Yes, why are they there? It’s not a trip to Disneyland.

https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1135890748010835968

Why did Trump bring his whole damn family apart from Barron along? That’s not normal. If it’s not normal it’s not appropriate. Were they even invited?

Are we paying for it? Of course we are.

Trump’s four adult children and their spouses have joined him on his state visit to the United Kingdom this week. And US taxpayers are picking up the hefty bills for their hotels, transportation, and security.

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, Eric Trump and his wife Lara, Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump were all among the 171 dinner guests at Buckingham Palace today, according to the White House press pool.

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US taxpayers will spend millions on the trip, according to a Quartz analysis of expenses available in the federal government’s publicly accessible databases. This tally doesn’t include the cost of security, ground transportation, or airfare for many of the US attendees.

The princess is gloating.

https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1135934606874746880

The president and some of his delegation appear to be staying at the Intercontinental Park Lane Hotel, where the US embassy in London is spending more than $1.3 million on rooms. The Qatari sovereign wealth fund bought the hotel in 2013, and it is controlled by Constellation Hotels, which is owned by Qatar Holding.

The US embassy in London i.e. we the people are spending that.

US taxpayers are paying another $1.1 million for 10 additional contracts with other hotels in London, most of them near Buckingham palace. That includes:

$339,000 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, a 450-room tower that has a Polynesian-themed Trader Vic’s bar in the basement.

$92,000 at the Cumberland Hotel at Cumberland Place.

$37,000 at the Hyatt Regency Churchill hotel, named after the former prime minister.

And a chunk of that is so that Trump’s very rich children can tag along with him and shove their way into Buck House.