The Government May Be Shut Down, But Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For Mar-a-Lago Party Tents
Government Executive | December 26, 2018
At loggerheads with Congress over funding his signature border wall, president Donald Trump shut down large swaths of the federal government at midnight on Friday. Roughly 800,000 federal employees are affected, many of whom will remain on furlough without pay if the shutdown continues. But even as much of the federal government grinds to a halt, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort still needs tents for the winter party season and taxpayers are footing at least $54,000 of the bill.