/// CLASSIFIED: DAILY EXPENDITURE REPORT ///

Sunday, October 12, 2025

LOCATION: Washington, DC (White House & Joint Base Andrews) to Tel Aviv, Israel (Ben Gurion Airport)

$3.9M for one day: Trump's Tel Aviv flight cost $355,686 per hour. How many American schools could this have funded?

TOTAL TAXPAYER COST

$3,916,860.00

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On Oct 12, 2025, President Trump flew VC-25A/Air Force One from DC to Tel Aviv for a ceasefire summit. Federal travel & security outlay: ~$3.9M (flight, US/host nation security).

ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN

VC-25A (Air Force One) transatlantic flight (Andrews to Tel Aviv)

$3,556,860.00

Estimated 10 flight hours one-way (Andrews to Tel Aviv) with full support package (multiple aircraft per standard presidential security), using benchmark $177,843/hr × 10 hr × 2. Based on Presidential departure logs and contemporaneous press coverage of the trip.

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Secret Service and staff (peak off-site/overseas)

$300,000.00

Full-day protective detail, overseas/off-site peak cost per GAO-19-178 rate. Required for high-security international presidential travel. Sourced from investigative reporting and official statements for the visit.

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Local Police/Host Nation Security (Israel, activated)

$60,000.00

Host nation law enforcement provided extraordinary assist at arrival (Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv). Follows the Palm Beach/GAO standard. Multiple news sources confirm local police/airport assist for Trump’s arrival and meetings.

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CLASSIFICATION TAGS

international-travel air-force-one security local-police israel

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