Trump is Out of Office: Here’s the Perks He Gets and Taxpayers Foot the Bill

Emperor Wannabe Fell Short by 7 Million Votes

(Yippee is in order)

This article originally appeared on the Go Banking Rates page with this subject: How Much is Former President Trump Still Costing Taxpayers.

Below are many of perks Trump gets even though he’s out of office and then some.

This story headline:

“Trump’s Claims of Election Fraud Have Cost Taxpayers Over a Half-Billion Dollars and Counting”

Here’s a look at the post-presidential perks taxpayers foot the bill for — plus, other ways Trump is still costing American taxpayers.

This one really gets me – how about you?

Introduction and Details from the Article:

Being president comes with perks that extend past

their time in the Oval Office. Even though Donald

Trump is no longer in the White House, he’s still

getting benefits courtesy of our taxpayer dollars.

Here’s a look at the post-presidential perks taxpayers foot the bill for — plus, other ways Trump is still costing American taxpayers.

This one really gets me – how about you?

Secret Service Protection – We all Support:

Former presidents and their spouses are eligible for lifetime protection from the Secret Service, though the related costs are classified, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. The protection also applies to a former president’s children until they are 16. Barron Trump would be provided until he is that age also.

Now the Trump gimmick or con if you will: Just before leaving office, Trump extended post-presidency Secret Service protection to his four adult children and two of their spouses, as well as three key officials, all for six months following his White House exit. That added security perk alone for the added family members is expected to cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Main Point: Trump’s falsehoods about the November 2020 election have left taxpayers with a large and growing bill that totals $519 million as of February 6. 

That number accounts for:

(1) legal fees prompted by his dozens of (false) lawsuits, (2) heightened security in response to death threats against poll workers, (3) repairs needed after the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and (4) more than $480 million for the estimated cost for the deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington, D.C. through mid-March.

Noteworthy: The official costs of Trump’s election fraud claims are still being tallied and may never be fully known.

More details at the story link above.

My 2 cents: For what it’s worth: Trump’s schemes and overall con is still working for him now even though he’s no longer in office (but the damage left in his wake lingers: Ka-ching...)

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