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Home Front: Politix
GOP senator: Trump should spend less time at Mar-a-Lago
2017-04-19
[The Hill] Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said on Tuesday that President Trump's frequent trips to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida bother not only her, but other members of the Republican caucus.

"I do wish he would spend more time in Washington, D.C.," Ernst said during a town hall meeting. "That's what we have the White House for."

Since he took office, Trump has spent seven out of the last 13 weekends at his self-described "winter White House" in Palm Beach. The visits have stirred controversy, in part because of the enormous costs associated with such frequent travel.

One estimate of the weekend trips by CNN placed the cost so far above $20 million, putting Trump on track to spend more on travel in his first year in office than former President Obama spent in eight years.
A 'CNN' estimate you say ?
Before becoming president, Trump frequently assailed Obama for his excessive travel and vacations, arguing that the then-president should stay in Washington to work rather than play golf on the weekends.

"I think that has been bothering not just me but some other members of our caucus," Ernst said of Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  It's not bullshit, it's This Week's Media Meme. Expect to read stories about this everywhere. At least until the next media squirrel jumps up.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-04-19 21:57  

#10  The visits have stirred controversy, in part because of the enormous costs associated with such frequent travel.

I'm calling bullshit. Its not as if our last President was a hermit.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-04-19 21:36  

#9  The visits have stirred controversy, in part because of the enormous costs associated with such frequent travel.

I'm willing to bet that a search of The Hill's archives would show five or less articles complaining about Obama's 'enormous' travel costs. Naturally, this is only a problem when a Republican is in office.
Posted by: Raj   2017-04-19 12:47  

#8  (Intelligence term for an asset that spends too much time in country and starts developing too much affinity for the place he is in)

Well, there is the business, girl friends, seaside vila, Jeep, Etc. Why must I come home? Are my reports not satisfactory ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-19 12:22  

#7  I would prefer he didn't spend a lot of time in DC and become institutionalized. (Intelligence term for an asset that spends too much time in country and starts developing too much affinity for the place he is in)

Maybe the senator should stop inhaling furious amounts of lobbyist dick in DC and get out a bit more.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-04-19 11:16  

#6  Called one of the many Joni Ernst Iowa offices and asked the feller who answered if Ms. Ernst has abolished Zero Care or secured our borders. The feller said he would have to get answers on that. I told him the answer is no and until Ms. Ernst finally gets something done in D.C. to stop running her mouth about Trump.
Posted by: Shusoting Henbane9209   2017-04-19 10:57  

#5  President Obama played on the weekends, and frequently during the week as well, in addition to his frequent vacations. President Trump works during the weekend, off-site and in casual clothes -- a big difference. Witness his recent hosting of the leader of China and his wife at Mar-a-Lago, who were charmed by the Trump grandchildren singing to them in Mandarin. Both the weekend get-away and the singing were gushed over in the Chinese press, so that counts as diplomacy, not excess overhead.

Is the honourable senator a Never-Trumper?
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-04-19 10:15  

#4  Trump may well think that his security and privacy are more reliable at Mar-a-Lago than at the White House. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing

Routines and predictability are not your friends.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-19 09:32  

#3   Trump may well think that his security and privacy are more reliable at Mar-a-Lago than at the White House.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-04-19 09:27  

#2  It terrible all those K-Street hustlers have to travel down to Florida to turn their Congresscritter there visiting the southern White House for dinner.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-19 08:51  

#1  More evidence of the spread of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Er huh.... This link will take you to the 2017 Congressional Calendar.

POTUS appears to be fully engaged, working long hours, and getting things done. He did support your bullshi* ethanol subsidies and blended fuels mandate. You were happy with him then.

Can't you find someone else to feed those pigs?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-19 06:16  

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