As President, Donald Trump, can request Secret Service protection for specific people on his own Boeing 757. The Secret Service must then pay Trump for their seats out of the Secret Service’s own budget.
As a result, Trump lines his pockets with your tax dollars.
But Trump supporters say that he would never do that!
Oh, don’t be so sure.
Politico, “Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has paid his family’s businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics.”
References.
- Vox, November 16, 2016, Matthew Yglesias – Trump can now loot millions of dollars from the Secret Service with no disclosure
- Politico, September 22, 2016, Kenneth P. Vogel and Isaac Arnsdorf – Trump’s campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million – The GOP presidential candidate draws on his own companies to an unprecedented degree.