Between the election and Inauguration Day, it has cost $24 million per day to provide security for Trump Tower, according to the New York Police Department. The cost was initially supposed to be $1 million a day for the tower.

To this day, Melania and Baron Trump remain living in Trump Tower, buy even with Donald Trump in the White House, security costs cover him and his family. Taxpayer money funds the president’s security, but with the family split up, costs paid by taxpayers are ridiculously high.

To add insult to injury, Trump has spent much of his presidency thus far golfing at his resort in Florida and Virginia. However, the most perplexing aspect of it is the unknown. Melania could be sending a powerful message that she refuses to interrupt her life for his endeavors. Regardless of what her motives are, the Trump family should pay for her security.

There is a petition with over half a million supporters on change.org that calls for Melania to move to the White House or pay the difference in security detail. This petition is extremely un-American to me in many ways. First of all, the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Forcing a woman to live with Trump is probably the most cruel and unusual form of punishment I’ve ever heard of.

To clarify, I think it is fair to ask the Trump family to pay the difference in security. With Trump still profiting during and potentially because of his presidency, if he truly cared about the future and economy of the United States, he would pay the difference for his and his family’s luxuries.