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[quote=Anonymous]Seems like this administration is burning our hard earned taxpayer dollars...

Trump's officials spent $1 billion in taxpayer money to stroke his ego: report
Story by Matthew Chapman • 1d • 2 min read
[quote]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-officials-spent-1-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-stroke-his-ego-report/ar-AA1GeYNA?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=f9a2d25d99024949959f43adf3213d76&ei=10

President Donald Trump's senior officials have marshaled taxpayer resources to the tune of $1 billion, just on various projects to keep Trump personally happy, Rolling Stone reported on Friday.

This comes after the president has already received widespread criticism for the self-aggrandizing aspects of his Cabinet meetings, including having them all sit in a room full of "Gulf of America" merchandise, referencing his executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

"Trump’s demands for flattery are costing a fortune," reported Ryan Bort, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Andrew Perez. His new administration is only a few months in, and already the total price of just three such initiatives — a flashy, Trump-flattering ad campaign from the Department of Homeland Security, a gigantic military parade in Washington, D.C., on Trump’s birthday, and the repurposing of a palatial airplane from Qatar as Trump’s new Air Force One that he can use in his post-presidency — will easily top $1 billion. And that’s just the beginning."

Political author Anthony DiMaggio said that these efforts “have to do with a president who needs to be not only at the center of a media circus, but who needs to be told ritualistically over and over how great he is. What’s interesting to me about this, as a political scientist, is that it’s not just a personality-based thing or a defect. It’s a broader pattern that has to do with behaviors that are overlapping with authoritarian politics and ideology.”[/quote]

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