Jaw-dropping amount Donald Trump’s 13 rounds of golf have reportedly cost US taxpayers this year

Trump’s expeditions to Florida have reportedly cost taxpayers more than $18 million (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

HuffPost has looked at figures from a Government Accountability Office report published in 2019 to allege the president’s golf trips have probably cost American taxpayers more than $18 million.

Trump and his entourage are understood to fly to the golf courses in Florida using Air Force One, while additional costs are incurred by patrolling law enforcement and explosive-sniffing dogs.

On Saturday (March 8) police confirmed they were investigating a vandalism incident at Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

The BBC reports that a pro-Palestinian group had plastered red paint across part of a building, and that the words ‘Gaza is not for sale’ had been sprayed across one green.

A spokesperson for Trump Turnberry called it a ‘childish, criminal act’, calling the course a ‘national treasure and will continue to be the number one beacon of luxury and excellence in the world of golf’.