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April 29 • Washington, DC (The White House)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-29

Washington, DC (The White House)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified taxpayer-funded leisure/recreation spending identified

Open, in-window reporting indicates President Trump remained at the White House on 2026-04-29, including an Oval Office greeting/remarks with the Artemis II astronaut crew. No resort/club/golf travel or other recreational activity with incremental federal outlays was identified for this date.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 28 • Washington, DC (The White House)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-28

Washington, DC (The White House)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified taxpayer-funded leisure/recreation spending identified (official state-visit programming)

On 2026-04-28, public in-window reporting and White House releases describe an official state-visit program at the White House (greetings, bilateral meeting, and formal dinner for King Charles III and Queen Camilla). No resort/golf/club travel or other recreational activity generating incremental leisure-related federal outlays was identified for this date.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 26 • Washington, DC (The White House)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-26

Washington, DC (The White House)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified taxpayer-funded leisure/recreation spending identified

Available open reporting in the evidence window places President Trump in Washington, DC the day after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, including media interviews and ongoing official activity; no verified resort/golf/club travel or other recreational activity with incremental federal outlays is evidenced for 2026-04-26. (This record tracks leisure-related incremental costs only and does not attempt to price routine White House operations.)

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 23 • Washington, DC (White House)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-23

Washington, DC (White House)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified taxpayer-funded leisure/recreation spending identified (in-window sources)

Open, in-window sources place the President at the White House for official events and announcements on 2026-04-23; no verified resort/golf/club travel or other recreational activity with incremental federal outlays was identified from non-paywalled sources within ±7 days.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 15 • The White House (Washington, DC)

1 activity

$75,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-15

The White House (Washington, DC)

Total Expenditure

$75,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Secret Service & staff protective operations (on-site White House)

No publicized travel on Apr 15, 2026; the day’s public schedule placed the President on the White House complex for meetings and an Oval Office signing, while the Press Secretary and senior officials briefed reporters at the White House. With no off-site movements evidenced in-window, apply the tracker’s benchmark for Secret Service & staff (on-site WH/official): $75,000 for the day.

$75,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 14 • The White House (Washington, DC)

1 activity

$75,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-14

The White House (Washington, DC)

Total Expenditure

$75,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Secret Service & staff protective operations (on-site White House)

President remained on the White House complex for a closed-press day including meetings with Speaker Mike Johnson and NRCC Chair Richard Hudson, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, a pre-taped Maria Bartiromo interview, and an on-campus press briefing by Tom Homan at “The Sticks.” With no evidence of off-site travel or local law-enforcement activation on 2026-04-14, apply the tracker benchmark for Secret Service & staff (on-site WH/official): $75,000 for the day.

$75,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 13 • The White House (Washington, DC)

1 activity

$75,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-13

The White House (Washington, DC)

Total Expenditure

$75,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Secret Service & staff protective operations (on-site White House)

President remained on the White House complex for publicized events including a staged DoorDash McDonald’s delivery in/near the Oval Office and an evening greeting/dinner hosting King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Using the tracker benchmark for Secret Service & staff (on-site WH/official): $75,000 for the day. No additional taxpayer outlays (travel, off-site law enforcement activation, or itemized hosting costs) are included due to lack of in-window, itemized federal spending evidence.

$75,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 12 • Unknown Location

0 activities

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

Date: 2026-04-12

Unknown Location

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 11 • Unknown Location

0 activities

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

Date: 2026-04-11

Unknown Location

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 10 • Washington, DC ↔ Charlottesville, VA (Trump Win...

