“Who wouldn’t enjoy continuing their free limo service and easy access to restaurant tables?” Jim Helminski, a former Secret Service executive, told The Post. Bush, and Barack Obama all extended protections to their college-aged children for a short period of time after leaving office.īut Mr Trump’s order takes things much further, reportedly extending protection to all of his adult children, some of whom were never in the administration, as well as other top officials like former chief of staff Mark Meadows and former national security adviser Robert C O’Brien.Īll told, the Trump circle has apparently charged the government $1.7m, with Secret Service agents following the family members and officials as they went about business as well as took trips to resorts in Hawai’i, Utah, Wyoming and an island in South Carolina. The agency will be tested this week as its agents are being flown to New York City from across the country to protect nearly 150 foreign heads of state at the United Nations General Assembly.(A Mnuchin spokesperson told The Washington Post, which reported on the travel expenses, that he kept the detail on the advice of officials and planned to reimburse the government at an undisclosed time.)īy law, Secret Service agents protect presidents and their spouses for life, and presidents Bill Clinton, George W. The Secret Service has said it will run out of money to cover the cost of protecting the president and his family by the end of September. Conway, who is a counselor to President Trump, received several threats after the inauguration. This, however, is in response to changing threat assessments, an official briefed on the decision told the Times. In response, Congress is looking at bumping up overtime pay caps for Secret Service agents this year and in 2018.Ĭonway will also lose protection from the Secret Service. Trump's seven trips to Florida cost about $3 million each, making his combined travel costs nearly on par with what Obama spent during eight years in office. During his first seven months in office, Trump took multiple trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, as well as a trip to Trump Tower in New York City. It's not only Trump's children but the president himself who has taken a big bite out of the Secret Service's resources. The funds were supposed to last the entire year. President Trump has around-the-clock protection for 42 people-including 18 family members-compared with 31 under Barack Obama.Īt the end of August, Secret Service director Randolph Alles told USA Today that more than 1,000 of his agents have hit federally mandated caps on their salary and overtime. But the size of Trump's family and their responsibilities as top executives have stretched that budget. His trip to Uruguay cost the Secret Service close to $100,000 for hotel rooms alone.īy law, the Secret Service must protect the president's extended family. Related: White House staff worried colleagues are spying for Trump-Russia investigation's Robert MuellerĮric Trump has also visited Uruguay and the Dominican Republic. The two traveled together for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a Trump-branded golf course in Dubai this spring and later to the opening of a new Trump hotel in Vancouver, Canada. heads the Trump Organization with his brother Eric Trump, and the two have received Secret Service protection as they travel the world brokering real estate deals in far-flung places. "To ensure the safety and security of our protectees and their families, we will not confirm who is currently receiving Secret Service protection," Milhoan told the Times. and his wife and five children will continue to be protected. Secret Service spokeswoman Catherine Milhoan declined to comment on whether Trump Jr.
has told friends that he wants more privacy than what is available under a 24-hour security detail, two sources briefed on the decision told The Washington Post Monday. The president's oldest son has elected not to be protected by the agency, which stopped following him last week, as he seeks more privacy, a senior Trump administration official told The New York Times. and senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway will no longer be protected by the Secret Service, offering relief to the agency's stretched budget.