Budget plan repays New York, Florida, for Trump security
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Officials in Florida and New York were celebrating the news Monday that a proposed national budget would reimburse the millions of dollars they’ve spent protecting President Donald Trump and his family when they are at his private residences.
The bill released Sunday provides $61 million for security, which would cover expenses that have added up at Trump Tower in New York City and the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach County, Florida, since Election Day, last Nov. 8, through Sept. 30. Congress had previously approved $7 million.
The money could also potentially cover trips Trump is expected to make to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, now that temperatures are warmer in the North.
Both New York, which has spent close to $30 million, and Palm Beach County, which has spent almost $5 million, had complained publicly about not being reimbursed.