Donald Trump has reportedly spent about $71m in taxpayer-funded costs on golfing during his second term, and if his current pace continues, that total could reach $300m by the end of his term.
According to a HuffPost analysis, Trump’s latest visit, on Wednesday, marked his 16th trip to Mar-a-Lago this year, with each trip costing $3.4m in travel and security.
If Trump makes two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December, his 2025 golf costs would surpass $75m, putting his total for the term over $300m, the outlet said.
During his first term, Trump spent $151.5m in taxpayer-funded golf travel and security.
This article leaves out the most important point: it’s not just the cost of the trips, it’s that the trips are to courses he owns. Not only does the Federal Government pay handsomely for these trips, but that money goes directly back into Trump’s pocket, because he’s paying his own company.
All those hotel rooms and meals (for Trump and his security staff) all generate personal profit.
And apparently, it’s all OK! Maybe we need Pritzker to run for President someday and be just as blatant about staying in hotels his family owns. If a Democrat pulled this shit, Republicans would pass laws to outlaw it in a heartbeat.
What is “this shit”? Does Nanci Pelosi’s insider trading count as “this shit” or you people only notice “shit” when republicans do it more blatantly?
You people are sheep heading for the culling and you decide whose team you’re on, the herder or the butcher.
It’s entirely illegal. Not that something like that has ever once stopped a Republican.
Au Contraire! The Supreme Court has said that it is not possible for the President to be punished for breaking the law as part of his official duties, and the only check on this superpower is Congress, via impeachment. Therefore, if Congress does not impeach, it must be legal!
TIL golfing is part of his official duties. Considering how much he golfs, and that he’s quite literally being paid to golf, and that it’s apparently part of his job to golf, you’d think he’d be better at it.
What a useless, greedy piece of shit. A cancer to our country and to our species, endlessly sucking resources to do nothing of value while starving the host. The useless eater was the fascist all along.
Which is why Biden failed so badly, he had a chance to push the rules to get some laws on the books before Trump took over.
They’d impeach a Democrat if they pulled shit like this
Nah, they all do it, and they don’t want to open the flood gates. It’s why trump was never impeached for violations of the emoluments clause