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Former President Barack Obama has attracted a fair bit of criticism from the right for a recent speaking appearance he made at a Wall Street conference.
Mr Obama was paid a reported $400,000 fee for his speech at Canto Fitzgerald's healthcare conference.
Predictably, right-wing commentators and Trump supporters have leapt on the price tag of the speech, which is around the same as his annual wages when President, accusing him of hypocrisy.
#LiberalHypocrisy🤣 Article in the FUNNY PAPERS today - @SenWarren troubled that @BarackObama took $400k for speech… https://t.co/zKphv0qr6z— Bradley Scott 🙏🇺🇸 (@Bradley Scott 🙏🇺🇸) 1493318411
However, everyone seems to be missing a very, very important point.
In his 99 days as President so far, Donald Trump has wracked up an estimated $3 million tab of taxpayers money for travel and security costs, as he jets back and forth from the White House and his golf resort Mar-a-lago.
This was perfectly summed up by stand up comic and activist Nick Jack Papas, who posted this.
Paying for Obama's $400,000 speech: Wall Street Paying for Trump's $3M trips to Mar-a-Lago: Tax payers Let's keep our priorities straight.— Nick Jack Pappas (@Nick Jack Pappas) 1493383304
"Let's keep our priorities straight."
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