Taxpayers have now shelled out nearly $71 million for President Donald Trump’s golf hobby since he retook office in January, with his second-term total on pace to break $300 million, according to a HuffPost analysis.
His visit to his course adjacent to the Palm Beach County jail Wednesday was on his 16th trip to his Mar-a-Lago country club home four miles away. Each of those trips cost $3.4 million in travel and security expenses.
If he makes just two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December — he made four in November, including the one over Halloween weekend — his golf expenses will top $75 million in 2025. On that pace, he would exceed $300 million over this four-year term.
In contrast, he spent $151.5 million of taxpayer money in golf-related travel and security expenses during his first term.