The Daily Populous Saturday March 8th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by huffpost.com and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

President Donald Trump waves and talks on the phone as he arrives at the Trump International Golf Club on March 2, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Florida. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s insistence on playing golf at his Florida courses has now cost American taxpayers more than $18 million since he regained the presidency, setting him on a pace to exceed the $151.5 million he spent in his first term, according to a HuffPost analysis.

On Saturday, Trump is playing golf for the 13th day of his 48 in office. It was his 10th day playing at his course in West Palm Beach, across the Intracoastal Waterway from his Mar-a-Lago country club home and adjacent to the Palm Beach County Jail.

He spent another three days at his course in Doral, just east of the main runways at Miami International Airport.

According to a 2019 Government Accountability Office report examining the first four trips Trump took to Mar-a-Lago during his first administration, each one costs $3,383,250 — a sum based on 2017 dollars that is likely higher now.

Trump and his entourage fly down on Air Force One while the military brings down the vehicles for his motorcade on C-17 transports. Because Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, straddles the width of the barrier island, police boats with machine guns mounted on the bows patrol the Intracoastal while a Coast Guard vessel is stationed off the beach in the Atlantic. Additional costs include law enforcement and explosive-sniffing dogs.

On his first trip after retaking office to California, Nevada, and, ultimately, his Doral golf resort, reporters aboard Air Force One asked Trump if he would be playing golf on that trip. “No. I don’t think so. I’m busy,” he said.

Affectionate-Act1574 on March 8th, 2025 at 14:30 UTC »

DOGE is really cutting that wasteful spending…

No-Inevitable7004 on March 8th, 2025 at 14:08 UTC »

B-but Obama took Michelle to a restaurant on their anniversary once!

(this was an actual scandal back then, to do this while having security paid by tax dollars)

antitheta on March 8th, 2025 at 13:58 UTC »

I bet he charges himself (aka us) for green fees. Fuck this guy.