Donald Trump loves to golf, and that is bad news for American taxpayers because when the president hits the links it does not come cheap.<\/p>\n
And, according to estimates, Trump ran up a bill that \u2026 well, it was incredible. So, how much are we talking?<\/p>\n
Well, in late November analysis by HuffPost<\/b><\/a> had the president spending nearly $71 million of taxpayer money playing golf. That would put him on pace to spend a whopping $300 million on the game 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 HuffPost\u2019s early December estimate was actually conservative compared to the website DidTrumpGoldToday.com<\/b><\/a>. The site has tracked the president\u2019s trips since he returned to office, and it has recorded him golfing 79 days \u2014 22.6% of his time since returning to office \u2014 with a whopping cost to taxpayers of $110,600,000.<\/p>\n