Overview
- The analysis applies a 2019 GAO finding of $3,383,250 per early Mar-a-Lago trip in 2017 dollars to estimate current travel and security costs.
- HuffPost reports 16 trips to Mar-a-Lago and nine to Bedminster this year, with those domestic getaways estimated at about $1.1 million each.
- Typical golf outings are pegged at roughly $3.4 million, driven by Air Force One flights, C-17 motorcade transport, maritime patrols, and law-enforcement deployments.
- Trump’s Aberdeen, Scotland visit is estimated at nearly $10 million, reflecting higher international security and logistics expenses.
- A separate tracker, DidTrumpGolfToday.com, estimates a higher 2025 total of about $107.8 million, and HuffPost’s pace would approach $300 million for the term versus an estimated $151.5 million in the first term.