Sunday, December 21, 2025
Dec. 21, 2025: estimated leisure-related taxpayer cost $380,000 for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ↔ West Palm Beach golf-club day and dinner motorcades, plus off-site security and local law-enforcement support.
ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Golf outing from Mar-a-Lago to Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach
The roll call documents a leisure golf outing on Dec. 21: Trump departed Mar-a-Lago at 9:28 a.m., arrived at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach at 9:37 a.m., remained there through the afternoon, called into a Turning Point USA event from the club, and later returned there for dinner before going back to Mar-a-Lago. Independent in-window photo/reporting also places him departing the golf club and returning by motorcade that day. Using the benchmark method for a documented off-site leisure day in Palm Beach, this is estimated as peak off-site Secret Service/staff ($300,000) + two short round-trip motorcade runs for golf and dinner ($20,000 total) + local law-enforcement assistance activated around the presidential movement ($60,000).