Former President Donald Trump has yet again skipped the bill for a campaign rally, leaving the town that hosted it to foot the cost — this time the college town of St. Cloud, Minnesota.According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, an invoice sent to the Trump campaign on September 10 "breaks down the cos...

Former President Donald Trump has yet again skipped the bill for a campaign rally, leaving the town that hosted it to foot the cost — this time the college town of St. Cloud, Minnesota.

    • finestnothing@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 month ago

      about $63,000 for police costs, $62,000 for costs related to a change in a construction project near campus, $60,500 for public services, $21,000 for Fire Department costs and about $2,000 for IT-related costs."

      • chingadera@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 month ago

        I’m not sure I trust these numbers. I work in IT and it costs more than $2,000 for me to fart in not my chair.

        • yannic@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 month ago

          Jokes aside, as you work in I.T., you’d know that most people completely ignore labour costs when it comes to these things.

    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
      5·
      1 month ago

      Police and infrastructure (Port-o-potties, barriers, police overtime for crowd control, etc) plus the location has fees for renting the space.