In 2019, then-President Donald Trump made a brief jaunt to New York City to see an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event.
It cost taxpayers a quarter of a million dollars to foot the bill.
According to Secret Service documents, Trump's leisure visit lasted roughly 16 hours.
NEW: Remember that last-minute trip Trump took to NYC in 2019 to watch a UFC fight at Madison Square Garden? \n\nIt cost taxpayers more than $250,000, according to Secret Service records obtained by @NYDailyNews.https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-nyc-visit-for-ufc-fight-cost-taxpayers-20210526-fsksbgg7qre6fj6xg66ric6rzm-story.html\u00a0\u2026— Chris Sommerfeldt (@Chris Sommerfeldt) 1622070755
If you're doing the math, that's over $15,000 per hour.
And that's just for the Secret Service portion of the bill.
Federal records obtained by New York Daily News under the Freedom of Information Act showed travel and accommodation expenses totaled $252,567.51 as Secret Service had to make the spur-of-the-moment jaunt possible on a particularly busy weekend.
People SHOULD Be Outraged! He Will Continue to Suck Every Penny Out of Americans, Because he KNOWS He Can..\nNew York Daily News: Trump\u2019s NYC trip for UFC fight cost taxpayers $250K.\nhttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-nyc-visit-for-ufc-fight-cost-taxpayers-20210526-fsksbgg7qre6fj6xg66ric6rzm-story.html\u00a0\u2026\n\nvia @GoogleNews— Anna Analizer 65 (@Anna Analizer 65) 1622119071
The Secret Service was allegedly given one-week advance notice for Trump's overnight visit to Manhattan so he could watch the UFC fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz at Madison Square Garden on November 2, 2019.
Records showed last minute Secret Service accommodations in Manhattan amounted to $224,212.
To all those morons that kept pounding their chest about tRump not taking a salary. This guy spent money like a drunk pirate at every turn. And the golf....\n\nTrump's impromptu 16-hour trip to NYC for a UFC fight cost taxpayers more than $250K: reporthttps://www.rawstory.com/trumps-impromptu-16-hour-trip-to-nyc-for-a-ufc-fight-cost-taxpayers-more-than-250k-report/\u00a0\u2026— Michael Smith (@Michael Smith) 1622146986
The cost of Secret Service agents' travel expenses—getting agents back and forth—cost $22,005.51.
Repubs: But he donated his salary when he was President. \n\nTo those same people, go ahead and continue to donate your hard earned money to that con-man.— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8JLetz\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8JLetz\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1622130187
This was in 2019. His abuse of our $ knew no bounds.Reported yesterday that \u201cHe misses being President terribly.\u201d\nI can only imagine.— simone delavega (@simone delavega) 1622135458
Records also showed the Secret Service spent an additional $6,350 on "tents"—for use as security checkpoints—set up outside of Trump Tower where Trump stayed after the UFC event.
The media outlet noted the grand total was "heavily redacted," meaning the actual price tag may have been even higher.
Outrageous....we're paying to keep a traitor in luxury...\nTrump's impromptu 16-hour trip to NYC for a UFC fight cost taxpayers more than $250K: reporthttps://www.alternet.org/2021/05/donald-trump-2653123784/\u00a0\u2026— LynneL. (@LynneL.) 1622126504
Still paying even after we took out the trash...Trump's impromptu 16-hour trip to NYC for a UFC fight cost taxpayers more than $250K: reporthttps://www.rawstory.com/trumps-impromptu-16-hour-trip-to-nyc-for-a-ufc-fight-cost-taxpayers-more-than-250k-report/\u00a0\u2026— Pax Rhodes (@Pax Rhodes) 1622147982
The fleecing of America continues.\nTrump's impromptu 16-hour trip to NYC for a UFC fight cost taxpayers more than $250K: reporthttps://www.rawstory.com/trumps-impromptu-16-hour-trip-to-nyc-for-a-ufc-fight-cost-taxpayers-more-than-250k-report/\u00a0\u2026— Sal Vadacchino\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Sal Vadacchino\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6) 1622136258
At the time of his visit, Trump was under investigation by the House of Representatives for his first impeachment.
Protesters demonstrated outside the Garden while spectators inside the arena booed the beleagured former President.
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