Donald Trump just keeps spending taxpayer money on golf.
The president has already run up an estimated tab of more than $53 million hitting the links since he was sworn-in back on January 20, and now another $600,000 is reportedly being allocated to rent golf carts and portable toilets for Trump’s course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The Independent reported that the Secret Service is spending the money for the items, and that the agency “signed a pair of definitive contracts with Associate Golf Car Service of Poughkeepsie, New York and Restroom Resources LLC of Wrightstown, New Jersey,” per federal records.
The portable toilets may be a wise investment considering the health department recently deemed eating at the course an “unacceptable risk.”
The Secret Service will reportedly shell out $80,385 for those with the contract running through May 31, 2026. The Independent said there is a “three-year renewal option, for a potential of $333,801.” The site reported that the golf cart rental runs through June 2, 2026, and is “worth a potential of $550,930.”
“The U.S. Secret Service has contracts in place for portable restrooms and golf cart rentals to support the protective operations in Bedminster, New Jersey,” the Secret Service told The Independent. “The golf carts are used by personnel in club facilities; however, additional restrooms are needed to support the number of personnel onsite. These rentals also allow for restroom access in additional locations on club property and when club facilities are closed such as after business hours.”
You can read more about the deal at The Independent, here.
Trump has spent an estimated $53,200,000 golfing and has been on the links 38 of out the first 163 days of his second term, according to DidTrumpGolfToday.com.
And, yes, while Trump mostly golfs at his properties, the American taxpayer still foots the bill. Considering all the slashing and burning Trump claimed to be doing with Elon Musk and DOGE in the government, that has left him open for criticism.
“If we are gonna talk about efficiency … let’s talk about the fact that, as of March 30, Trump’s golfing has cost us approximately $26 million,” Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett said back in April. “The last time I checked, we’re not getting anything in return for that. So, I will get back on my remarks, but I just wanted to point out that maybe we need to talk about the president and his golfing habits. He has decided that he wanted to play games while the rest of us are really trying to make sure that we can serve the American people.”
Trump spent an estimated $151.5 million of taxpayer money golfing across his first term so he is well on his way to blowing that total out of the water during this second term.
Those are big numbers. Lot of millions spent hitting a little white ball. Which brings the obvious question of just how much it costs for the president to play a round of golf.
Well, for those concerned about how much it costs Americans for the president to play, the figures are from a 2019 Government Accountability Office report that examined Trump’s first four trips to Mar-a-Lago during his first administration. You can see the report, here. It calculated that each of those trips cost $3,383,250, and that was based on 2017 dollars meaning that the actual cost today is likely higher than the estimate.
The costs involved with him golfing in Florida include flying in on Air Force One. Also, per the site, the military flies the vehicles for his motorcade in on C-17s each time he makes the trip. Also, because Mar-a-Lago, where Trump stays while he plays at his courses, is on the water, police boats with machine guns and a Coast Guard vessel have to be called in to patrol. The site said additional costs included law enforcement and bomb sniffing dogs.
