Obama is spending $200 million PER DAY on his little jaunt to India

[HUGGY]

Aren't you happy there's so much extra cash in the Treasury that Obama can afford to take 3,000 of his closest friends and relatives to India on your dime?

Roll the (money printing) presses, Obama needs to replenish his Debit card.

“The unprecedented amount of around $200 million/day would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit,” a top official of the Maharashtra Government privy to the arrangements for the high-profile visit said.

US to spend $200 mn a day on Obama's Mumbai visit

Your story is false. Made up then Drudge picked it up an ran with it as always.

Ask FactCheck: Trip to Mumbai
November 3, 2010

Q: Is President Obama’s trip to India going to cost $200 million per day?

A: This highly doubtful claim originated with one Indian news agency quoting an anonymous source in Mumbai. The White House says it is "wildly exaggerated," and there’s no evidence to support such a huge figure.

FULL QUESTION


There are reports all over that Obama’s India trip will cost $200 million per day. I haven’t been able to find a credible rebuttal to this but I can’t believe it could be true.


FULL ANSWER

This story has spread rapidly among the president’s critics, but there is simply no evidence to support it. And common sense should lead anyone to doubt it. For example, the entire U.S. war effort in Afghanistan currently costs less than that — about $5.7 billion per month, according to the Congressional Research Service, or roughly $190 million per day. How could a peaceful state visit cost more than a war?

What else can you get for $200 million? Try the New Jersey Nets basketball team or possibly the Hope diamond — if only the Smithsonian were selling it.

The hard-to-swallow claim originated with a Nov. 2 Press Trust of India article quoting an unnamed "top official" in the government of Maharashtra (one of India’s states). The source was quoted as saying that Obama’s upcoming trip to Mumbai will cost $200 million per day for security and living arrangements, among other things. The story claimed that the president would be accompanied by about 3,000 people, including Secret Service agents, government officials and journalists, and will stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel — the scene of a 2008 terrorist attack.

We find stories based on anonymous sources always deserve special caution, especially when they come from only one news organization. In this case, the anonymous official is not even in the U.S. government, and any information about costs would necessarily have come second-hand at best, an added reason for caution.

Nevertheless, the story was widely repeated without any additional reporting. Soon after the article was released, The Drudge Report — a news aggregation website — linked to the Press Trust of India article, with the headline "REPORT: US to spend $200 million per day on Obama’s Mumbai visit…" Later that day, Rush Limbaugh claimed on his radio show that "Five hundred seven rooms at the Taj Mahal, 40 airplanes, $200 million a day this nation will spend on Obama’s trip to India." He repeats the "$200 million a day" claim several times throughout the show without specifying its source.

Ask FactCheck: Trip to Mumbai | FactCheck.org

Pathetic attempt to hammer the president yet again.

This sorry excuse for a human being needs to be hammered a lot more. We have only begun to destroy his Muslim Marxist presidency. And his ugly hog of a wife who tries to tell everyone else what to eat. Hasn't she seen her fat ass in a mirror?

From what you offer it appears you think you are a less sorry of an individual than someone that made it to the white house. You are a cocaroach with delusions of grandure. If I were president dangerously stupid people such as yourself would be fed to pigs and chickens.

 

[sitarro]

Again I have to ask, what would be a ridiculously extravagant number to you Obammy worshippers? If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

 

[hipeter924]

Again I have to ask, what would be a ridiculously extravagant number to you Obammy worshippers? If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

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[boedicca]

Why this is going to cost $200M per day is becoming clearer and clearer: 34 warships and coconut removal.

The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.

Communications set-up, nuclear button, a fleet of limousines and majority of the White House staff will be in India accompanying the President on this three-day visit that will cover Mumbai and Delhi.

He will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday. The measure has been taken as Mumbai attack in 2008 took place from the sea.

Arrangements have been put in place for emergency evacuation, if needed....

34 warships sent from US for Obama visit


Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour.

But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a visiting dignitary, Indian authorities have decided to go one step further, by removing all natural threats to the president as well.

All coconuts around the city's Gandhi museum, one of Mr Obama's stops in the city, are being taken down.

Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his freedom struggle against the British, is among five places the US president is visiting in Mumbai.

"We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building. Why take a chance?" Mani Bhavan's executive secretary, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told the BBC.

Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip - Telegraph



All this so he can light a lantern and watch some school kids dance.

 

[JScott]

Again I have to ask, what would be a ridiculously extravagant number to you Obammy worshippers? If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

Its not about Boooosh.

 

[Sallow]

How many freakin threads on this very topic are there going to be?

First off there is no way it's going to cost that much.

Second, President Obama..the President of the United States is traveling to a hotel, which was just recently the site of the worst terrorist attack in India's history. The Taj Mahal hotel is a source of pride for India and they were absolutely rocked by those attacks.

India is an extremely important ally and trade partner. It's also one of the most populated countries on the Planet and the business opportunities are huge.

So this trip is not only important..it's also dangerous. There is ample evidence that the Pakistani Secret Police were behind the attacks. And President Obama is a huge target of Terrorists. His administration has been instrumental in killing them at a faster rate then the previous one.

