The Secret Service said on Monday it had enough money to cover the cost of protecting President Donald Trump and his family until the end of September.
The spending limits are supposed to last until December, but the first presidential and family presidential costs expand,
President's trip for Trump and First Lady - flying into the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, and the golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on weekends - added costs For taxpayers and government complications. The Secret Service must also protect Trump's four children.
Secret Service now protects 42 people day and night, more than 11 times under Obama. According to Representative Elijah Cummings, the number of Trump guardians includes 18 members of the president's family, but few employees are affected, typically 300, compared to 1,300 in 2016, when security guards Obama, Hillary Clinton and Trump in the campaign. Maryland, head of the Democratic Party for the Commission for Supervision and Reform of the Government.
Family presidents have decades of guaranteed day-long protection, with no cost limits. Each term of the president brought new security challenges, depending on the
president's lifestyle. George W. Bush went to a remote Texas farm. Obama has traveled regularly to Martha's and Hawaii's Vineyard. Judicial Tracking estimated that travel expenses related to Obama reached nearly $ 97 million in eight years.
Secret Service, entangled by years of budget deficits, low morale and leadership shakes, has requested $ 60 million in funding for next year to protect Trump troops.
Nearly half of the additional $ 26.8 million will pay to protect President Trump's family and home at New York's Trump Tower, documents provided by The Washington Post, while $ 33 million La will be spent on travel expenses due to "president, vice president and other head of state."