The Cost for Protecting Jet-Setting President-Elect Trump? Yuge!

[StormRichards]

Trump and his family needs to start putting this country first if they want to be our commander in chief. The wife and son needs to move to Washington and Trump needs to forgo all his businesses and put them in a real blind trust.

Seems like Trump doesn't want to make any of the necessary sacrifices...should of thought of that before running for president.

This type of a response is a step back for you.

[StormRichards]

I'm not understanding the point of this thread. The first of the "trash Trump" threads over the next 4 years?

pretty much, not even sworn in yet.

Clearly you are not familiar with my posts or you would know I am not in the bash Trump camp.

I think Steve did a good job at identifying the point of this thread. Regular trips to Trump Tower will be an extremely expensive nightmare for the secret service, and for NY.

[Singuy]

This type of a response is a step back for you.

Didn't think I was getting graded. I call it as I see it bro. He does something good..I give him a thumbs up..he does something crazy..I call him out.

He said on the campaign trail "I don't care about any of my businesses once I become president"..and yet he can't seem to let them go now. Then again he is back peddling on almost every crazy thing he have said so perhaps I'll give him this one..

[disneysteve]

Regular trips to Trump Tower will be an extremely expensive nightmare for the secret service, and for NY.

Not only expensive but also a logistical nightmare for tens of thousands of people. We've already had one episode of the Lincoln Tunnel being closed at rush hour because Trump was in town. That caused gridlock for over an hour. He just can't be doing stuff like that on any regular basis and yet he has talked about spending weekends at Trump Tower. I don't think that's going to happen unless he flies in by helicopter. Does Trump Tower have a helipad?

[greenskeeper]

Does Trump Tower have a helipad?

Yes. He used to fly clients on his own fleet of CH-47s to and from his casinos in NJ.

[greenskeeper]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Absolutely terrible.

[disneysteve]

Absolutely terrible.

Obviously we disagree on that. I certainly want our leaders to be supporters of social justice. That's part of the whole "leader" role to me. Someone who isn't going to campaign for the rights of others is not someone I want in charge.

[StormRichards]

Didn't think I was getting graded. I call it as I see it bro. He does something good..I give him a thumbs up..he does something crazy..I call him out.

He said on the campaign trail "I don't care about any of my businesses once I become president"..and yet he can't seem to let them go now. Then again he is back peddling on almost every crazy thing he have said so perhaps I'll give him this one..

Again, not a bro

And not grading. Just seemed like your tone was improving and from my viewpoint it is going back to the way it was before.

[greenskeeper]

Obviously we disagree on that. I certainly want our leaders to be supporters of social justice. That's part of the whole "leader" role to me. Someone who isn't going to campaign for the rights of others is not someone I want in charge.

your definition of social justice is very different from mine, no big deal.

[disneysteve]

your definition of social justice is very different from mine, no big deal.

How would you define social justice?

To me, it means providing equal treatment and equal opportunities for everyone regardless of gender, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, etc. It means not giving preferential treatment to one group at the expense of another.

[greenskeeper]

How would you define social justice?

To me, it means providing equal treatment and equal opportunities for everyone regardless of gender, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, etc. It means not giving preferential treatment to one group at the expense of another.

I agree with those points, however you cannot have certain groups creating perceived injustice when it doesn't exist in reality.

That's as far as I'll go to keep this clean on savings advice forum.

[james.hendrickson]

Hi Guys - we had a complaint that this thread was off topic, so I'm moving it to the "everything else" portion of the forums.