Saturday, December 20, 2025
Dec. 20, 2025: estimated leisure-related taxpayer cost $494,490 — roughly $124k for the post-midnight Air Force One arrival share into Palm Beach and $370k for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago↔West Palm Beach golf-club motorcade/security day.
ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Overnight arrival flight to Palm Beach for holiday stay
The roll call shows the President arriving at Palm Beach International Airport at 12:41 a.m. on Dec. 20 after departing Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport late the previous night. A same-night press/video trail places him on Air Force One from Rocky Mount to Palm Beach; using the benchmark VC-25A rate and the observed 42-minute block time (11:16 p.m. departure to 12:41 a.m. arrival, with 18 minutes falling on Dec. 20), the target-date-incurred share is about 0.7 flight-hours × $177,843 ≈ $124,490.
Motorcade golf outing from Mar-a-Lago to Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach
The roll call documents a leisure golf outing: departure from Mar-a-Lago at 9:37 a.m., arrival at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach at 9:44 a.m., departure at 4:19 p.m., and return to Mar-a-Lago at 4:28 p.m. Under the benchmark method, a documented golf trip by motorcade is costed as peak off-site Secret Service/staff ($300,000/day) plus local motorcade for the short round-trip ($10,000 upper-end) and local law-enforcement assistance in Palm Beach County ($60,000/day), totaling $370,000.