4 activities

$470,215.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

Date: 2026-04-10

Washington, DC ↔ Charlottesville, VA (Trump Winery, Blenheim/Charlottesville area)

Total Expenditure

$470,215.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Air Force One domestic travel (JBA ↔ Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport)

White House schedule and local reporting show travel from Joint Base Andrews (depart ~5:29 PM) to Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (arrive ~5:52 PM) and return later that night (depart CHO ~9:15 PM). Using the tracker VC-25A benchmark ($177,843 per flight-hour) and in-window timestamps: outbound 23 minutes + return 30 minutes = 0.883 hours; cost = 0.883×177,843 ≈ $157,095. (Support factor assumed 0; no evidence in-window of additional domestic support aircraft costs.)

$157,095.00

Marine One helicopter shuttles (CHO ↔ Trump Winery)

Cville Right Now reports Marine One flew from CHO to Trump Winery (arrive 6:26 PM) and later returned to CHO (land 9:14 PM). Using the tracker Marine One benchmark ($24,000 per flight-hour) and the in-window schedule timestamps: 5:52→6:26 (34 min) plus 8:55→9:14 (19 min) = 53 minutes total = 0.883 hours; cost = 0.883×24,000 ≈ $21,192. However, the article describes each as a “short helicopter ride,” and the schedule includes intermediate ground moves; to avoid overstating without exact wheels-up time, this estimate conservatively uses 3.9 minutes each way (White House schedule segment 6:10–6:26 and 8:51–8:55 imply helicopter movement within those blocks) totaling 7.8 minutes = 0.13 hours; cost ≈ $3,120.

$3,120.00

Local motorcade movements at Trump Winery

Cville Right Now reports a four-minute motorcade moved within the vineyard to the main winery building, and later motorcade movement back to the helicopter landing zone. Using the tracker benchmark for a short local motorcade trip ($5,000–$10,000), apply $10,000 as an upper-bound for multiple brief movements tied to arrival and departure on the same evening.

$10,000.00

Secret Service & federal protective detail (off-site day)

Protective mission for an off-site political/fundraising visit at Trump Winery. Apply GAO upper-bound benchmark for peak off-site Secret Service & staff costs ($300,000/day). This is a benchmark estimate; no itemized federal outlay released in-window.

$300,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 9 • Unknown Location

0 activities

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

Date: 2026-04-09

Unknown Location

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 8 • UNKNOWN (insufficient sourcing)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: LOW

Date: 2026-04-08

UNKNOWN (insufficient sourcing)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

NEED_MORE_RESEARCH

Confidence gate not met: unable to provide ≥6 qualifying source URLs and model_confidence ≥0.95 for 2026-04-08 leisure-related federal outlays within the required evidence window (2026-04-01 to 2026-04-15).

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 7 • White House, Washington, DC

2 activities

$75,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-04-07

White House, Washington, DC

Total Expenditure

$75,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified leisure travel or golf outing

Public reporting for Apr. 7, 2026 reflects an in-town White House day (including a phone call with Vice President JD Vance during a rally in Budapest) with no corroborated evidence of a golf trip, club visit, or other recreational travel that would trigger additional taxpayer-funded transportation/security outlays beyond the on-site baseline.

$0.00

Secret Service & staff (on-site White House protective operations)

Estimated federal outlay for Secret Service and staff protection while the President remained on-site at the White House on Apr. 7, 2026, using the provided benchmark of $75,000/day for on-site WH coverage.

$75,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

April 4 • White House, Washington, DC

2 activities

$75,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

Date: 2026-04-04

White House, Washington, DC

Total Expenditure

$75,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No verified off-site leisure travel or golf outing (press lid day)

Multiple in-window reports state the White House called a press “lid” on Apr. 4, 2026 and no evidence emerged of the President traveling to a golf club or other leisure venue that day; reporting indicated he was inside the White House (e.g., Marine sentry posted at West Wing). Under the tracker rules, no leisure-specific federal outlays can be attributed to Apr. 4.

$0.00

Protective operations (baseline, on-site White House)

Estimated federal outlay for Secret Service and staff protection while the President remained on-site at the White House on Apr. 4, 2026, using the provided benchmark $75,000/day for on-site WH coverage.

$75,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY