{"id":2741,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"President-Trump-Ends-Barack-Obama’s-‘Vacation-Scam’?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Ends Barack Obama’s ‘Vacation Scam’?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump Ends Barack Obama’s ‘Vacation Scam’?<\/h1>\n

Did the former United States president plan to bill taxpayers for \u00a0billions in lavish vacations over the next twenty years?<\/h4>\n
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U.S. President Donald Trump has ended former president Barack Obama’s “vacation scam” and sent him a bill.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A rumor that United States President Donald Trump “cracked down” on his predecessor Barack Obama’s “vacation scam” or sent the former president a bill for vacations that weren’t part of official state business reappears on social media periodically.<\/p>\n

However, this story is nowhere near true. The rumor originated from repeat offender TheLastLineOfDefense.org, a self-described “satire” and hoax news site that relies on \u00a0“facts that don’t necessarily exist” in its mock political reports.<\/p>\n

The story, which appears under the headline, “BREAKING: Trump Just Ended \u00a0Obama’s Vacation Scam And \u00a0Sent Him A Bill You Have To \u00a0See To Believe<\/a>,” begins:<\/p>\n

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Before Obama left office he arranged with the State Department for a series of \u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153official visits” to foreign countries spanning the next 20 years. Using discretionary \u00a0funds from the Office of Presidential Visits and Vacations, Obama was able to weasel \u00a0what would have been another $2.1 billion in free vacations for him and up to 24 \u00a0members of his family plus staff and a dog sitter until the year 2036.<\/p>\n

He would have, that is, had he not lost his office to Donald Trump. Trump, who is \u00a0always looking for ways to save money, was having the office used for vacations \u00a0repainted with 24 karat gold leaf trim and having the shelves lined with leather when \u00a0he was presented with a ledger that contained all of the travel plans and expenses. The \u00a0ledger was found by one of the 31 workers Trump hired from outside the typical \u00a0White House staff to make alterations requiring specialized craftsmen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is simply untrue. There is absolutely no basis \u00a0to the claim that former president Barack Obama had arranged $2.1 billion in vacations, \u00a0or that Trump had “ended” Obama’s vacation “scam.” Rather, the entire report fits into the category of \u00a0“facts that don’t necessarily exist,” which appears in the site’s disclaimer. However, even though the original report was published in February 2017 with a disclaimer, by June of that year it was still being copied by other sites and circulated as breaking news without any disclaimer at all:<\/p>\n

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It has become something of a tradition for \u00a0political commentators to levy claims about the vacation and work schedules of presidents from opposing parties before and during their time in office. We covered various rumors about President Obama’s vacation schedule<\/a> during his time in office, and there had already been \u00a0comparisons between Trump’s and Obama’s travel expenses<\/a> within the first few months of Trump’s time in office.<\/p>\n

However, the specific claim that Trump ended Obama’s vacation “scam” is nothing but pure fiction.<\/p>\n

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