Expensive and Ersatz

Of his 205 days in office, Donald Trump has spent 97 at a Trump property, most frequently Bedminster in New Jersey or Mar-a-Lago in Florida.  (That later name has always annoyed me.  Unless my BA in Spanish has become completely useless, the name translates as From the Sea to the Lake.  WTF?)

It's been estimated that every time he goes from DC to FLA, The Trumpster spends about $1.3 million in air-travel-related expenses alone.  Even if we make the following (in Bodhi's opinion, far too generous) assumptions about Mr. Trump's behavior, we still drown in over-spending.

1. Over the 97 days noted above, only 96 one-way trips were taken.
2. Of those 96, half were from our nation's capitol to Mar-al-Lago, while half were from DC to Bedminster.
3. The cost of the 48 one-way trips to Bedminster was just under half that of those to Florida - that is, $600,000.00 each.
4. A little quick but still accurate arithmetic tells us that the cost to American taxpayers of  Mr. Trump's wanderlust is one merde-load of money

Or, put another way:  ($1,300,000 * 48) + ($600 ,000 * 48) = $91,200,000.00  That is, well over $90 million ...