He woke up on Friday morning at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, and headed to his nearby golf course a few miles away after writing on social media that “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BE RICH.”
Democrats called out Trump for being in a “billionaire bubble,” as Sen. Chuck Schumer put it, while millions watched their investments sink.
“While the American people are trying to put food on the table, I see that Donald Trump’s out there playing golf,”. “The president should be listening to people across the country. Maybe he should go into a grocery store, do some walking, talking to folks.”
Trump’s frequent trips to his own properties not only cost taxpayer funds, but they benefit him directly – his businesses have charged the US government to house Secret Service agents and other White House staff. In other words, American taxpayers pay the Trump Organization for the right to protect Trump and his family.
Trump has visited Mar-a-Lago nearly every weekend. Trump’s frequent trips to his golf clubs send the message to foreign leaders, business executives, lobbyists, Republicans in Congress, and others who want to curry favor with the Trump administration that his properties are open for business.
Taxpayers spent $151.5 million on Trump’s golf outings at his own courses…..