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In July, 2019, Forbes reported that taxpayers could pay more than $340 million for Trump’s golf trips if he is elected to a second term.
The sum is 106 times larger than Trump’s donated salary over eight years. It is 56% more than Trump’s residential real estate assets; 89% more than his hospitality assets; and 87% more than his hotel licensing and management assets. Most revealing, taxpayers could pay 36% more for Trump’s golf outings than the total asset value of all Trump-owned golf courses, which number 15 in the U.S., Scotland, Ireland, and most recently, in Dubai (2017).
Sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were honored guests at the Dubai opening, which featured fireworks, classical music – oddly – and a swooning Eric Trump, “We are going to have a lot of fun years together and this is just the beginning of those days.”
Refusing to put his business assets in a blind trust while president, Trump’s business revenue was estimated at $1.9 billion over three years, 2017-2019. Boasting that he is the first billionaire president, Trump is unquestionably outranked and outclassed by a former White House occupant and woman – Jackie Onassis Kennedy who was
an oil heiress.
This story will be updated as golf outing expenses add up.