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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
There is no logic behind these claims. I'd like to see a somewhat itemized list of expenses.
Look at the civilian costs....
Expedia has flights between DC and West Palm Beach for $326 round trip. Even if they take 100 people, on commercial flights that would be $32,600.
They need a place to say, so let's say $200 rooms and two per room. That's $10,000 per day (probably a lot less actually).
So where do these million dollar trip costs come from?
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The president has about 300 people with him when he travels. It includes Air Force One and two other jets that carry his car, a motorcade, and three different helicopters. The cost of transporting all these people and items is very high. Another huge cost is salaries. Many of these people are being paid overtime when they are with the POTUS during a trip.
The cost of flying Airforce One alone is about $200,000 per flight hour. So when Trump flies to Florida it costs about $800,000 just for the round trip flight of Air Force One.