Michelle Obama Exposed Spending Millions Of Tax Dollars On THIS The countdown until the Obamas are officially out of the White House is on, and its a good thing, because their lavish spending habits dont appear to be slowing down any time soon. When the White House was questioned about the cost of Michelle Obamas trip with her mother and daughters to Italy and England, scheduled for next week, the chief of staff did not have a good answer. I dont have anything I can give you on that, Tina Tchen concluded. Its no surprise that the White House is keeping details under wraps. We can only imagine the tens of thousands of dollars this is costing taxpayers. 