Donald Trump’s astonishing golf bill revealed with huge milestone reached

Scott Allen 13 Aug 2025

Donald Trump’s trips to the golf course have now reportedly cost the US taxpayer over $71million since he returned to office in January.

According to DidTrumpGolfToday.com, the US President has spent 51 days of his first 206 days in office on the fairways – that’s 24.8% of his term. Although to be fair to the President, most of these days fell on a Sunday.

Using a 2019 government report that established the costs of the president’s golf days to the tax payer, a total figure of $71,400,000 was generated by the site totally dedicated to Trump’s golfing journey.

However, this figure is believed to be well under what Trump’s bill is actually worth, with a further $600,000 spent on golf carts and portable toilets for the Secret Service at Bedminster one example.

“The U.S. Secret Service has contracts in place for portable restrooms and golf cart rentals to support the protective operations in Bedminster, New Jersey,” the Secret Service told The Independent.

“The golf carts are used by personnel in club facilities; however, additional restrooms are needed to support the number of personnel onsite. These rentals also allow for restroom access in additional locations on club property and when club facilities are closed such as after business hours.”

Trump’s recent five-day trip to Scotland, where he opened the new MacLeod Course at Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen, reportedly cost the US taxpayers $9.7million.

In Trump’s first term in office he spent an estimated $152 million in taxpayer money playing golf at his own resorts.

Understandably Trump’s dedication to golf has brought a lot of objections from his critics.

“He’s using the presidency to market his golf courses,” ethics lawyer Richard Painter told the Huffington Post. “At the taxpayer’s expense, he’s promoting himself.”

“We’ve reached a point where the Oval Office is an extension of the Trump Organization, and American taxpayers are footing the bill,” said Jordan Libowitz with the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

“A president should not be spending time trying to make money in a foreign country while in office, but if they do, at the very least they could pick up the tab for their business trips.”