Donald Trump spent the day at his golf club. The motorcade pulled into Trump International Golf Club at 9:21 a.m., and the pool watched until he left in the afternoon. There are no public events on his calendar today.
This matters because golf has become a huge part of his time in office. Trackers show Trump has golfed 79 days out of 345 since returning to the White House — about 22.9% of his presidency so far. That is a lot of downtime for a commander-in-chief.
There is also a big price tag.
Using the GAO’s method for estimating travel and security costs, the rough taxpayer bill for those golf trips is put at about $110.6 million since he returned to office. That figure comes from applying GAO trip-cost estimates to the number of golf outings tracked publicly.
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For a president in office during a busy holiday stretch, the lack of public engagement stands out. How people read that choice is now playing out online.
Trump is golfing today and has no public events on his calendar pic.twitter.com/QB0JcxJcSl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 30, 2025
It’s always a good day when Donald has no public events.
— Jeffrey Ⓥ (@LiftForever67) December 30, 2025
“Working very hard for the American people.”
— Im_Alan2 (@Im_Alan2) December 30, 2025
Apparently it’s time for further treatment for whatever it is that they’re hiding from the public.
— Diane McKenna (@DianeMcKenna22) December 30, 2025
We’re actually better off and safer when the orange idiot is golfing!
— Mdwortman 🇺🇸🦅 (@Mdwortman630) December 30, 2025
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