What is New in Trumpland?

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Here is just one more way Trump is making his money and it's on the American taxpayer's dime: It seems that, according to documents obtained by Congress, the Secret Service spent upwards of $1.4 million in tax dollars while accompanying the Trump family between 2017 and September 2021. There is a certain rate that is paid by the government for the Secret Service to stay in hotels while in the process of protecting the president and his family when they are traveling. In some locals, a Trump hotel was all that was available and there have been news reports of "exorbitant charges" by the former president's properties. $70k was spent at the Trump hotel in Scotland while the Trump children stayed there. Trump's son Eric Trump commented that they "provide rooms at cost and could make far more money renting them to members or guests". Maloney, Oversight and Reform Chair wrote in a letter to Kimberly Cheatle who is the director of the Secret Service. If the Trump hotel had actually charged this 'at cost' rate it would have been about $201 a night but, when looking at the actual amount it was more like $1580 per night.