Trump’s multiple residences, large jet-setting family and commuter marriage drive up first family travel and protection costs

The following article by Barbara Demick was posted on the LA Times website May 8, 2017:

New York police officers outside Trump Tower with sand-filled trucks, which serve as a protective barrier for the building. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

On the Thursday evening before Easter, photographers staking out Palm Beach International Airport in Florida awaiting President Trump were surprised to see not one, but two Air Force planes arriving within minutes of each other.

Shortly before the president landed, Melania Trump arrived on a Boeing C-32 — a military version of a 757 — with their 11-year-old son, Barron, and other family members to spend the holiday at the Mar-a-Lago golf resort. Her one-way trip from New York, where she lives separately from her husband so their son can finish the school year, cost taxpayers more than $110,000. Continue reading “Trump’s multiple residences, large jet-setting family and commuter marriage drive up first family travel and protection costs”