How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?

[Slash1972]

@Rick_Kitchen

Trump said he’s going to build a concentration camp/tent city the size of Vermont to hold the millions of immigrants coming illegally into the country.

Do you have a link to this?

[BeenJammin]

I saw the interview on TV where he said something to that effect. I don’t recall the Vermont part, I’m not a link, and CERTAINLY not up SDMB credibility standards, so…

[Slash1972]

@BeenJammin

I saw the interview on TV where he said something to that effect. I don’t recall the Vermont part, I’m not a link, and CERTAINLY not up SDMB credibility standards, so…

Hey, I believe it, just would like something to put on Facebook.

“BeenJammin from the SDMB said” is my cite of last resort

[Kimstu]

@BeenJammin

I saw the interview on TV where he said something to that effect. I don’t recall the Vermont part, I’m not a link, and CERTAINLY not up SDMB credibility standards, so…

Here you go.

President Donald Trump said during a Monday morning interview with Fox News that the federal government will “build tent cities” for thousands of asylum-seeking migrants slowly making their way north toward the U.S. border in two large caravans from southern Mexico and Central America. […]

“We’re going to build tent cities. We’re going to put tents up all over the place. We’re not going to build structures and spend all of this, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars — we’re going to have tents,” Mr. Trump said.

But tent cities are not a cheap solution. Hundreds of millions of dollars is how much the one tent city currently operated by the federal government is costing this quarter alone.

“Size of Vermont” reference not verified.

[Railer13]

Serious question: If 15,000 troops are deployed to the border, where will they be fed and housed? That will cost a few bucks as well.

[ThelmaLou]

@Railer13

Serious question: If 15,000 troops are deployed to the border, where will they be fed and housed? That will cost a few bucks as well.

BEEP

Sorry, rational and reasonable questions not permitted.

Okay, it will happen by magic. Satisfied now?

[StarvingButStrong]

@Railer13

Serious question: If 15,000 troops are deployed to the border, where will they be fed and housed? That will cost a few bucks as well.

Hey, they got guns. They can live off the land.
Third Amendment? Pshaw.

[BeenJammin]

@Railer13

Serious question: If 15,000 troops are deployed to the border, where will they be fed and housed? That will cost a few bucks as well.

I can tell you’ve not been in the Army.

[Slash1972]

I heard the President is going to issue an Executive Order that waives the 3rd Amendment.

[BeenJammin]

@StarvingButStrong

Hey, they got guns. They can live off the land.

I suspect it’s actually less costly to feed them when out on deployment patrolling or whatever, when mostly all they’re getting to eat is MRE’s.

[Kimstu]

@Railer13

Serious question: If 15,000 troops are deployed to the border, where will they be fed and housed? That will cost a few bucks as well.

Yup.

[…] But using the world’s most powerful military to stop some 3,000 unarmed migrants who may or may not make it to the United States border might not be the best use of taxpayer dollars at the Defense Department. Here’s why.

It won’t be cheap.

Defense Department officials say the border deployment is set to last until Dec. 15. It is not clear how much it will cost to send active-duty military troops to the border for the 45-day deployment, and neither the Pentagon nor the White House has provided a price estimate.

But in June 2006, President George W. Bush spent $1.2 billion to deploy National Guard troops to border states to deal with drug violence over two years. The Government Accountability Office, which is the investigative arm of Congress, estimated it cost $120 per person per day for operations and maintenance costs during that deployment.

Had the 2006 operation lasted 45 days, it would have cost $28 million to support 5,200 troops — or $35 million in today’s dollars. […]

So supporting 15000 troops for the same period will run to about $100 million.

[Railer13]

@Kimstu

Yup.
So supporting 15000 troops for the same period will run to about $100 million.

Thanks. That’s a fair amount of dollars. But I guess it’s worth it to keep the brown horde from overrunning our Southern border.

[Kimstu]

@BeenJammin

I suspect it’s actually less costly to feed them when out on deployment patrolling or whatever, when mostly all they’re getting to eat is MRE’s.

Whatever the cost differential in the actual meals may be, it’s abundantly clear that deploying troops to the border will be massively more expensive than just keeping them on active duty:

[…] On Monday, the Pentagon announced that it was sending an additional 5,200 troops to the United States’s southern border […]

While the Defense Department has yet to reveal costs associated with deploying thousands of U.S. troops to the southwest border, a Pentagon official familiar with the details of the deployment told Newsweek that initial values could start within the $50 million range.

The estimated financial figure surged when factoring in the movement of equipment and associated logistical support combined with the allocation of funds for U.S. troops on temporary duty, the source said.

To put this into perspective, the source compared the roughly $50 million price tag to the Pentagon spending $25 million over the course of three months to place about 3,000 U.S. soldiers on recruiting assistance duty. […]

Adam Isacson, director for Defense Oversight at research and advocacy group the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), has warned that costs for the deployment could cost as much as a million dollars per day.

“If it’s $200 per soldier per day in logical costs, that’s a million per day,” Isacson said in a press release sent to Newsweek.

Indeed, if initial costs fall within the $50 million range for the anticipated 45 days troops are expected to be stationed at the border, the price tag for Operation Faithful Patriot would amount to around $1.1 million a day.

[tripthicket]

Why is there such a hurry to send all those troops to the border NAO when the Caravan of Evil Brown Terrorists isn’t supposed to arrive until maybe 2 or 3 months from now?

[Rick_Kitchen]

@tripthicket

Why is there such a hurry to send all those troops to the border NAO when the Caravan of Evil Brown Terrorists isn’t supposed to arrive until maybe 2 or 3 months from now?

Because the election is next week.

[tripthicket]

:smack:

[Ukulele_Ike]

In addition to Trump’s expensive excursion of troops to the southern border, First Lady Melonomania somehow racked up a $95,000 hotel bill for her six-hour stay in Cairo during her African jaunt. Not an overnight, just six hours.

Melania Trump Racked Up a $95,000 Hotel Bill for 6 Whole Hours in Cairo

I would sorta like to see an itemized bill, since I paid for that.

[Knowed_Out]

For the past couple of weeks, Trump supporters have taken position on an overpass that crosses the interstate I use to get home. They hold up Trump/Pence signs, “Vote Republican,” and “Build the wall.” They haven’t displayed the names of any Republicans running for office. Evidently it doesn’t matter. All good Republicans blindly follow Trump, so names are irrelevant.

Whenever I drive under them, I flip them a bird and add extra ramming motions. I considered getting a vinyl stick-on sign for my hood that says “QUIT HOLDING UP TRAFFIC YOU TRUMPASSES.” But, they weren’t demonstrating yesterday. Maybe somebody of proper influence complained and the police ran them off. Or, maybe they realized the futility of their actions and stayed home, regretting their political affiliation. Hell hasn’t frozen over yet, so not the latter.

[Wolf333]

“You now, I despise Trump and everything he stands for, but those assholes on the bridge really changed my mind.”
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[kaylasdad99]

@Kimstu

Yup.
So supporting 15000 troops for the same period will run to about $100 million.

@Railer13

Thanks. That’s a fair amount of dollars. But I guess it’s worth it to keep the brown horde from overrunning our Southern border.

Except they’ll probably arrive the day after the troops leave…