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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4718777" data-attributes="member: 54375">But wait, there&#039;s more:&quot;If there&#039;s a singular calling card of the corrupt Washington politician, it&#039;s milking the perks for all they&#039;re worth. Since 2015, when Trump began his run for president, over <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties" target="_blank">$22 million</a> from political committees has been spent at Trump properties, and during the first three and half years in office, close to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html" target="_blank">$900,000</a> of taxpayer funding has been spent there.We&#039;ve seen the vice president divert his entire <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/pence-s-doonbeg-detour-cost-nearly-600k-ground-transportation-fees-n1052401" target="_blank">travel schedule</a> to stay at a Trump property in Doonbeg, Ireland. We&#039;ve seen the president attempt to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/18/trump-doral-g7-police-surprise" target="_blank">host the G7</a> at his Trump National Doral property near Miami. We&#039;ve seen reports of rooms booked but left empty, as well as visits from at least 150 foreign government officials to properties the president owns and profits from, including <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-funded-lobbyist-paid-for-500-rooms-at-trumps-hotel-after-2016-election/2018/12/05/29603a64-f417-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a> propping up one of his struggling hotels.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4718777, member: 54375"] But wait, there's more: "If there's a singular calling card of the corrupt Washington politician, it's milking the perks for all they're worth. Since 2015, when Trump began his run for president, over [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties']$22 million[/URL] from political committees has been spent at Trump properties, and during the first three and half years in office, close to [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html']$900,000[/URL] of taxpayer funding has been spent there. We've seen the vice president divert his entire [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/pence-s-doonbeg-detour-cost-nearly-600k-ground-transportation-fees-n1052401']travel schedule[/URL] to stay at a Trump property in Doonbeg, Ireland. We've seen the president attempt to [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/18/trump-doral-g7-police-surprise']host the G7[/URL] at his Trump National Doral property near Miami. We've seen reports of rooms booked but left empty, as well as visits from at least 150 foreign government officials to properties the president owns and profits from, including [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-funded-lobbyist-paid-for-500-rooms-at-trumps-hotel-after-2016-election/2018/12/05/29603a64-f417-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html']Saudi Arabia[/URL] propping up one of his struggling hotels." [/QUOTE]

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