THE $1.5 BILLION A YEAR FIRST FAMILY: THE $5.2 MILLION PRICE TAG TO TWO-DAY IRELAND TRIP WITH MICHELLE’S 30 ROOMS FOR ENTOURGAE

The First Lady… of funny faces: Malia Obama plays up for the cameras (again) as she reduces Michelle and Sasha to fits of giggles during G8 visit to Ireland

• Michelle, and two daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11 toured tourist attractions in Dublin on Monday
• First Lady in $3,300-a-night suite at lavish Shelbourne Hotel
• Michelle’s entourage takes 30 rooms at the 5-star hotel
• President Obama remains in Northern Ireland at the G8 Summit
• Two-day trip is expected to cost the U.S. taxpayer an estimated $5.2million
• Arrived amid biggest security operation ever mounted in Northern Ireland

AMERICA’S HIGH-MAINTENANCE FIRST FAMILY: THE OBAMAS’ $100 MILLION 2013 SUMMER VACATION TO AFRICA…CAN AMERICA AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF THE OBAMAS?

The Obama Family Trip to Africa to Cost $60 to $100 Million

  By DANIEL HALPER 

President Obama and his family will be going to Africa later this month. But the trip won’t be cheap; it’s expected to cost American taxpayers $60 to $100 million, according to the Washington Post.

“When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa later this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be taking any chances. Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of emergency,” reports the Post.