Trump’s golf trips have cost taxpayers $71 million since January and could eventually top staggering $300 million, report says On the one hand, $300 million is an unconscionable sum of taxpayer money to dole out for presidential leisure, but then again, the more time Donald spends cheating on various golf courses the less time he has to do more irreparable harm to our nation. Maybe we've been going about this all wrong. Are there any other time-consuming activities we could distract him with? Pickleball? Shuffleboard? Bird watching? Making license plates?