Donald Trump’s trips to his luxury Florida resort have already cost the US taxpayer at least $24 million (£19.2 million) – roughly as much as Barack Obama spent on travel in the first two years of his presidency.

Mr Trump has spent seven weekends at Mar-a-Lago since taking office ten weeks ago. It is estimated that each of these trips costs at least $3 million (£2.4 million), covering the President’s extensive security detail.

In total, Mr Obama’s travel bill over the eight years of his presidency came to $97 million (£78 million) – an average of $12.1 million (£9.7 million) a year.

President Trump almost matched this figure in his first month – spending $10 million (£8 million) on three golfing holidays.

 

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