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Trump’s Golf Getaways Reportedly Cost Taxpayers More Than $18 Million Already

At this rate, Donald Trump’s love of golf will cost more than the $151.5 million from his first term.

President Donald Trump’s Florida golf trips cost taxpayers more than $18 million since he regained the presidency, HuffPost claims. In just 48 days back in office, Trump has hit the links 13 times. Most of these excursions have taken place at his West Palm Beach golf course, with three others at his Doral resort near Miami. A 2019 Government Accountability Office report found each of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips during his first term cost an eye-watering $3,383,250, a figure that’s presumably risen. These costs include Air Force One flights, military transport, and extensive security involving police boats and the Coast Guard. Despite his claim of being “busy” when asked if he’d golf on a California trip, Fox News caught him in the act two days later. The rate he’s out golfing suggests he’s on track to surpass the $151.5 million spent on similar trips during his first term in the White House, straining taxpayers’ wallets once again.

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