million for Secret Service personnel to stay at his properties, including renting the agency a cottage at his Bedminster golf course for $21,000 per month. No one knows how much is spent on protecting former presidents-the Secret Service budget for that is kept secret-but it’s not a small number. While in office, Trump has billed taxpayers more than $1.1. Regardlesss of what Congress decides, one perk Trump will get to keep is his Secret Service detail-a 2013 amendment to the law guaranteed lifetime protection, even to presidents removed from office.
But losing other perks, like subsidies to maintain an office and staff to burnish his legacy, might It is lavish, set to be $219,000 this year, but a fraction of what Trump earns from his business. There is, however, one exception: These perks are only granted to presidents who aren’t removed from office in an impeachment trial.įor Donald Trump, who boasts of being a billionaire (though one who appeared to be headed for financial troubles, even before Wednesday’s insurrection), the pension may not be a big deal.
The 1958 Former Presidents Act assures that no president leaves office without being set for life-it guarantees a pension, access to health insurance, office space and staff.
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