Trump's Travel and Family is Causing Secret Service to Run Out of Money

Donald Trump and his persistence to not stay in the White House is coming to an end, as the Secret Service announced that they can no longer foot the bill for agents to continue on with their expanded protective mission. The amount of people that the Secret Service has to protect under the Trump administration is simply too large according to Secret Service Director Randolph Alles.
Alles spoke to USA Today and told them that over 1,000 agents went over the salary caps and overtime allowances that were meant to play out for the entire year. Alles said “The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law. I can’t change that. I have no flexibility.” According to the Secret Service, 42 people have protection under the current administration, which includes 18 members of his family. To contrast, President Obama only had 31 people under protection during his time in office. Agents currently on assignment in Trump administration must protect the president, who apparently has traveled every weekend to different properties that he owns in states like Virginia, Florida, and New Jersey. Along with that, they must protect his children who are taking business trips overseas as well as vacations.
Because of the strain on money for the Secret Service, Alles is looking to work with lawmakers to increase the combined salary and overtime cap for agents during the rest of Trump’s time in office.

Source: cnbc.com