Trump used the Secret Service to make money. Here’s how taxpayers can respond. A House committee revealed the former president’s properties charged exorbitant rates for Secret Service agents who stayed there while protecting him or his family.

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  5. Trump knew what he was doing. He wanted to grift money from our government while in office. And even still to this day he’s grifting from them. Yet Republicans are ok with this.

  6. Disgusting that taxpayers are paying to protect a Russian asset who tried to overthrow the country.

  8. I’ll gladly cover the cost of his federal prison stay!

  10. It’s baffling to me that this man’s acolytes are so willing to follow him. He doesn’t even try to hide the fact that he’s a greedy, fascist, wannabe dictator!

  13. “I love golf, but if I were in the White House, I don’t think I’d ever see Turnberry again,” “I don’t think I’d ever see Doral again — I own Doral in Miami — I don’t think I’d ever see many of the places that I have. I don’t ever think I’d see anything — I just wanna stay in the White House and work my ass off, make great deals, right? Who’s gonna leave?” – Trump February 2016

  14. That right to grift is Donald Trump’s undeniable right as a registered Republican politician

  15. Trump uses everything to enrich himself. That’s the whole problem. Public service is to use our tax dollars to make our country better. Alas not something a crook thinks about.

  16. Trump uses everyone for money – especially his MAGA sucker base.

  19. Don’t forget about Jared and Ivanka. They wouldn’t allow SS to use their bathrooms so they had to rent a nearby apartment.

  21. Starting this Mara-Lago grift was his second act as president. His first was lying about how many people attended his inauguration. His third was signing into law a massive tax cut for the rich. And it all went way downhill from there.

  22. He did this with everything. He had over a million dollars in golf cart rental fees when he would golf at his own club and rental for Trump Tower.

    I know republicans say “all presidents do that kind of stuff.” First off, no they don’t. Second, if they did I would be bitching about that too.

  23. This was all well known and reported on while it was happening. We need to deal with this shit in real time and maybe we wouldn’t get into such deep shit like we are now.

  24. Ivanka wouldn’t let them use a bathroom in their house, so their own secret service detail had to drive to a gas station when they needed to go.

  27. The reason he found it so hard to drain the swamp; his fat ass was stuck in the drain pipe!

  28. I see a case for another fraud charge here; the President is required by law to be protected by the Secret Service-a section of the Treasury. A government agency. Who he charged (and treated like shit) to do what they are *legally required* to do. His *private business* benefitted from a government requirement.

  29. You know what it is: They so much want to own the libs that they … just … can’t … admit … they … are … WRONG.

  30. I just watched a documentary on YouTube of his golf course in Scotland 2016, I wish I could link it, but I cant. If you can find and watch it you would see how bad he’s always been and now he is worse

  31. Didn’t Eric Trump falsely claim that the Trump establishments charged the SS personnel only a nominal amount for accommodation?

  32. Trump screwed over every single American while in office. Some more than others.

  33. This has been out since 2017 at least. He would spend mad time at his Florida spot and charge the SS for it. Same with NY. He fleeced the government hard to line his own pockets.

  34. Uhm. It was known during his first year of millions he charged them.

  35. Yes, all government contractors did this Also. Quid pro quo potential.

    Open the record book.

    Who got the border wall contracts? Who did Puerto Rico electrical grid?

    Open the records.

  36. This was reported on WHILE he was President. These discoveries aren’t new, I don’t understand

  37. We have something to protect against this… It’s called the emoluments clause. It’s part of the constitution, and he was in violation of it from day one

  38. Can’t believe we are wasting money keeping that moron alive.

  39. Legally, any for profit business cannot offer and special government group discounts for rooms and services that are not legible for other entities. Offering significant non competitive discounts is a form of bribery or quid pro quo.

    Most ethical presidents would therefore avoid staying in resorts that they own or have a stake in, or even open it up to bidding.

  40. He didn’t charge the secret service exorbitant fees, he charged US exorbitant fees. As far as I know tax payer dollars pay for the secret service. Between that and the millions he spent on his golf courses. And now we find out he made millions from China and Saudi Arabia. And the knuckle draggers want more of this? I’m so bloody sick of Donald Trump.

  41. We knew this years ago. The problem is no government apparatus is willing to hold him and his cronies accountable for his brazen criminality. This fascist committed a terrorist attack on his own country, and clown country the United States is allowing him to run for re-election. China deserves to take over the world

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