Pence's Ireland Trip Costs $3.6 Million with Detour to Trump Property

Timeline Eventconfirmed
conflict-of-interestemolumentstaxpayer-wastetrump-propertiesdomestic-emoluments
Intelligence PenetrationExecutive Power Expansion
Actors:Mike Pence, Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg, U.S. Secret Service, State Department
2019-09-03 · Doonbeg, Ireland · 1 min read

Vice President Mike Pence's September 2019 stay at Trump Doonbeg in Ireland cost taxpayers $3.6 million total, requiring a 181-mile detour from Dublin meetings. Pence flew across Ireland to stay at Trump's golf resort rather than in Dublin where his official meetings occurred. The unnecessary detour enriched Trump's struggling Irish property while violating domestic emoluments principles through excessive taxpayer expenditure at presidential properties.

Sources

  1. Pence's Doonbeg detour cost nearly $600,000 in limousines. And that's just the startThe Washington Post(2019-09-25)
  2. Mike Pence's stay at Trump's Doonbeg resort in Ireland cost taxpayers nearly $600KUSA Today(2019-09-24)
  3. Pence's controversial Ireland trip cost taxpayers nearly $600,000 in limo bills aloneNBC News(2019-09-25)