New Year Photo Caps Reports of 88 Trump Golf Club Visits in 2025
Reporters using GAO-based benchmarks estimate the 2025 travel and security bill at roughly $110.6 million.
Overview
- Daily Beast reporting, drawing on the Trump Golf Tracker, tallied 88 golf-club visits in 2025 and cited a Jan. 1, 2026 photo showing the president at Trump International Golf Club Palm Beach.
- DidTrumpGolfToday.com separately logged at least 79 club visits through November, reflecting tracker methodological differences and incomplete December data.
- Analysts say December travel and New Year’s activities added about $14 million to the estimated taxpayer tab.
- HuffPost’s breakdown, based on a 2019 Government Accountability Office report, attributes per-trip costs of about $3.4 million to Mar-a-Lago, roughly $1.1 million to Bedminster, and nearly $10 million for a Scotland trip.
- The White House defended the schedule, with spokesman Davis Ingle saying the president is working 24/7 and asserting that nobody works harder than President Trump.