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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4873838" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://www.thebalance.com/presidents-salary-4579867" target="_blank">Presidents' Salaries During and After Office</a></p><p></p><p>"While in office, the U.S. president receives a salary of $400,000 a year and a $50,000 expense account. Congress added the expense account in 1949. This pays for the president's personal expenses, such as food and dry cleaning."</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://trumpgolfcount.com/displayfaq" target="_blank">Trump Golf Count</a></p><h2>"How do you calculate the cost reported on your main page?</h2><p>Our total estimated cost currently includes five components: (1) Cost of flights to Mar a Lago and Bedminster, New Jersey, using <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/17/how-much-is-donald-trumps-travel-and-protection-costing-anyway/" target="_blank">Philip Bump's</a> estimate of<strong> $514,000 per hour of flight time</strong>, (2) An additional<strong> $6.4 million per year</strong>, prorated per day at a rate based on money <a href="https://www.fema.gov/presidential-residence-protection-assistance-grant" target="_blank">reimbursed</a> so far, allocated to Palm Beach and Bedminster for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-protection-secret-service-costs-2017-5" target="_blank">"extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs"</a>, (3) Coast guard costs for protection of Mar a Lago, estimated at<strong> $236,000 per day spent there</strong> (see <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/guarding-trumps-mar-a-lago-club-by-air-and-sea-has-cost-taxpayers-66-million/2017/07/28/70dcc0f4-7224-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html" target="_blank">Drew Harwell's report</a> for sources), (4) Costs paid by the U.S. government for Trump's <a href="https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-turnberry-resort-scotland-cost-taxpayers/" target="_blank">stay</a> at his club and <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/trump-visit-to-net-glasgow-luxury-rental-firm-nearly-1m-1-4768576" target="_blank">rental of luxury vehicles</a> in Turnberry, Scotland in July, 2018, and (5) Cost of staying at his golf club in Doonbeg, Ireland, rather than London during his <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-doonbeg-video_n_5cfa7f93e4b0c7edd0b661a5" target="_blank">visit</a> to the United Kingdom in June, 2019."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4873838, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.thebalance.com/presidents-salary-4579867']Presidents' Salaries During and After Office[/URL] "While in office, the U.S. president receives a salary of $400,000 a year and a $50,000 expense account. Congress added the expense account in 1949. This pays for the president's personal expenses, such as food and dry cleaning." [URL='https://trumpgolfcount.com/displayfaq']Trump Golf Count[/URL] [HEADING=1]"How do you calculate the cost reported on your main page?[/HEADING] Our total estimated cost currently includes five components: (1) Cost of flights to Mar a Lago and Bedminster, New Jersey, using [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/17/how-much-is-donald-trumps-travel-and-protection-costing-anyway/']Philip Bump's[/URL] estimate of[B] $514,000 per hour of flight time[/B], (2) An additional[B] $6.4 million per year[/B], prorated per day at a rate based on money [URL='https://www.fema.gov/presidential-residence-protection-assistance-grant']reimbursed[/URL] so far, allocated to Palm Beach and Bedminster for [URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-protection-secret-service-costs-2017-5']"extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs"[/URL], (3) Coast guard costs for protection of Mar a Lago, estimated at[B] $236,000 per day spent there[/B] (see [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/guarding-trumps-mar-a-lago-club-by-air-and-sea-has-cost-taxpayers-66-million/2017/07/28/70dcc0f4-7224-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html']Drew Harwell's report[/URL] for sources), (4) Costs paid by the U.S. government for Trump's [URL='https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-turnberry-resort-scotland-cost-taxpayers/']stay[/URL] at his club and [URL='https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/trump-visit-to-net-glasgow-luxury-rental-firm-nearly-1m-1-4768576']rental of luxury vehicles[/URL] in Turnberry, Scotland in July, 2018, and (5) Cost of staying at his golf club in Doonbeg, Ireland, rather than London during his [URL='https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-doonbeg-video_n_5cfa7f93e4b0c7edd0b661a5']visit[/URL] to the United Kingdom in June, 2019." [/QUOTE]
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