President Donald Trump’s trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, are costing taxpayers millions of dollars, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Tuesday. The report largely focuses on four Mar-a-Lago trips Trump took between January and March of 2017 at a cost of $13.6 million in taxpayer dollars, which doesn’t include the salaries of government personnel traveling with him. Here’s a breakdown of those expenses:$8.5 million in costs to the Department of Defense, including more than $3 million in operating Air Force One and Marine Corps One for transporting Trump. $5.1 million in costs to the Department of Homeland Security, including about $3.4 million to bolster the Coast Guard. $18,000 in costs to the Department of Justice for transporting the attorney general, his FBI detail and other DOJ personnel.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2019 21:56 UTC