Meanwhile, Trump still racking up his vacations at an all time high

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President Donald Trump will return to his Mar-a-Lago estate this Friday, marking the fourth time he will have visited his “weekend White House” since his inauguration a little over a month ago.

For a man who once knocked former President Barack Obama as a “habitual vacationer” who played fast and loose with taxpayer dollars, Trump certainly seems to be making a habit of costly weekend getaways.

A recent Washington Post investigation estimated that the three weekends Trump has already spent at his Palm Beach resort have cost taxpayers $10 million dollars. At this rate, the Post said, Trump’s travel and security costs could reach hundreds of millions of dollars by the end of his four-year term.

Contributing to that estimate is the approximately $500,000 a day it costs to guard Trump’s wife, First Lady Melania Trump, in Trump Tower in New York City, where she has said she will remain with their son, Barron, 10, at least until he finishes the school year. According to police officials’ estimates reported by the Post, that amount could total $183 million a year.

The Post reported that the cost of the new first family’s elaborate lifestyle is “far beyond what has been typical for past presidents,” noting that the conservative group Judicial Watch estimated that Obama-related travel expenses totaled nearly $97 million over eight years.

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Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump Follow More Obama’s motto: If I don’t go on tax payer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.

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