A U.S. Coast Guard boat patrols the waters outside President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)One of the ongoing questions about the administration of President Trump has an answer — at least, in part. Just under $14 million, for an average cost of $3.4 million per trip. That includes about $8.5 million spent by the Defense Department and $5 million by the Department of Homeland Security. If we, therefore, assume a blanket average of $3.4 million per trip, regardless of duration, the total the government has spent on Trump’s trips to the resort tops $64 million. Estimates for the cost of Trump’s trips based on the Obama analysis landed at $1 million apiece, less than a third the average cost of the four considered by the GAO.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2019 20:17 UTC