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Trump’s travel to Mar-a-Lago alone probably cost taxpayers more than $64 million

Analysis by
National columnist
February 5, 2019 at 3:16 p.m. EST
A U.S. Coast Guard boat patrols the waters outside President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

One of the ongoing questions about the administration of President Trump has an answer — at least, in part.

Since his first month in office, with his first weekend forays to his private retreat in Florida — Mar-a-Lago — questions have been raised about the cost of those trips. This isn’t simple to figure out, given that the total includes costs incurred by various government agencies as well as costs associated with Trump’s Secret Service protection. Although estimates of the cost existed, it would require a great deal of information from across the government to come up with an accurate total.