05-08-2017, 11:22 AM
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Donald Trump says he is staying in New Jersey to save money despite spending millions on Mar-a-Lago weekends
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Donald Trump has claimed he is staying at his New Jersey home for the weekend in order to save money.
On Friday, the US president tweeted: ?Rather than causing a big disruption in NYC, I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, NJ this weekend. Also saves country money!?
Two days later he reiterated his reasons, writing: ?The reason I am staying in Bedminster, N J, a beautiful community, is that staying in NYC is much more expensive and disruptive. Meetings!?
The estimated cost of the President's trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is $20 million (£15.4 million) in his first one hundred days as leader. Barack Obama's trips cost a total of $97 million (£74.7 million) in eight years.
Senior White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee told The Washington Post: ?I think he?s trying to save the taxpayer money the best way he can by taking his team and focus and being in New Jersey instead of being in New York, where it would have caused a much greater disruption and a much greater cost to taxpayers?.
When asked why the President did not conduct his meeting in the White House, where the costs would be significantly lower, Mrs Sanders did not comment.
In an interview with Fox News about his frequent weekend trips- many to golf courses ? he insisted he ?couldn?t care less about golf?.
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