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Update… it’s now going to cost $5.2 billion total. That’s a lot of your tax dollars that won’t be available for more important things. It’s time to Ground the President! To keep him from flying around the county spreading hate or just to play some golf and we have to pay for it. Does any reasonable person think this is a good deal? Contact the other part of our Government that is in charge of the spending and tell them to stop this now.
The Obama administration wanted to build a new fleet of presidential helicopters in 2009 that would cost at least $11 billion.
On October 11, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to fly in an aircraft. This did not cost the taxpayers anything because He was no longer in office at the time, having been succeeded by William Howard Taft. Thirty-three years later, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to take to the skies. FDR also made use of the first official presidential aircraft nicknamed the “Sacred Cow” Since Roosevelt; every chief executive has flown on dedicated presidential airplanes. These flying machines cost more than they are worth to our country.
Most of the presidential travel is for political fundraisers or vocations very little are for official government business. If we can keep the President on the ground in 1 safe place, the money saved could be used for more important things.
To pay for a new court system
Trump family trips cost taxpayers $11.3 million for one month
$120 Million for Trump Family’s Security Costs
Other Wasted $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Unfinished projects that cost US taxpayers billions
Trump's travel is straining Secret Service budget
The cost to protect Trump in Palm Beach is dramatically less than what it takes for around-the-clock protection in New York, where officials say it costs New York City more than $1 million a day.
All this borrowing only helps China
We need a constitutional amendment to limit the president’s travel; the cost for security is too high.
This problem existed before the current president. And in the absence of reform, it will be an issue with future administrations.
Waste of our tax dollars
We are not just picking on the current administration 8 years of Obama vacations cost $85 million
The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
President Donald Trump and the $3.9 billion deal with Boeing for New Air Force One
What will our government use the money for?
A four-day trip Obama took to Florida in 2013 the total cost to the Secret Service and Coast Guard was $3.6 million.
The Trump Cabinet is traveling in style
Ground the President turn Air Force One into a museum
The US Air Force awarded Boeing a $23.6 million contract to replace two refrigerators aboard the aircraft used by President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump's proposed military parade cost could run between $3 million and $50 million