It's incredibly small minded not to think that the President is not going to need a great deal of security with this vital trip.

 

[barenakedislam]

How many freakin threads on this very topic are there going to be?

First off there is no way it's going to cost that much.

Second, President Obama..the President of the United States is traveling to a hotel, which was just recently the site of the worst terrorist attack in India's history. The Taj Mahal hotel is a source of pride for India and they were absolutely rocked by those attacks.

Maybe history will repeat itself.

 

[Sallow]

If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

 

[Sallow]

How many freakin threads on this very topic are there going to be?

First off there is no way it's going to cost that much.

Second, President Obama..the President of the United States is traveling to a hotel, which was just recently the site of the worst terrorist attack in India's history. The Taj Mahal hotel is a source of pride for India and they were absolutely rocked by those attacks.

Maybe history will repeat itself.

Advocating for the death of an American President, are we?

Sweet.

What country are ya from? Saudi Arabia? Or Pakistan?

 

[barenakedislam]

How many freakin threads on this very topic are there going to be?

First off there is no way it's going to cost that much.

Second, President Obama..the President of the United States is traveling to a hotel, which was just recently the site of the worst terrorist attack in India's history. The Taj Mahal hotel is a source of pride for India and they were absolutely rocked by those attacks.

Maybe history will repeat itself.

Advocating for the death of an American President, are we?

Sweet.


What country are ya from? Saudi Arabia? Or Pakistan?

I would never advocate that. But I can dream, can't I? If I were from SA or Pakistan, he would be my Muslim brother.

 

[boedicca]

If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

A Commander in Chief visiting troops in the field is not the equivalent of a $200M per day vacation to light a lantern and see some school kids dance.

Just frelling stating the obvious.

 

[barenakedislam]

If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

GW Bush never took 3000 people with him. I'd guess he never took more than Air Force I and Air Force II, the minimum requirements for an overseas trip.

And what's with the Indians having to remove all the coconuts from the trees so as not to hit the traitor-in-chief in the head? Can't he just wear his little pink bicycle helmet?

 

[Freeman]

this thread is a joke!! and the answerers are amazing!

it would be more intelligent to ask;
How much cost per day the Cruasade against Iraq and today afghanistan?

Bush (with Rumsfeld) robbed and bankrupted the country then go to take pause of retirement in his ranch!!

 

[007]

I think it's all pretty clear, that the reason it's costing so much money is because they're scared as shit that somebody is going to make an assassination attempt on his ass while there. They can guard his filthy, radical, socialist butt here pretty well, but overseas is going to take damn near a whole battalion of Secret Service Agents and the military. What a waste of money and resources. He's already earned the title of worst President in history, he might as well push on for the title of most hated too.

 

[Sallow]

If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

A Commander in Chief visiting troops in the field is not the equivalent of a $200M per day vacation to light a lantern and see some school kids dance.

Just frelling stating the obvious.

What is "frelling"?

A. There's no auditing I can see that backs up the 200 million dollar claim.

B. I don't know what you mean by "equivalent". In any case, the Bush administration basically classified just about everything. So it's extremely difficult to get a idea of what they spent on anything.

 

[Sallow]

If President Bush had made the same trip, how much would have been too much. Are any of you truthful enough to answer that question? Would a million a day be reasonable to you, 5 million, 10 million?

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

GW Bush never took 3000 people with him. I'd guess he never took more than Air Force I and Air Force II, the minimum requirements for an overseas trip.

And what's with the Indians having to remove all the coconuts from the trees so as not to hit the traitor-in-chief in the head? Can't he just wear his little pink bicycle helmet?

What country are you posting from?

 

[boedicca]

President Bush made several trips into Iraq to show the Troops appreciation. Those weren't cheap. But I didn't see the same type of bellyaching about those from "Liberal" or "Mainstream" outlets.

And it my opinion..it was money well spent.

A Commander in Chief visiting troops in the field is not the equivalent of a $200M per day vacation to light a lantern and see some school kids dance.

Just frelling stating the obvious.

What is "frelling"?

A. There's no auditing I can see that backs up the 200 million dollar claim.

B. I don't know what you mean by "equivalent". In any case, the Bush administration basically classified just about everything. So it's extremely difficult to get a idea of what they spent on anything.

Oh I get it. You're joking.

What a card!

 

[Conspiracist]

$600,000,000 three day trip!? I have a rough time believing that. If it is true, he should resign.

 

[Sallow]

Maybe history will repeat itself.

Advocating for the death of an American President, are we?

Sweet.


What country are ya from? Saudi Arabia? Or Pakistan?

I would never advocate that. But I can dream, can't I? If I were from SA or Pakistan, he would be my Muslim brother.

A. You just did. Twice.

B. Not likely. My ancestors hailed from Puerto Rico/Cuba/Ireland/Germany. And I ain't superstitious.

 

[Sallow]

Oh I get it. You're joking.

What a card!

Um..

Okay.

Happy "Frelling"!

(still don't know what that means)