Donald Trump loves to golf and that does not come cheap for the American people. <\/p>\n
In fact, according to a recent analysis by HuffPost<\/b><\/a>, the president has spent nearly $71 million of taxpayer money hitting the links this year. And, per the report, that puts him on pace to shell out a whopping $300 million on golf during his second term in office.<\/p>\n To put that in perspective, Trump spent an estimated $151.5 million golfing during his first term, so he is on pace to double that figure. <\/p>\n \u201cI really wish I could tell you that it would make anyone in America change their mind about him, but the corruption is so backed in, so endemic, and so ludicrous that it feels like the collective reaction will be a shrug,\u201d Republican consultant Rick Wilson said per HuffPost. \u201cIt\u2019s one more example of Trump defining the presidency down. Way, way down.\u201d<\/p>\n According to HuffPost, Trump golfed at his Palm Beach County course, just four miles from Mar-a-Lago, last week. The outlet reported that each golfing trip costs $3.4 million in travel and security expenses. Trump has made 16 trips to Mar-a-Lago, where he typically goes before golfing at courses in West Palm Beach and Jupiter, and nine to his course in Bedminster, New Jersey. The outlet said each of those trips cost about $1.1 million. HuffPost said Trump\u2019s trip to Aberdeen, Scotland for the opening of a new course cost nearly $10 million.<\/p>\n HuffPost said that current total sits at $70.8 million.<\/p>\n The outlet\u2019s estimate comes in at a far lower total than the website DidTrumpGolfToday.com<\/b><\/a> <\/b>which tracks the president\u2019s golf trips and estimates that he has spent $107,800,000. <\/p>\n