Trump golf cart rentals have now cost US taxpayers more than half a million dollars
The president spends a lot of time on the links, almost exclusively at his own properties. At the end of October, Trump made his 224th visit to one of his 17 golf courses since assuming office three years ago. On each outing, the Secret Service must follow. And with their golf carts comes a big bill for the American public.
Before he was elected, Trump regularly excoriated former US president Barack Obama for golfing.
However,
Obama played 333 rounds of golf during his 8-year tenure as president—roughly 1,665 hours—
or about 3% of his total time in office. Roughly 61% of his outings took place at golf courses owned and operated by the US military. In a little less than three years,
Trump has so far spent nearly 2,200 hours golfing, or roughly 20% of his time in office. He has played all but two rounds at his own private clubs, according to Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist at Public Citizen, a DC watchdog group.
FORE MORE YEARS (November 23)
I make up the rules as I go along.
I got no time to follow 'em.
Legal requirements, laws and that stuff
only apply if you swallow 'em.
Which Roy Cohn and my father (Darth Vader)
taught me never to do.
So I don't and I won't, not now and not later.
(Bring me a Coke from the refrigerator!)
I am bold, I broke the mold,
I am THE ONE who was foretold.
I like to play golf, I like yelling, “FORE!”
And what is more, I cheat on my score,
as I do on my wives (who lead comfortable lives).
Though they may suffer, they thrive — well, survive.
They sign agreements to keep their mouth shut
and get a great payoff. (Not bad for a slut.)
Maybe I'm “naughty”, maybe I'm “snotty”.
Maybe some say I'm just like John Gotti.
I SAY: in the end there's no crime or sin,
if you get away and pull out a win.
