It seems like Obama has taken a page out of Leonardo DiCaprio's book of “do as I say, not as I do” and took a private jet to Milan. Not only that, he had a 14 car convoy to get into the city, which also included protection from above with a helicopter.Exactly how many $400,000 speeches do you have to make in a year to be officially considered a member of the 1%?
During his post-presidency vacation, Obama spent many weeks in French Polynesia on music mogul David Geffen's 450ft superyacht, which surely does not frugally sip fossil fuels like he wants the rest of the country to do.
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UPDATE: Livin' La Vida Loco
Apparently $400K a speech is just chump change...
President Obama flew into Italy’s business capital yesterday, and according to local media headed straight for the extravagant Park Hyatt hotel, which can cost up to £7,100 (€8,400) a night.During his visit, this simple man of the people took time to lecture the little people about the environment...
During the conversation in Milan, Barack Obama argued with his former chef Sam Kass about how many steaks he had cooked him. Kass said that he probably cooked “thousands of steaks” for the president, but Obama interrupted.Saving the environment... Obama style.
“I don’t think, thousands,” Obama protested.