The president continues to rack up incredible golf-related costs at taxpayer expense.
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Donald Trump is in Scotland for the weekend and beyond on what will be a five-day trip filled with golf that will come at an incredible cost to U.S. taxpayers.
According to HuffPost, the president’s trip, which it said will feature him participating in a marketing photo opportunity at his golf resort in Aberdeen, will cost taxpayers “at least $10 million.”
HuffPost reported that the trip is not related to a planned visit to the United Kingdom in September, “making it by far the most expensive golf vacation” for Trump in either of his terms.
“He’s using the presidency to market his golf courses,” Richard Painter, the top ethics lawyer in George W. Bush’s second-term Whtie House told HuffPost. “At the taxpayer’s expense, he’s promoting himself.”
“We’ve reached a point where the Oval Office is an extension of the Trump Organization, and American taxpayers are footing the bill,” Jordan Libowitz, of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, in Washington, told HuffPost. “A president should not be spending time trying to make money in a foreign country while in office, but if they do, at the very least they could pick up the tab for their business trips.”