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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has become the latest Trump official to move onto a military base at taxpayer expense. An ICE agent who fatally shot a legal immigrant in Maine was an open racist. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spent more than $1.2 million in taxpayer-funded military flights to watch his son’s college football games. And a senior State Department official accepted an $11,900 Mediterranean vacation from the billionaire co-founder of Stripe.
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Top Trump Goon Gets New Home Courtesy of the Military
Fort McNair has more cabinet members than generals.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved into a military base, becoming the latest Trump administration official to reside in taxpayer-funded military housing. He is at least the sixth senior official in Trump’s second term to move into housing typically reserved for senior military officers.
A Treasury spokesman said Bessent moved to the base after receiving death threats from Iran, but the claims have not been independently verified. Several other officials cited similar security concerns when they transitioned into military housing.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live near each other at Fort McNair in Washington. Former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem moved into the Coast Guard commandant’s residence and lived there rent-free for weeks after she was fired.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also relocated to military housing during their time in office. Tulsi Gabbard’s team tried to get her a spot at Fort McNair at the beginning of Trump’s second term, but it didn’t happen because there wasn’t enough room.
ICE Agent Who Killed Legal Immigrant Outed as Open Racist
He was doing the job on his own time before ICE started paying him for it.
The ICE agent who fatally shot a legal immigrant during a traffic stop in Maine had sent racist emails to family members about his own sister’s Colombian partner four years before he joined ICE. David Brouillette called the man a “non citizen” who had “third world luxuries” and told him to go back to his country.
Brouillette’s sister Elizabeth Emen, a licensed therapist in Maryland, told the New York Times that Brouillette had no reason to call her partner undocumented and that his hostility stemmed from race. The emails were confirmed by a friend and family representative.
During the July traffic stop, Brouillette shot and killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. ICE later admitted it had a warrant for someone else and Guerrero was never the target of the operation.
Brouillette’s mother, Susan Bedard, told reporters that her son is “dangerous” and should never have been given a weapon. Other family members have said he has a history of violent, abusive behavior toward women and girls.
ICE eased its vetting standards during a hiring surge in 2025 to hire thousands of new agents after Trump called for a surge in deportations. More than 200 recruits were dismissed in the course of their training, including almost 10 with criminal charges or who failed drug tests.
Marco Rubio Has Spent $1.2 Million to Watch His Son’s Football Games
That is a lot of money to watch your kid sit on the bench.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spent over $1.2 million in taxpayer-funded military flights to attend University of Florida football games, according to a Washington Post investigation. The Post found that 15 of Rubio’s 23 trips to Gainesville on military aircraft were for personal reasons.
Rubio’s son Anthony is a walk-on running back who has only played in two competitive games in his four-year college career. ESPN reports that Rubio has 11 career carries for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Rubio is required to fly on military aircraft under security protocols that also apply to the secretary of defense and the FBI and CIA directors. His use of government transport seems to greatly exceed that of his predecessors, including Antony Blinken, who used personal flights on government aircraft only a few times a year, the Post reported.
As a senator, Rubio pushed for an investigation into then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s use of government jets for personal travel. Buttigieg was cleared of wrongdoing by the inspector general, who found that he took eight trips costing $59,000.
State Department Official Took $11,900 Vacation Paid for by Billionaire
Most friendships don’t require a financial disclosure.
Last November, Sarah B. Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, took a Mediterranean vacation paid for by Irish billionaire Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe. A financial disclosure obtained preliminarily by The Washington Post showed Rogers valued the gift at $11,900.
The trip came a month after Rogers was sworn into a position that the State Department itself described as one tasked with “informing and influencing foreign publics.” Rogers described Collison as a “pre-existing friend predating my government service” and claimed the trip was for tourism.
Rogers flew on Collison’s private jet to Egypt, Georgia, and Greece with a group that included Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University. A spokesman for Collison said no business was done on the trip.
The disclosure came weeks after Kimberly Guilfoyle was asked to resign as the U.S. ambassador to Greece amid reports she sought $100,000 from a political donor for access to administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded with a department-wide memo reminding staffers to avoid conflicts of interest.
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They should all payback the money that was literally stolen from the taxpayer's
This is totally WRONG !!! Why are we letting these traitors have free housing, it’s for the military not loser republikkkans