• NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Here’s a question I have about this from another country? Was this a privately funded birthday party, or did they use taxpayer funds for this?

    If it’s just what he wanted for his birthday and paid for it himself, then it seems less of a problem. However, if taxpayer dollars were used for this instead of school lunches or Medicare, that is such an egregious use of funds that you’d think there would be rioting.

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      2 days ago

      Who the fuck pays the salary of all the people cooking, cleaning, security, emergency services, and the fucking list goes on.

      FFS

      Think.

      • NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        That is literally what I’m asking - whether he hired a catering company and a security firm/if UFC is paying for this for the publicity, or whether it is all done by White House staff (which I presume from your tone that they are publicly funded, I don’t fucking know). It’s not to my taste, but it makes a big difference who had to foot the bill for it.