This Keeps Me Up Night.

       Much has been said, over the last eight years, of how expensive it was to protect the Obama's during his presidency. His vacations and travel have been reported and misreported ad infinitum. Still the costs to the Secret Service are not all that spectacular when compared to his predecessor, were it not for the fact that Mr. bush had a ranch in Texas where he spent all his free time, his costs would likely have been much higher. The Obama's didn't have such a luxury.
       Never the less, Mr. Obama's expenses pale in comparison to Mr. Trump's. Already, according to a report in the Huffington Post today, The Secret Service was forced to request an additional $60 million for 2018 plus an additional $33 million for additional travel expenses. The $60 million was turned down by the Office of Management and Budget according to the Washington Post.
       Do you realize the President hasn't even been office for two months yet. We should never, ever hear any complaints about Obama's expensive travels and vacations again. In fact, its beginning to look like Trump will set records that will never be topped.
       Don't misunderstand me, I think its wonderful that our President can afford to own a resort in Florida where he goes almost every weekend, a skyscraper in mid town Manhattan for his wife and youngest son, both locations of which are fully protected by our Secret Service. However, if he decides to buy a ski resort in Aspen Colorado, we'd better take out another loan with Russia to cover the cost of covering it. Remind me again why America owns and continues to operate the Presidential retreat at Camp David?
       Just protecting his family, their separate residences, and their individual travels could well increase the national debt by $billions. And all that, is just for the first quarter. My big worry is the question of; should something untoward happen to our president, which one of his family will be crowned head of state?