Monday, August 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025: Trump's high-stakes White House summit (Ukraine, EU, NATO, UK, FR, GER, IT) cost taxpayers ~$185K for security and logistics. No AF1/federal travel incurred.
ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Secret Service and White House support for multilateral summit
Major multilateral and bilateral meetings (with Ukraine, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, EU, NATO) held at the White House trigger elevated but not off-site Secret Service costs. Set at $150,000 based on GAO 2019 benchmarks for high-security official days with increased diplomatic delegations, but no local off-site surge.
Event logistics, communications, hospitality (summit incidentals)
Benchmark incidentals for a multilateral White House summit (logistics, translation, press, catering, WH communications) kept at ~15% of security, based on typical single-day events and incidentals cap.