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In response to "Other than frequency, I'm not sure how this is different from the Obamas' home in Chicago." by TWuG

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

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Feb 17 '17, 13:15

Manhattan is probably logistically tougher because of the traffic, though they probably already have some level of security in place. To me the difference is just the frequency of the visits to FL. It appears that it's going to be every weekend barring something unforeseen. That's pretty dramatically different.

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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

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