Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 million - News Summed Up

Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 million


Trump’s arrival at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday morning marks his 56th visit there since his 2025 inauguration and his 110th day on a golf course that he owns — meaning he has played golf on more than one-quarter of his days since returning to the presidency. HuffPost has based its figures for transportation and security for Trump’s golf trips on a report to Congress during his first term in office. AdvertisementIn recent weeks, the White House has begun categorizing Trump’s golf outings as “executive time.” That phrase also appears in his public schedule almost daily. ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty ImagesAdvertisementHuffPost’s analysis uses methodology and figures from a 2019 Government Accountability Office report on Trump’s golf trips early in his first term. But Obama’s taxpayer golf tab was a small fraction of Trump’s because Obama mainly played the course at Joint Base Andrews, a short motorcade ride from the White House.


Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2026 13:16 UTC



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