

every goddamned regular person has a house (an expensive Mansion if you like) , I could understand him asking for security for his house/home but a tower?? seriously WTF?

or am I missing something here?
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His so-called wife (you know, the one who refuses to even hold his hand) is esconded in said tower and like Rapunzel, she lets her hair down, $25M worth.
 
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