Grifter in Chief or “Broke-ahontas?” …..”Just as troubling as the amount Trump has spent so far on golf trips is the fact that his visits have been to his own properties — for-profit businesses that put money in his own pocket.”
I’m not going to have time to go play golf – Trump In Loudoun …
Just another campaign promise shattered.
Trump’s Golf Costs: $102 Million And Counting, With Taxpayers …
Donald Trump’s golf habit has already cost taxpayers at least $102 million in extra travel and security expenses, and next month will achieve a new milestone: a seven-figure presidential visit to another country so he can play at his own course.
U.S. taxpayers have spent $81 million for the president’s two dozen trips to Florida, according to a HuffPost analysis. They spent $17 million for his 15 trips to New Jersey, another $1 million so he could visit his resort in Los Angeles and at least $3 million for his two days in Scotland last summer ― $1.3 million of which went just for rental cars for the massive entourage that accompanies a president abroad.
And, notwithstanding Trump’s campaign promise that if elected he would not play golf at all, the White House has done preliminary work for Trump’s visit to his resort on the west coast of Ireland next month, according to Irish media and government sources, even though no official meeting with Irish leaders is planned in the capital, Dublin.
While Republicans and Trump himself frequently criticized former President Barack Obama for his golf outings, Trump has spent more than twice as many days on the links, to date, as Obama did at the same point in his first term. And because Trump has insisted on dozens of trips to New Jersey and Florida to play at his resorts there, taxpayers are spending more than three times as much as they did for golf by the same point in Obama’s term.
Cost to U.S. taxpayers for a typical Mar-a-Lago golf vacation.
Trump’s Golfing has Cost Taxpayers $102 Million, Just $12.7 …
Trump’s Golfing has Cost Taxpayers $102 Million, Just $12.7 Million Behind Obama’s Travel During Entire Presidency: Report
How many times has President Donald Trump played golf while …
Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 199 times since becoming President, and that’s as of June 19, 2019.