Saturday, March 8, 2025
On March 8, 2025, Trump’s golf outing from Mar-a-Lago to his West Palm Beach club cost taxpayers an estimated $437,000, mainly from off-site security, local police support, motorcades, and capped incidentals.
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Golf outing at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach
The roll call documents that President Trump spent March 8, 2025 at Mar-a-Lago and traveled to Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach for golf before returning to Mar-a-Lago. Using the methodology for leisure travel days away from the White House, this record counts peak off-site Secret Service and staff costs of $300,000, Palm Beach-area local law-enforcement assistance of $60,000, and short-trip motorcade costs of $20,000 for the two documented ground movements tied to the golf outing.
Incidentals
Applied at the 15% cap to travel and security costs associated with the documented off-site leisure day in Palm Beach: 15% of $380,000 = $57,000.