{"id":23745,"date":"2025-03-09T20:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23745"},"modified":"2025-03-09T20:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T20:05:04","slug":"jaw-dropping-amount-donald-trumps-13-rounds-of-golf-have-reportedly-cost-us-taxpayers-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23745","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-dropping amount Donald Trump’s 13 rounds of golf have reportedly cost US taxpayers this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump has allegedly spent a hefty amount of taxpayers\u2019 money on improving his sporting capabilities since returning to office earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since being sworn in as the 47th President of the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u00a0on January 20,\u00a0Trump<\/a>, 78, has hosted a\u00a0disastrous meeting at the White House<\/a>\u00a0with Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, renamed the\u00a0Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America<\/a>, and appointed\u00a0Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0to head up the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n

He had also claimed his presidential victory over Democratic ticket\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0was a \u2018mandate\u2019; is willing to release a\u00a0\u2018suspicious\u2019 report on assassination attempts<\/a>\u00a0made against him, and recently signed an executive order\u00a0establishing a controversial Bitcoin reserve.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interestingly, Trump has also played golf on 13 of the 48 days he\u2019s been in office.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump has already completed 13 rounds of golf since returning to office (Mike Stobe\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

According to an Independent\u00a0report<\/a>, this activity is costing taxpayers an eye-watering sum of\u00a0money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The businessman, who has previously described golf as a \u2018passion\u2019 rather than a game, owns 12 Trump Golf properties in the United States, two in Scotland, and one in Ireland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n

According\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0HuffPost, the US leader has played ten rounds at the private Trump International West Palm Beach and three times at Trump Doral since returning to Washington DC.<\/p>\n

Trump Doral is an 800-acre resort east of Miami International Airport, while Trump International West Palm Beach features a 27-hole golf course just five minutes from the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

Trump’s golfing habits during his first White House term made frequent headlines, with The Washington Post\u00a0predicting<\/a>\u00a0in 2019 that his travel to the Sunshine State to play sport would cost taxpayers $64 million.<\/p>\n

However, by October 2020, Robert Reich, author and former Labor secretary, calculated that Trump had\u00a0actually cost taxpayers an eye-watering $141 million.<\/a><\/p>\n

At the time, he wrote: \u201cOnce again, Trump brags about donating his $400,000 presidential salary.<\/p>\n

“Somehow he forgot to mention that his golf trips have cost taxpayers $141,000,000.”<\/p>\n

In 2018, one weekend spent in Scotland cost taxpayers more than $1 million, The Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, how has Trump\u2019s 13 rounds of golf this year impacted US citizens?<\/p>\n

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Trump’s expeditions to Florida have reportedly cost taxpayers more than $18 million (TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

HuffPost has looked at figures from a Government Accountability Office report published in 2019 to allege the president\u2019s golf trips have probably cost American taxpayers more than $18 million.<\/p>\n

Trump and his entourage are understood to fly to the golf courses in Florida using Air Force One, while additional costs are incurred by patrolling law enforcement and explosive-sniffing dogs.<\/p>\n

On Saturday (March 8) police confirmed they were investigating a vandalism incident at Trump\u2019s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.<\/p>\n

The BBC\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that a pro-Palestinian group had plastered red paint across part of a building, and that the words \u2018Gaza is not for sale\u2019 had been sprayed across one green.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Trump Turnberry called it a \u2018childish, criminal act\u2019, calling the course a \u2018national treasure and will continue to be the number one beacon of luxury and excellence in the world of golf\u2019.<\/p>\n

UNLAD has approached the Presidential office of Donald Trump for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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