Amid an international ebola health emergency, U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, and the illegal immigration crisis surging on the southern border, President Barack Obama leaves on Saturday for a lavish Martha's Vineyard twelve day vacation at the 8,100-square foot mansion of Democratic Party donor Joanne Hubschman.
The timing of Obama's swank vacation has even the president's supporters worried.
"Even some of Obama's most ardent supporters are questioning the
wisdom of this summer's sojourn as war roils Gaza and a wave of families
and children are crossing the southwestern US border illegally," reports the Boston Globe.
The White House announced
Thursday that Obama will briefly interrupt his vacation by returning to
Washington on Sunday, August 17, for a few meetings and then jetting
back to the Massachusetts island retreat on August 19 to continue his
vacation until August 24th.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said there is no need to
worry that Obama is disengaged from the duties of his office because he
travels with "an array of communications equipment" that enable him to
carry out his presidential duties..
"He travels with an array of communications equipment and national
security advisers that will allow him to perform all of the functions
that are required of America's commander in chief," said Earnest."
Obama has vacationed at the wealthy Martha's Vineyard retreat every
year of his presidency save 2012 when he was busy campaigning for
re-election.
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds Obama hitting a new all-time low approval rating of just 40%.
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