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The city of New York is spending millions on security at the President-elect’s building, costs it has asked the federal government to be reimbursed for, and the incident set off a Twitter spat. Peter Donald tweeted the package was in the lobby.Īround the time of the evacuation Trump was posting on Twitter, saying, “President Obama campaigned hard (and personally) in the very important swing states, and lost.The voters wanted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Deemed to be an unattended bag and safe,” police tweeted. “Suspicious package at Trump Tower has been examined by NYPD Bomb Squad. The Secret Service was involved in the investigation as well, Reyes said. Hubert Reyes told CNN that the package was investigated by the department’s bomb squad. He was in Florida at the time.Ī video posted to Twitter by user showed people dashing by elevators as a police officer swings his arm and yells, “Out! Out!” The package was discovered in the lobby of the New York City skyscraper, where President-elect Donald Trump resides. Trump Tower was briefly evacuated Tuesday afternoon after authorities discovered a suspicious package that was later determined to be a bag of children’s toys.