Trump just spoke to reporters who asked him about Tom Price, and he said he’s going to make a decision on Tom Price tonight on whether or not to fire him:
President Trump says he will make the decision on the future of HHS secretary Tom Price at the WH "sometime tonight" https://t.co/J7lNj09wIM
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 29, 2017
I get that Price should have been more thoughtful when it comes to spending taxpayer money responsibly, but he has apologized and it paying the taxpayer back for the charter flights he took. Is that worthy of dismissal to me? No.
But look if we want to talk about big money, let’s talk about the 8 or more times Trump has gone down to Mar-a-lago. Each time costs around $3.6 million dollars to the taxpayer. You can do the math, but it makes Price’s $400k look like pennies.
Honestly it looks to me like Price is just following the example of the president. Yes, I know he’s just a cabinet secretary and not the president, but then $400k isn’t $28 million either.
I just think if this is the sole basis for Trump to fire Price, then he might as well resign himself.