Dead campaigner walking Ron DeSantis spent $1.5 million on charter jets to fly around the globe on an ersatz trade mission as he tried to bolster his foreign affairs credentials for his now-fizzling presidential run, Politico reports.
The charter costs were by far the most expensive cost of the week-long jaunt to Japan, South Korea, Israel, and England which included two plane-loads of DeSantis supporters including his wife, Florida business leaders and other state officials. Hotels cost less than $70,000 while meals came in below $10,000.
The ability to review DeSantis’s travel costs picked up by Florida taxpayers was been impeded by new laws passed by the Republican-dominated legislature to hide excessive costs the Republican governor has run up in his failing quest for the White House.