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Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« on: March 28, 2017, 06:59:39 pm »


US President Donald Trump says he does a lot of business on the golf course, after all, he's spent eight of 10 weekends in office on the green.

But his golfing diplomacy has come at a price, with the Secret Service spending almost US$17,000 (NZ$24,000) in the past two months on hiring golf carts at the President's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, receipts show.

The transactions were published by a CNN reporter showing three instances of "golf cart rental for POTUS visit" on February 2, March 2 and March 3 totalling US$16,685 (NZ$23,673).

There is also another charge for equipment rental of US$8000 (NZ$11,351).

More: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/03/golfer-in-chief-17k-bill-for-secret-service-golf-cart-rentals.html

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If true - screw that. Guy OWNS the damned place, he can let the SS ride for free.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2017, 07:23:20 pm »


...and now, he is blowing Obama out of the water in terms of how much time he spends golfing.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2017, 07:30:48 pm »
Don't give a damn if he golfs 24/7.

Charging the SS for golf cart use though? That's cash from the taxpayer straight into his own pocket. There is NO justifying or rationalizing that.

Though I will be amused at anyone's attempt.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2017, 07:39:14 pm »
Trump is making a lot of money off the backs of the taxpayers
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2017, 07:39:38 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 07:30:48 pm
Don't give a damn if he golfs 24/7.

Charging the SS for golf cart use though? That's cash from the taxpayer straight into his own pocket. There is NO justifying or rationalizing that.

Though I will be amused at anyone's attempt.

he charges the SS rent too
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2017, 07:45:54 pm »
Quote from: geronl on March 28, 2017, 07:39:14 pm
Trump is making a lot of money off the backs of the taxpayers

Hey stupid. More evidence you don't read the articles. Golf Car and Utility Vehicle Distributors LCC were the people who got the money. Obviously the SS is renting equipment from outside vendors for whatever reason.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2017, 07:48:39 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 07:30:48 pm
Don't give a damn if he golfs 24/7.

Charging the SS for golf cart use though? That's cash from the taxpayer straight into his own pocket. There is NO justifying or rationalizing that.

Though I will be amused at anyone's attempt.

Frank Cannon explained it and I hope he amused you.

Why do presidents play golf anyway?  What an awful game.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2017, 07:52:43 pm »
Hey kiddies. This is fake made up news. The source of this shitty slam piece article written by a retarded monkey is an open Leftists twitter feed. Nathaniel Meyersohn is a 4 year old childlike snowflake who works at CNN....

https://twitter.com/nmeyersohn

Worst President ever LBJ apparently gives him a hard on too.
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2017, 08:28:40 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 28, 2017, 07:52:43 pm
Hey kiddies. This is fake made up news.....

Actually, no, it is real news. The story is accurate and they even show the invoices. Even as you pointed out in a comment above, the article states who the money is going to. It went off track in this thread with the question if the President was charging it- he wasn't, a third party was and the article states as such.

So the news is truthful.

Is it newsworthy? Well, as  I posted in the tweet from Trump prior to being president and I can find a lot of articles and comments from people here on the subject when Obama was President- the amount a President golfs apparently is an important issue to this president and members. So for those involved, based on history, it is newsworthy.

Unless, of course, our opinions are different on what happens, not because of specifically what happened, but if we like the person who is doing it or not.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2017, 08:34:25 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on March 28, 2017, 08:28:40 pm
Actually, no, it is real news. The story is accurate and they even show the invoices.

You may think they are real, but I don't. Some openly Leftist hacks twitter account is now considered verified news? I'll pass.
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2017, 08:37:39 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 28, 2017, 08:34:25 pm
You may think they are real, but I don't. Some openly Leftist hacks twitter account is now considered verified news? I'll pass.

https://app.oneteam.net/Profile/golf-car-utility-vehicle-distributors-llc-6F9A9
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2017, 08:50:56 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 28, 2017, 08:34:25 pm
You may think they are real, but I don't. Some openly Leftist hacks twitter account is now considered verified news? I'll pass.

Can you point to the specific part of that story that isn't real? They do show documentation, which is the same documentation shown from other sources. That documentation also links directly to the US government source. The claims made in the article also are backed up by the documentation provided. https://www.usaspending.gov/transparency/Pages/RecipientProfile.aspx?DUNSNumber=961243701&FiscalYear=2017#PrimeData

The article doesn't make really any major opinion or outrageous statements.

