The Trump administration reportedly paid an Irish funeral home almost $1 million to rent four limousines during the President’s two-day trip to Ireland this week.
The $935,033 total was paid in four installments to a family-owned business called JP Ward & Sons, according to the Guardian, which cited records on the government-run website USASpending.gov.
Neither the funeral home nor the State Department immediately responded to the Guardian’s request for confirmation.
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President Donald Trump arrived at the Shannon Airport Wednesday, kicking off his first official visit to Ireland. He will continue on to France for D-Day commemorations Thursday, before returning to Ireland for a night when he is scheduled to fly by helicopter to his golf resort in the town of Doonbeg. He is expected to return to Washington Friday.
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According to the Guardian, locals hope Trump will visit the village of Doonbeg, an eight-mile round trip from his golf resort. If he takes the Mercedes E-Class limousines to get there, it could work out to a cost of $116,879 per mile.
The Guardian reports that the same funeral home was paid around $114,000 for driving Michelle Obama and her daughters around for three days in 2013 while then-President Barack Obama attended a G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
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