Trump’s Visit To New York For UFC Bout Cost Taxpayers Over $250K

Trump’s Visit To New York For UFC Bout Cost Taxpayers Over $250K

Former President Donald Trump and son Eric Trump, right, at Madison Square Garden UFC bout in 2019

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s spur-of-the-moment decision to travel to New York for a mixed martial arts fight in 2019 cost taxpayers more than $250,000, as the Secret Service had to scramble to provide security for the president on a particularly busy weekend in the city, according to federal records. The records, which were obtained by the New York Daily News in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, reveal that the Secret Service was only given a one-week heads up on Trump’s one-night stay in Manhattan for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 2, 20...

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