Posted on 03/14/2018 10:55:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump has now spent almost one-third of his time in office at his own properties and has played more golf than President Obama over the same period.
The president has visited one of his properties on 112 days of his presidency, according to a count NBC News updated Wednesday in the midst of Trump's 10-day Christmas vacation at Mar-a-Lago—his private club in Palm Beach.
U.S. taxpayers paid $6.6 million in airfare alone this year for Trump’s frequent trips to Mar-a-Lago, according to U.S. Air Force records.
Trump also spent part or all of about 40 days at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., the Wall Street Journal reported.
The White House did not respond to a Newsweek request for comment.
Critics say Trump personally profits off his presidency by staying and holding political events at his properties, which in turn generates attention and free advertising for those businesses. It also allows wealthy club members to access the president and sometimes watch him conduct business with world leaders like Shinzo Abe.
Except for 17 days in August that Trump spent at Bedminster and his Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, the president usually visits his properties on the weekends, according to NBC.
Trump criticized his predecessor for spending time on the links, tweeting in 2014, “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter.”
But PolitiFact did the math and discovered that, as of last month, Trump had played golf 35 times while Obama had only played 24 times by the same point of his presidency.
On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump had promised, “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to play golf.”
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And has achieved 100x more in his first 15 months than Obama achieved in 8 years.
When we taxpayers have spent “pallets of gold” on Trump, let me know. Otherwise the msm can shut up.
Trump bought his properties.
The Kenyan came into office without even his name on the Chicago house. He left office owning about 6 multi million dollar mansions around the world on a $400k a year job.
Trump bought his properties.
The Kenyan came into office without even his name on the Chicago house. He left office owning about 6 multi million dollar mansions around the world on a $400k a year job.
Exactly. Besides the Obammy’s, it sounds like 2 other grifters doesn’t it?
The same Lying, Dying Fake News Liberal Media that claimed the White House was wherever Queen Putt, the Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load, Sissy Boy, Race Baiting Poverty Pimp was..
He would have spent a lot more time in the white house if the previous administration didn’t bug the hell out of it.
The operative words in this piece of drivel are” HIS PROPERTIES!
I didn’t read the article, but expect they’re counting the weeks he moved his whole operation to Bedminster while the Oval Office was being de-bugged.
RE: The operative words in this piece of drivel are” HIS PROPERTIES!
I think they’re also complaining about additional SECRET SERVICE and PROTECTION costs.
But let’s say they were sincere in their concern about costs. Would these costs not be factored in anyway even if he were to stay in Washington DC?
When Trump golfs he does business. When Trump is in the WH he does business.
When 0bama golfed he was playing a game. When 0bama was in the WH he was playing games.
Trump golfed 35 times, while Obama-nation golfed 24 times? That does it! I’m voting Dimocrat!
Yet he has done more good than Obama did in 8 years.
And yet, he has accomplished over 65% of his Agenda in less than 12 Months.
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