This is a genuine question to which I do not know the answer.
Are you sure the US trip for the Reds is paid for out of tax payers money?
Critics of the Reds often cite them as a waste of money without realising they cost the nation very little in real terms.
If people want a visible sign of where their money is spent, they are it. Most of the general public would rather see the Reds than an F35 any day of the week.
Still, I suspect you know all of this and your mind is made up so I am probably wasting my time.
I’m on a long road trip though and I have to fill my time somehow.
BV