Has it always been the case that the taxpayers funded the Secret Service for vacation trips by a president’s 40-something children? Maybe they did. But let’s just say this is particularly sickening since Trump’s 40-something son is traveling all over the world killing threatened animals and helping his father kill American democracy.
Donald Trump Jr.’s trip to Mongolia last August, where he hunted a rare breed of giant sheep, cost US taxpayers about $75,000 in Secret Service protection, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group.
The documents requested by the nonpartisan and nonprofit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington showed the United States Secret Service estimated Trump Jr.’s 8-day trip racked up expenses totaling $76,859.36.An official who works for Trump Jr. told CNN the trip to Mongolia, with the exception of Secret Service, was personally paid for by Trump Jr
.The journey to East Asia by President Donald Trump’s eldest son included a hunt of Argali sheep, the largest species of sheep, noted for their giant horns. Argali are considered a near-threatened species, according to the Red List of Threatened Species, in large part due to trophy hunting. Trump Jr. often shares social media posts with images from his hunting and fishing trips to locations across the globe. He has received harsh criticism from animal rights’ groups and conservationists for his penchant for trophy and “big game” hunting.
Junior is supposedly very busy running the vast Trump empire worth billions of dollars without even talking to his daddy about it. He sure seems to have a lot of time on his hands to kill animals, attend right-wing events and tweet conspiracy theories.
I guess the Trump empire is so great that it pretty much runs itself. Either that or it is a total con-job that’s worth almost nothing aside from the real estate holdings Trump’s daddy helped him buy years ago and the stale licensing deals that are set to expire any day now. Hmmm.