HuffPost has estimated that the trip will likely cost at least $9.7 million dollars due to Air Force One operations, motorcades and helicopters, Secret Service overtime, and more. Trump has framed the international vacation as a “working trip,” and has instead emphasized his plan to meet in Aberdeen with U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer. But Aberdeen is not the capital of the United Kingdom, or even the capital of Scotland, making it clear this meeting was just randomly added in to use as an excuse for the golf course.
Trump has grown more and more comfortable completely blurring the lines of his private businesses and his public office. This trip will make his second-term golf tab at least $52 million in just six months, according to HuffPost. His first term was $152 million over four years.
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[ed. Remember when indignant wingnuts used to turn ten shades of purple whenever Obama went golfing? Must have taken up the sport. See also: this and this. Bonus: Did Trump Cheat at Golf? See the Video For Yourself. (Yahoo News). Of course he did.]
*** Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office (updated): $68,600,000 - 49 out of 196 days (25.0% of the presidency spent golfing). [ed. ... and counting.]
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