It is easy to throw out 'fake news' at things we don't like just like it is easy to blindly follow articles we do like. The real skill is to dig into each to find the truth, not just knee jerk. 
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2017, 08:58:07 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 08:37:39 pm
https://app.oneteam.net/Profile/golf-car-utility-vehicle-distributors-llc-6F9A9

Great. You just showed your comment in post three that Donny is bilking taxpayers for some sort of golf rental is absolute bullshit. You have also shown that the govt' rents a bunch of equipment from this outfit for the last 5 or so years. Other than that this shows me nothing.

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Don't give a damn if he golfs 24/7.

Charging the SS for golf cart use though? That's cash from the taxpayer straight into his own pocket. There is NO justifying or rationalizing that.

Though I will be amused at anyone's attempt.


Are you still amused at me showing you that this is all poorly sourced story based on garbage which you obviously didn't bother looking into?
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2017, 09:08:02 pm »
Yes. Your wiggling is amusing.

First it's fake news, then it's attack the writer, now it's actually look at the story.

Tell me - does Mar a Lago not have it's own golf carts? Seems a strange golf course that doesn't.

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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2017, 09:10:25 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 09:08:02 pm
Yes. Your wiggling is amusing.

First it's fake news, then it's attack the writer, now it's actually look at the story.

Tell me - does Mar a Lago not have it's own golf carts? Seems a strange golf course that doesn't.

Actually, outsourcing cart rentals for larger clubs is pretty common here. It is cost effective for high volume golf resorts to pay for one of these providers to do all the maintenance, rental, repair, etc, versus hiring a larger staff in-house to do all that.

I suspect this company probably does it for a dozen resorts in the area.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2017, 09:11:33 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 09:08:02 pm
Yes. Your wiggling is amusing.

First it's fake news, then it's attack the writer, now it's actually look at the story.

Tell me - does Mar a Lago not have it's own golf carts? Seems a strange golf course that doesn't.

Perhaps they don't meet the requirements of the Secret Service?

You would think a golf cart is a golf cart, but federal contracting is its own little world.
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2017, 09:16:14 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 09:08:02 pm
Yes. Your wiggling is amusing.

First it's fake news, then it's attack the writer, now it's actually look at the story.

Tell me - does Mar a Lago not have it's own golf carts? Seems a strange golf course that doesn't.

Frank, get your message across without personal attacks.

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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2017, 11:15:12 pm »
The government dumps millions down the drain on the most asinine things everyday and here we are arguing about a few grand spent on golf carts.  *****rollingeyes*****
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2017, 11:31:09 pm »
Quote from: Emjay on March 28, 2017, 07:48:39 pm
Why do presidents play golf anyway? 

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« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2017, 11:33:22 pm »
How come no one ever brought up how much Obama's constant golfing cost the taxpayers?

How much did HIS holes cost the taxpayer in golf cart rentals, spa baths, condoms and lubricant?
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« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2017, 11:40:39 pm »
@EC

I knew he would bleed us dry of money we don't have.  It is all about him and family and always was.  We will be supporting all of them for four years.  The "family's" trip to ski last weekend had to cost us mega bucks to house all the secret service and equipment, read there was 100 SS on that weekend, to keep them all "safe". 
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« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2017, 11:52:18 pm »
@geronl

Sorry Frank Cannon called you, "Hey, stupid."
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Re: Golfer-in-chief: $17k bill for Secret Service golf cart rentals
« Reply #22 on: March 28, 2017, 11:58:03 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 28, 2017, 07:30:48 pm
Don't give a damn if he golfs 24/7.

Charging the SS for golf cart use though? That's cash from the taxpayer straight into his own pocket. There is NO justifying or rationalizing that.

Though I will be amused at anyone's attempt.

Yet he'll get a pass from the very same people who bashed Slow Joe Biden for charging the SS protective detail rent to live in the guest cottage at his residence in DE when he would go there.
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« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2017, 12:00:04 am »
Quote from: INVAR on March 28, 2017, 11:33:22 pm
How come no one ever brought up how much Obama's constant golfing cost the taxpayers?

How much did HIS holes cost the taxpayer in golf cart rentals, spa baths, condoms and lubricant?

Most of the time he did his golfing at either Andrews AFB or at Ft Belvoir so the cost was pretty low for cart and green fees...IF they even charged him.

The real PITA about him golfing there was the fact that they shut down the ENTIRE course and so if you were a regular soldier or airman that had a tee time...tough excrement...you weren't getting near the course until Big Ears was done.
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« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2017, 12:07:08 am »
Quote from: INVAR on March 28, 2017, 11:33:22 pm
How come no one ever brought up how much Obama's constant golfing cost the taxpayers?

How much did HIS holes cost the taxpayer in golf cart rentals, spa baths, condoms and lubricant?

See the tweet from Trump himself upthread.
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