Saturday, July 12, 2025
On July 12, 2025, Trump stayed in-residence at Bedminster: taxpayers paid $95,800 for routine Secret Service, on-property staff, support facility rentals, and incidentals—no off-site travel or event costs.
ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Secret Service & Staff protection (Bedminster full-day in-residence)
Standard in-residence Secret Service and White House staff security cost. No off-site travel, matching GAO-19-178 and press lid issued before 10am. No event-specific spikes detected in in-window sources.
Golf cart and facility rentals (Secret Service support)
Estimated pro-rata daily cost for golf cart/portable restroom and related facility fees provided for Secret Service/WH staff at Bedminster (annualized recent $550,000 contract, see July 2025 Independent report); rounded in keeping with NTU/GAO golf-trip per-day cost norms.
Incidentals
Miscellaneous staff and operational incidentals up to 15% cap per benchmark (travel + security).