Michelle Obama’s latest junket is a massive taxpayer-funded trip to tour China with her extended family and staff in tow. What do Americans get from the lavish semi-official vacation other than the warm feeling that the U.S. royal family is receiving international exposure? Not much, as it turns out.
The Daily Mail reports:
- The first lady is taking her mother and daughters to three Chinese cities on a ‘people-to-people exchange’ trip at taxpayer expense
- Only 2 out of 22 events on her calendar will give reporters the chance to hear her speak and do any real reporting – but without interviewing her
- No reporters are allowed to travel with the first lady on her government aircraft
- The White House is declining to say how much the week-long excursion will cost
- Mrs. Obama will appear for photo-ops and public events that are ‘pooled press’ – just one reporter or photographer noting her comings and goings
Even more disturbing is Moochelle’s statement that “It’s very rare that I have the opportunity to travel outside of the United States.”
By July 3, 2013, Michelle Obama had traveled to Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, Italy, Vatican, Ghana, Denmark, Norway, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Indonesia, Brazil, Chile, El Salvadore, Ireland, Botswana, South Africa, The Bahamas, Senegal, and Tanzania — a total of 14 trips abroad by mid-2013. Seven of these trips are considered personal travel (which may have included Michelle arriving early or staying later).In 2013, American taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on “perks” for the Obamas. In contrast, the British taxpayers were hit with a mere $57.8 million to entertain their royal family.
Sources: Maggies Notebook, The Daily Mail
Photo: DonkeyHotey on Flickr
Lets help her out here and give her a one-way ticket to Kenya with her family
Wtf good pot I guess
Wtf
She should stay away!
SCARY UGLY!!!!
I have to say, picking on the First Lady is bad form…China right now isn’t anyone’s idea of Club Med…if you think about it…
To bad, we would love for you to take an extended leave from our White House !!
She is as big of a lier as her husband.
If she didn’t lie so much like her husband maybe people would not dislike her so much and pick on her like her husband is systematically destroying America oh excuse me to them as they said it’s not it should be named a peoples nation, no kick I her and him in the ass and out of our proud house in Washington they are demoralizing on their ass and oh yea make them take the Obama c**p care the self why are they not subjected to it
damn lying bitch, she is one ugly whore. She is always going on a vacation all over the world. She needs to start paying her own way when she goes on vacation