The cost of President Donald Trumps
grown children’s Aspen ski trip is enraging taxpayers following reports
that about 100 Secret Service agents will be brought to protect Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump and their families.
Quoting anonymous local law enforcement sources, The Aspen Times
reported that roughly 100 Secret Service personnel would accompany the
first family when they arrived in the ski town over the weekend.Secret Service agents had communicated with local authorities ahead of the group’s arrival, according to the outlet, though they did not ask for the Aspen Police Department’s assistance during the vacation.
Another source told The Aspen Times that the number of agents would likely be much fewer than 100.
A Secret Service source tells PEOPLE that a total of 100 Secret Service personnel to staff the trip is “reasonable,” given that each of the President’s children plus their spouses and children have security details that must be manned in three daily shifts to provide 24-hour security.
But the
organization itself would not confirm or deny the number of agents
assigned to the Trump children in Aspen. To some critics, the exact
number didn’t matter, only the expenditure of tax-payer dollars to pay
the tab.
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