The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump’s company over the terms of a lease for the space, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
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The details of the dispute between the Trump Organization and the Secret Service were not clear Thursday. Two people familiar with the discussions said the sticking points included the price and other conditions of the lease.
Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex'' Alles, in an interview with USA TODAY, said more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances that were meant to last the entire year.
The agency has faced a crushing workload since the height of the contentious election season, and it has not relented in the first seven months of the administration. Agents must protect Trump – who has traveled almost every weekend to his properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia – and his adult children whose business trips and vacations have taken them across the country and overseas.
"The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,'' Alles said. "I can't change that. I have no flexibility.''
(...) Overwork and constant travel have also been driving a recent exodus from the Secret Service ranks, yet without congressional intervention to provide additional funding, Alles will not even be able to pay agents for the work they have already done.
The compensation crunch is so serious that the director has begun discussions with key lawmakers to raise the combined salary and overtime cap for agents, from $160,000 per year to $187,000 for at least the duration of Trump's first term.
But even if such a proposal was approved, about 130 veteran agents would not be fully compensated for hundreds of hours already amassed, according to the agency.
Trump starts his day at Trump Nat'l Golf Club in N.J.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 20, 2017
This is his 58th day at a golf course, 75th day at a Trump property as president.
Tonight's pool report: Trump responded to questions about today's collision of the USS John S. McCain: "'That's too bad,' he said."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 21, 2017
Quote by BobR:
Where's all the outcry? Remember the complaints from Republicans about the "millions" it was costing for the Obamas to go to Hawaii for Christmas?
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Tonight's pool report: Trump responded to questions about today's collision of the USS John S. McCain: "'That's too bad,' he said."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 21, 2017
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:
Where's all the outcry? Remember the complaints from Republicans about the "millions" it was costing for the Obamas to go to Hawaii for Christmas?
Psst Bobber, Trumpy's not the black guy.
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Mornin' all..
I don't have an eclipse, just a full for
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I didn't know it was the FOURTH naval incident this year.
THE SUN NEVER WENT OUT WHEN OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. S'ALL I'M SAYIN'
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Where's all the outcry? Remember the complaints from Republicans about the "millions" it was costing for the Obamas to go to Hawaii for Christmas?
Psst Bobber, Trumpy's not the black guy.
He's also not a Dem.
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Heard elsewhere..THE SUN NEVER WHEN OUT WHEN OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. S'ALL I'M SAYIN'
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Tonight's pool report: Trump responded to questions about today's collision of the USS John S. McCain: "'That's too bad,' he said."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 21, 2017
Well, alright. pic.twitter.com/9J3jc6UOXE
— raine (@raine1967) August 21, 2017
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:looks out window at the building clouds: Good thing I didn't get those eclipse glasses.
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:looks out window at the building clouds: Good thing I didn't get those eclipse glasses.
No glasses required! NASA has a rolling video feed across the country today.
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:looks out window at the building clouds: Good thing I didn't get those eclipse glasses.
No glasses required! NASA has a rolling video feed across the country today.
Scoop, that was a somewhat ironic comment on my part. There was a line at one store here in town yesterday that had a line about a block long of people trying to get glasses.
I've already got the live stream fired up and ready to go.
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:looks out window at the building clouds: Good thing I didn't get those eclipse glasses.
No glasses required! NASA has a rolling video feed across the country today.
Scoop, that was a somewhat ironic comment on my part. There was a line at one store here in town yesterday that had a line about a block long of people trying to get glasses.
I've already got the live stream fired up and ready to go.
Oho! My boss just got back from the store too & said he heard quite a few people asking about them. Nothing like the last minute eh?
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For all the ajita today, I have a piece of cardstock with a pinhole in it, and I am projecting it on the back of my hand.
Time invested; .02 seconds
Cost; nada
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Startin' to get a bit darker here.. woo!
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... he actually looked at it without glasses on (at first).
YUP. fucking idiot.
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... he actually looked at it without glasses on (at first).
YUP. fucking idiot.
How long until he blames Obama for his detached retinae?
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Startin' to get a bit darker here.. woo!