Report: The American Public Spent $43 Million Last Year So Trump Could Play Golf
Source: MSN
The American public spent at least $43 million in order to support President Donald Trumps considerable golf habit in 2017.
Reports on presidential golf expenses are not itemized under official U.S. government statistics or written into the outlays for the U.S. governmental financial year. Rather, the $43 million total is a low-end estimate provided by TrumpGolfCount.com. (A similar tracker took note of President Barack Obamas similarly publicized proclivity for the track.)
Trumps golf count is mostly based on confirmed news reports of presidential golf outings published by The Washington Post. Additional sources include White House Public Press Pool postings about golf and a handful of additional stories regarding Trumps frequent golf forays issued by various media. The pool report statistics are culled from press pool RSS feeds mentioning any of the following words or phrases: vacation, palm beach, golf, golfing, golfed, Trump International, Trump National, Bedminster, [and/or] Sterling.
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When the 44th and 45th presidents face-off over the dubious honor, however, Trump beats Obama hands-down. In fact, its not even close: After the first year of each mans presidency, Obama had only played golf 28 times; Trump definitely played at least 43 times in that same timespanand likely played around 76 games of golfat a cost of roughly $1 million per gameall on the dime of the American people.
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Not only did Trump play far more golf then President Obama, but Trump would play at his private golf resorts rather than on publicly owned golf courses. Also, unlike President Obama, Trump claimed that he would not play golf.
djacq
(1,634 posts)"all on the dime of the American people"
Please, Rust Belt states, may we the American people have another? (sarcasm).
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)Gump has played at least 100 games of gold since taking office.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)When Mueller takes all his properties.
Can sell them to non Russians. Or keep for a museum to show our children what can happen to you if you don't value ethics.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Donald is keeping his campaign promises to golf and vacation more than Obama.
(Sarcasm thingie goes here)
tclambert
(11,087 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Always drives around in his electric "presidential" golf cart. He doesn't walk much at all. Just from his cart to the ball, and he drives wherever he likes, not where he's supposed to. I've seen him drive across greens, which is a definite NO for any real golfer. Of course Trump usually owns the course (thanks to Russian financing) and the old Republican axiom, "do as I say, not as I do", kicks in. Any other golfer would be escorted off the premises. His Assholiness thinks rules don't apply to him, as always.
George II
(67,782 posts)0rganism
(23,957 posts)book it as a line item in our defense budget and i won't bat an eye
every minute he's actively playing golf or driving his fucking cart around on the green is a minute he's not actively wrecking our nation's infrastructure, environment, or reputation.
i will gladly help pay that bill.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)He has his loyal minions (who've actually sworn their loyalty to him ) destroy America. He can still cause the extinction of the human race right from the comfort of the golf course, via cell phone. That's progress for you, folks!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)And he makes money when the Secret Service has to rent at his golf courses.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)in ameriKKKa...41$. That's 1million, 46thousand, 780 meals for the let's just say, hungry in ameriKKKa. So this POtuS can golf????? Talk about "let em eat golfballs"....this greedy, lying, narcissistic, avaricious con man and his family, if allowed four years at the helm, will loot the treasury, completely.