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

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Mar 28, 2026, 09:07 AM EDT


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s golf habit has now cost taxpayers at least $101.2 million in travel and security expenses since his return to office, a figure that is two-thirds of his first-term golf total and has him on track to spend $300 million by the end of his second term, according to a HuffPost analysis.

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.

“At a time when gas prices are spiking and Americans across the country find themselves in an ever-worsening affordability crisis, the president has burned through over $100 million in taxpayer money in order to make promotional appearances at his golf courses and hobnob with millionaires and billionaires,” said Jordan Libowitz with the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington watchdog group. “If his goal were to help struggling Americans out, one thing he could try is stop spending their money going to his golf courses.”

Trump needed two full years to hit the $100 million mark in his first term, during which he played golf a total of 293 days at his own courses at a cost to taxpayers of $151.5 million.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-100-million_n_69c6e1dde4b041837420f5ad

[Walleye]

1. They want to bring up Joe going home for weekend. I don't even think they could find Delaware on a map.

Wilmington, Delaware is 90 miles from Washington DC. How far is Mar-a-Lago? And Joe didn’t have people staying at his golf course on taxpayers money. He could get home on a 45 minute helicopter ride and he went to State parks, and only played golf at US air bases

[MLWR]

2. He isn't worth even 1% of that. It's just more WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE on his part.

[twodogsbarking]

3. I am hoping killer bees dig nests in the sand traps. No specific reason you understand.

[Turbineguy]

4. It's only our money.

He will be the 2nd most expensive president in the history of the world.

Coming in 2nd is still losing.

[Norrrm]

5. "I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf," Trump said at the time.

Trump's previous lie/promise about playing golf....

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/politics/donald-trump-golfing-presidency/

"I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf," Trump said at the time.

Link to tweet

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. This tweet DID NOT age well.

[LPBBEAR]

6. My entire living family

and many future generations of my descendants could live very comfortable lives and never have to work a day in their lives on the money this fucking asshole wastes smacking a golf ball around.

Have a heart attack.....soon asshole.

[Rebl2]

7. Gross waste

of money. Grifting off the American taxpayers.

[Bayard]

8. Three months back in office,

$101M. Our money. How many programs did he and Musk cut that would have survived on that amount?

[70sEraVet]

10. And I'm sure much of that $100,000,000 went right into trump's pocket!

Those are HIS golf courses, and those Secret Service Agents are eating and sleeping in HIS hotels and Clubs.
He may sleep during meetings, but he never lets a dollar slip by.

[Miles Archer]

11. So, as I suspected, we're going to pay at least twice as much as we did in his second term

Nice work if you can get it, I guess.

People in this country are going without food, medical care and shelter, and this is somehow "OK."

[progressoid]

12. Magas don't fucking care.

At this point, nearly everything they've claimed was important they've given up on. The hypocrisy is thick with them.

[Six117]

13. For everything else (housing, education, childcare...)

It is always "who's gonna pay for that?"

[trusty elf]

14. A palindrome: Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog!