If she was a real American she would be glad to live at the WH. She is a fake American that sold herself as a trophy wife for a green card and citizenship. That is OK, but now she is just being greedy.
But I agree with
ChrisL
She doesn't have to live in the WH. She likes to shop and be pampered and she paid an enormous price for that.
BUT, there is no reason why the US taxpayers should pay several times the usual security costs for her and the rest of that band of grifters.
The youngest boy? Yes.
Melania in the WH and traveling as the flotus - Yes.
New York, weekly vacations at a Florida golf resort, vacations in Hawaii and Aspen, world traveling by the spawn to enrich their family business, for the adult kids - NO.
That bunch is costing us millions every single day and many millions more than previous presidents. Why should we pay for them in their activities unrelated to the office of the president?
I suspect the real grifter is Mayor DeBlasio billing the government for police protection that he doesn't provide.
Joke, right?
Are you aware that DeBlasio is LOCAL?
The Secret Service is not.
Think it through.
For the record, I'm not nearly as against SecServ for Melania in NYC even though she's pretty worthless and we have never been forced to pay for the spouse to shop, shop and shop and then shop some more.
Its the massive extras for the entire klan that ticks me off. Besides ego, enriching himself and his family is the only reason he ran for prez. Ivanka said her "focus" was adding to her family fortune but since she lies as easily as the rest of them, she also said she would focus on women's issues, labor, her own family, yadda yadda.
He's harming the very people who voted for him and they're too dumb to get it.
Total load of bullshit!
This is what NYC spends.
“There’s a very substantial complement of officers and traffic agents that have been devoted to that concentrated area to improve the flow of traffic,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference in December. O’Neill added that the Trump Tower intersection is “obviously one of the busiest intersections in the city, and we are putting in a tremendous number of resources there every day.”
Exactly how the city is spending millions on Trump’s safety isn't clear. The NYPD declined to “discuss resources in regards to president or president-elect security,” and the mayor’s office said it couldn’t break down the figure further due to security concerns. A person familiar with the matter said both regular and overtime pay for police officers is included in the city’s spending.
Because the spending breakdown remains a mystery, it’s unknown if New York's multimillion-dollar security costs factor in counterterrorism units, surveillance technology, or air support.
Overall, the cost of protecting Trump Tower is a drop in New York’s spending bucket. The executive budget for the 2017 fiscal year comes in
at $82.2 billion, while the local security cost for Trump Tower amounts to roughly $58 million annually, far less than 1 percent of operating e
“There’s a very substantial complement of officers and traffic agents that have been devoted to that concentrated area to improve the flow of traffic,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference in December. O’Neill added that the Trump Tower intersection is “obviously one of the busiest intersections in the city, and we are putting in a tremendous number of resources there every day.”
Exactly how the city is spending millions on Trump’s safety isn't clear. The NYPD declined to “discuss resources in regards to president or president-elect security,” and the mayor’s office said it couldn’t break down the figure further due to security concerns. A person familiar with the matter said both regular and overtime pay for police officers is included in the city’s spending.
Because the spending breakdown remains a mystery, it’s unknown if New York's multimillion-dollar security costs factor in counterterrorism units, surveillance technology, or air support.
Overall, the cost of protecting Trump Tower is a drop in New York’s spending bucket. The executive budget for the 2017 fiscal year comes in
at $82.2 billion, while the local security cost for Trump Tower amounts to roughly $58 million annually,
far less than 1 percent of operating expenses.