DAY 106: Trump lies about saving money to taxpayers by going to his New Jersey resort for the weekend

Donald Trump was supposed to stay in New York this weekend. Instead, he went to his golf club in New Jersey. No explanation was given for the suddent change, although some suspected he wanted to avoid the inevitable images of people protesting against him for the draconian Trumpcare bill approved by Republicans in the House of Representatives that won't even be voted in the Senate.

Trump, of course, offered his very own bullshit excuse for the change of venue: that he would be saving money for taxpayers:

Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country money!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2017

No, it does not save money to fly Trump to New Jersey in Air Force Once, with the Secret Service in tow. On the contrary; it costs millions of dollars to have Trump flying to his resorts every weekend.

And in case you're wondering if fear of protests is the real reason why Trump is going to his resort in New Jersey, the answer is, sure, but an even bigger reason is the fact that, according to MSNBC's Steve Kopack, Trump is promoting that particular resort in New Jersey on TV:

Oh, and now the signage and landscape belonging to Trump's for-profit Bedminster club is all over television. Pretty good advertising.

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) May 5, 2017

So technically, Trump is using taxpayer money to boost promotion for his own private resort.