Are we maybe getting carried away? When it comes to our president visiting another country?

An official in the Indian government said last week that President Obama’s trip to India will cost us about $200 million per day. The White House says those figures are wrong. Of course, the White House said the same about the figures for a few other big programs. And we know what happened to them.

What is not wrong is that 3000 people are going along for the ride. More are coming along for the cruise. Something like 34 U.S. warships will sail around the area while the President is there. And 30-some big planes. And helicopters. And big jets armed with advanced communication and security systems. And over 40 cars. Many or most of them shipped in. The American contingent has booked over 800 hotel rooms that we know of.

I suppose the bottom of the list includes a partridge in a pear tree.

Other American presidents have travelled with huge and expensive mobs. Lately the mobs have been growing. At least that is what the politicians want us to believe. The politicians who want to make President Obama look bad. He is a natural target. Because he has been known to act a little regal. Remember the Roman amphitheater he had constructed for his proclamations in Europe before he was elected.