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In response to "I love that we have went from the customary single residence to not two, but *three* now. -- nm" by Spawn

Other than frequency, I'm not sure how this is different from the Obamas' home in Chicago.

Posted by TWuG Feb 17 '17, 13:09

There was 24/7 Secret Service presence and access to the neighborhood was strictly controlled even when POTUS wasn't present.

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Trump has already spent 1/8 of what the Obama's spent in 8 years on time away from the WH -- nm - decline Feb 17, 14:27
(and Hawaii) -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 13:39 2
- He didn't keep a home in Hawaii to my knowledge. He took a vacation there once a year. As I said. No problem with vacations. Other than the fact - pmb Feb 17, 13:43 1
  - I thought he owned a place there but things are fuzzy right now. -- nm - iSpam Feb 17, 13:55
In the '70s Congress decided to limit what is spent after Nixon bought a second home. The Secret Service fought it and lost. - Krusty Feb 17, 13:21 2
- reposting for krusty -- (link) - Roger More Feb 17, 13:35 [Backboard] 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 13:50
I think only from the perspective of logistics. It didn't take a lot of manpower for Obama's house here. Being in a high rise condo in the middle of - pmb Feb 17, 13:15 9
- POTUS is a 24/7 job regardless of where they are, so I'm not bothered by the "where", especially since the "how" has been so - TWuG Feb 17, 13:18 7
  - Yes, it's 24/7, but at this point we're talking about spending roughly $150 million/year just so he can spend weekends in Florida. And, BTW, a - pmb Feb 17, 13:21 6
    - I suppose Congress could try to restrict the budget allocation, but outside of that, are we really to prescribe a President's travel? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 17, 13:45 4
      - I don't know. I would expect the president to act with some common sense, but of course we know who we're dealing with. -- nm - pmb Feb 17, 13:58 1
        
        Right. In the end, it's for the public to decide on its propriety or not. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 17, 14:01
      - i think it's a bit excessive (especially as it's simultaneous, always - wife and son in NYC while he is elsewhere - but that would happen with any - Andie Feb 17, 13:50
      - They have limited the spending the president can do. See above. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 13:49
    - right (and this has probably been linked earlier [i haven't bb'd] but here's a story from the Post about it) -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 17, 13:40
- sounds like a lot of manpower is put on boats guarding the shores by his place. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 13:16
frequency, and like Spawn said, it's NYC and Florida. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 13:13

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Other than frequency, I'm not sure how this is different from the Obamas' home in Chicago.

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