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The documents, part of the Secret Service’s request for the fiscal 2018 budget, reflect the costly surprise facing Secret Service agents tasked with guarding the president’s large and far-flung family, accommodating their ambitious travel schedules and fortifying the three-floor Manhattan penthouse where first lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron, live.
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A person familiar with internal Secret Service budget discussions said the requests for additional funding, prepared in late February, were rejected by the Office of Management and Budget, an arm of the White House. That means the agency will likely have to divert other spending to handle the additional burden. While best known for protecting the president, Secret Service agents also investigate cybercrimes, counterfeit-money operations and cases involving missing and exploited minors.
The same people that complained about Obama will now say Trump's far far far higher security costs are just fine. Wait until we get a total running up to the 2020 election. The amount will be historically high.
Secret Service Likely to Cut Cybercrime Investigations to Pay For Trump’s Weekly Mar-a-Lago trips
Secret Service requested an additional $60 million in funding for the next year to cover the escalating costs for travel and protection of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post. They sought an additional $26.8 million to cover protecting President Trump’s family and private home in New York’s Trump Tower, with an another $33 million to cover the president's travel expenses.
The request was rejected by the Office of Management and Budget, which means that it will have to take away resources from other areas to pay the additional costs of keeping the First Family safe.
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A person familiar with internal Secret Service budget discussions said the requests for additional funding, prepared in late February, were rejected by the Office of Management and Budget, an arm of the White House. That means the agency will likely have to divert other spending to handle the additional burden. While best known for protecting the president, Secret Service agents also investigate cybercrimes, counterfeit-money operations and cases involving missing and exploited minors.
You are asking the wrong question. The question is are WE worth it, meaning our national security. Like him or hate him, he represents the United States of America. If he is ever put in danger or threatened, as well as his family, our national security is at risk.
So that's why he's commuting almost every weekend!!
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Secret Service Likely to Cut Cybercrime Investigations to Pay For Trump’s Weekly Mar-a-Lago trips
