Mini-Post: Fiefdoms

Have you noticed that Trump & Company used the government as there own private servants. Jetting over to Scotland or down to Mar-a-Lago. Jetting to see the Super Bowl LIX or the FIFA Club World Cup Final!

And it is not just him who behave as royalty...

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip

Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

The Guardian

Stephanie Kirchgaessner and David Smith

Wed 6 Aug 2025

JD Vance’s team had the army corps of engineers take the unusual step of changing the outflow of a lake in Ohio to accommodate a recent boating excursion on a family holiday, the Guardian has learned.

The request from the US Secret Service was made to “support safe navigation” of the US vice-president’s security detail for an August outing on the Little Miami River, according to a statement by the US army corps of engineers (USACE).

Vance was spotted in the south-western Ohio area on 2 August, his 41st birthday, according to social media posts that noted he was seen canoeing on the river, a tributary that Caesar Creek Lake feeds into.

One source with knowledge of the matter who communicated with the Guardian anonymously alleged that the outflow request for the Caesar Creek Lake was not just to support the vice-president’s Secret Service detail, but also to create “ideal kayaking conditions”. The Guardian could not independently confirm this specific claim.

Okay I have to admit that opening the flood gates for “ideal kayaking conditions” is possible but I think that they did request additional increase in flow.