President Donald Trump's trips to his golf courses have cost taxpayers a fortune in his second term, prompting California Governor Gavin Newsom to criticize him for the massive tab in a post on X.
Trump’s golf outings have cost taxpayers at least $101.2 million in travel and security expenses since he returned to office. That total is about two-thirds of what his golf trips cost during his entire first term and puts him on pace to spend roughly $300 million by the end of his second term.
Trump’s arrival at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday marked his 56th visit there since his 2025 inauguration and his 110th day playing at a course he owns. In other words, he has spent more than one-quarter of the days since returning to office on a golf course.
By comparison, it took two full years during Trump's first term for his golf travel costs to reach $100 million. During that time, he played golf 293 days at his own courses, costing taxpayers about $151.5 million. HuffPost based its estimates for transportation and security costs on figures reported to Congress during Trump’s first term.
In response, Newsom said:
"$100 million — not spent on food assistance, health care, housing, or veterans. Just golf!"
You can see his post below.
People concurred—and they're furious.
During his current term, Trump has made 17 trips solely to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, which is close to his courses in West Palm Beach and Jupiter. He has taken seven additional trips to Mar-a-Lago that included at least one other stop.
Trump has also traveled eight times to his course in Bedminster, New Jersey, at an estimated cost of $1.1 million per trip, and five times to his resort in Doral, Florida, with each visit costing about $2.7 million.
It's evident taxpayers mean nothing to him.
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