Joe Biden splashed out greater than $50,000 of taxpayers money on a celebrity-style go to of only one evening go to to Robert De Niro’s stylish lodge chain.
The previous president’s dear stays on the Hollywood icon’s Nobu empire kind a part of an $8millon journey bills invoice, which RadarOnline.com can reveal for the primary time.
The mammoth spending sprees have been extracted from a 94-page Freedom of Info doc detailing Biden’s journey expenditure over 2022 and 2023, that are attributed to journey prices, safety and lodging.
And his go to to Di Niro’s Nobu Warsaw in Poland in February 2023 made a very enormous dent in public cash, costing taxpayers $50,712.35 from February 21 to 22, 2023 – and which not solely paid for Biden but in addition Nationwide Safety Advisor Jacob Sullivan.
The journey to Poland price precisely £575,231 considering different lodge stays in the course of the eye-wateringly dear go to.
Nevertheless, it was removed from Biden’s most costly journey throughout this era.
That honor goes to his three-day diplomatic journey to Jerusalem, Israel and Palestinian Territories in July 2022 which price simply simply over $1.2million, together with a lodge days totalling practically $800,000 – as soon as once more alongside his safety advisor.
Subsequent costliest was the go to to Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022 for the G20 Summit, setting taxpayers again simply over $1million, thanks primarily to lodge stays totalling roughly $785,000.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 2022 was the third most costly coming in at $972,397, taking up a lodge keep price simply over half 1,000,000 {dollars}, for his official go to.
Biden, 82, additionally made costly journeys to Cambodia and Egypt the place his lodge stays ranged between $550,000 and $620,000.
A supply mentioned: “It makes you surprise if he really did any work.
“Whereas there might have been diplomatic components to some, if not all, of those journeys it is going to once more increase the query: ‘What did Sleepy Joe really do in workplace, and did his group even need him within the White Home given his apparent indicators of decline?”
The spends have been revealed through a Freedom of Info request made after it emerged Biden – who’s now battling most cancers and is feared to have been stricken with dementia throughout his presidency – took extra day off than every other US president in fashionable historical past.
He spent 577 of his 1,463 days in workplace – the equal of 39 % of his presidency – on vacation, in accordance with figures compiled by the Republican Nationwide Committee.
The common American is granted a measly 10 to fifteen days paid trip a 12 months.
They usually must work greater than half a century to construct up as a lot down time as Biden scored in his 4 years main America.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis joked about his colossal vacation tally: “Contemplating how terrible his misguided insurance policies have been and the varied crises they created, from the border to inflation, think about the harm he would have accomplished if he labored day-after-day?
“I am unsure if we ought to be mad or grateful he labored so little.”
RadarOnline.com has approached Biden for remark about his journey invoice.
Mark Paoletta, former basic counsel of the White Home funds workplace below Donald Trump, additionally criticized Biden’s frequent absences, saying: “The picture of Biden quick asleep and mendacity flat on his again in his chair on the seashore whereas America and the world is on hearth will outline the Biden presidency.”
Paoletta additionally pointed to points resembling inflation, excessive costs, border safety, and international instability as areas Biden has uncared for.
Biden’s trip time vastly surpasses that of his predecessors.
Throughout his first time period as president, Trump spent about 26 cent of his presidency on private journeys, whereas Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama took holidays throughout roughly 11 per cent of their two-term presidencies.
Jimmy Carter, in his single time period, took solely 79 days off.
Extra surprising stats to emerge from our audit after our FoI investigation into Biden’s 2023 journey alone included the information:
- Resort spend dominated general bills, usually exceeding $700,000 per main worldwide journey.
- Journey prices have been sometimes a lot decrease than lodging, often below $100,000 per journey however collectively over $1 million.
- Safety/Different prices usually fell between $100,000–$400,000 per journey, together with communications, gear leases, and DoS help.
And here’s a breakdown of the Biden relations who additionally took worth journeys with the Democrat on taypayers’ money and the place they went.
- Dates: December 27, 2022 – January 2, 2023
- Protectees: First Girl Jill Biden and grandchildren Natalie Biden and Robert Hunter Biden II
- Dates: August 10–16, 2022
- Protectees: Biden, Jill and daughter Ashley Biden
- Date: February 4, 2023
- Protectees: Joe and son Hunter Biden
- Date: November 10, 2022
- Protectee: Biden and grandchild Finnegan Biden
- Dates: December 27, 2022 – January 2, 2023
- Protectees: Joe, Jill, granddaughter Natalie Biden and grandson Robert Hunter Biden II
Journeys Involving Joe Biden’s Household Members
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Auburn, New York
Heliopolis, Egypt
The journey with the largest variety of Biden relations in attendance was to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
This journey included 4 members of the Biden household, essentially the most of any listed within the report.