Nobama Most Well Traveled President In History After 5 Years by Rick Moran March 24, 2014
A study by the National Taxpayers Foundations shows that President Obama has had more foreign trips and spent more money for those trips than any president in history at this point in their terms. Brietbart has the exclusive: “The most internationally well-traveled President, through five years, is also flying the most expensive-to-operate Air Force One to date,” NTUF wrote. After five years in the White House, Obama has taken 31 trips for a total of 119 days abroad. At that point in George W. Bush’s presidency, Bush had taken 28 trips for 116 days, while Bill Clinton had taken 27 trips for 113 days. Ronald Reagan, after five years, had taken 14 trips for 73 days while Richard Nixon had taken 12 trips for 60 days after five years in the White House and
Lyndon Johnson took 10 trips for 34 days at the half-decade mark. Dwight Eisenhower took 8 trips for 31 days after five years in the White House. Citing a recent report in the Washington Examiner that found through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that taxpayers are on the hook for about $228,288 per Air Force One flight hour in 2013, a 27 percent increase from the previously confirmed cost of $179,750 per fight hour that NTUF used in its last study, the taxpayer watchdog concludes that Obama’s flights have cost taxpayers more than any other president. “Taken on its own, the $48,535 jump may not sound all that significant,” NTUF added about the cost increase for Air Force One. “However, when trips are many thousands of miles and span several time zones and continents, the difference can quickly add up.” NTUF estimates that Obama’s trip to Europe and the Middle East “will likely involve about 29 hours of total travel time, assuming a cruising speed of 575 mph between Washington, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, and Riyadh, and then back to D.C.” That amount, the group says, is going to cost taxpayers millions of dollars. “Using the previous estimate, the total cost of flying Air Force One between those international cities would be about $5,212,750,” NTUF wrote. “Using the new data, the cost comes out to $6,620,352.” Those numbers do not include Michelle Obama's travel overseas which have combined business with vacations at some of the most pricey resorts in the world. It matters how much is spent on Obama's trips, but more importantly, what have they accomplished? Aside from routine trade and security agreements, the president's overseas trips seem designed more for domestic political benefits rather than any concrete action in foreign policy. He does not cut a commanding figure as some other presidents have when stacked up against his foreign counterparts. Is the US more respected today than in 2008? I don't see how you can argue that we are. The world's bad actors have noticed and have acted out their aggression accordingly. Important allies have deemed us "irrelevant" or worse. This makes all that money spent on flying President Obama around the world seem even more a waste than it should.
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