Donald Trump’s second term is in full swing—pun intended. And so too are criticisms of the amount of time, and certainly the amount of money, he spends golfing
Dunking on the President for making par (or failing to) is a common trope in American political discourse: Bush on the course in Texas, Obama in Hawaii, Trump at any number of his own properties and Biden in, well, early retirement. Fun as it is, though, this national pastime nonetheless disregards a few important points—and it’s probably past time (get it?) we all dispensed with it, unless we’re talking about weekly White House jaunts to a course in St. Barts.
One of the critics’ most-common ”gotcha” lines is how expensive a day on the links is when you’re the Commander in Chief. But a lot of the costs associated with golf (or other “vacations” or “weekends off”) are typically to do with security provided at a President’s home base—even if that base is his own hotel. In other words, it’s not just about tee-time.
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