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January 16 • Palm Beach, FL (Mar-a-Lago)

4 activities

$785,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

Date: 2026-01-16

Palm Beach, FL (Mar-a-Lago)

Total Expenditure

$785,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Air Force One travel (JBA → Palm Beach International)

Estimated VC-25A flight cost for the one-way domestic leg from Joint Base Andrews to Palm Beach International on 2026-01-16. Flight time is approximated at ~2.1 hours based on published departure/arrival timing in pooled schedule guidance (1:15 PM departure from JBA; arrival mid-afternoon in Palm Beach, with local reporting placing arrival around 3:30 PM). Rate: $177,843 per flight-hour; support_factor assumed 0 (domestic).

$374,000.00

Motorcade transfers (PBIA → Southern Blvd ceremony/Mar-a-Lago)

Estimated local motorcade cost for airport-to-event/Mar-a-Lago movements in Palm Beach County on 2026-01-16 (benchmark short-trip range $5k–$10k; uses upper end due to security footprint and closures associated with a presidential movement).

$10,000.00

Secret Service & staff (peak off-site protective mission)

Estimated incremental federal protective-mission cost for an off-site day at/around Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on 2026-01-16, using the GAO-identified upper-bound benchmark ($300k/day) for peak off-site protection operations.

$300,000.00

Incidentals (capped estimate)

Capped estimate for incidentals (communications/support/logistics) at 15% of (travel + security) per benchmark guidance: 0.15 × ($374,000 + $300,000) ≈ $101,000.

$101,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 14 • The White House (Washington, DC)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-01-14

The White House (Washington, DC)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No identifiable taxpayer-funded leisure travel or recreational activity

Public schedule and contemporaneous reporting place President Trump at the White House for official events (signing ceremony and Oval Office interview), with no verified golf outing, resort stay, or other leisure-related travel on 2026-01-14. Under the tracker rules, no federal outlays attributable specifically to leisure/recreation are counted for this date.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 13 • Dearborn & Detroit, Michigan (official day trip...

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-01-13

Dearborn & Detroit, Michigan (official day trip; no leisure stop verified)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No identifiable taxpayer-funded leisure or recreational activity

President Trump traveled from Washington, DC to the Detroit area for official events (Ford Rouge Complex visit/plant tour, CBS interview, and Detroit Economic Club remarks) and returned to the White House the same day. No verified golf, resort stay, or other recreational/leisure activity occurred on 2026-01-13 within the evidence window; therefore no leisure-attributable federal outlays are counted for this date under tracker rules.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 8 • The White House (Washington, DC)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-01-08

The White House (Washington, DC)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No identifiable taxpayer-funded leisure or recreational activity

Public schedule and contemporaneous reporting place President Trump at the White House for official activities (East Room photo opportunity, intelligence briefing, press briefing with VP Vance, and a call-in interview), with no verified leisure outing (e.g., golf, resort stay, or other recreation) on 2026-01-08. Under the tracker rules, no federal outlays are attributed specifically to leisure/recreation for this date.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 6 • Washington, D.C. (White House & Kennedy Center)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-01-06

Washington, D.C. (White House & Kennedy Center)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No taxpayer-funded leisure activities identified

Public schedule and contemporaneous coverage show the President traveling locally between the White House and the Kennedy Center for official remarks/meetings, with no documented recreational/leisure activity on 2026-01-06 under the evidence-window rules. Accordingly, no leisure-related federal outlays are recorded for this date.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 4 • Palm Beach County, FL (Mar-a-Lago & Trump Inter...

4 activities

$769,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

Date: 2026-01-04

Palm Beach County, FL (Mar-a-Lago & Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach) → Washington, D.C. (White House)

Total Expenditure

$769,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Golf outing (local motorcades + peak off-site protective detail)

On 2026-01-04, reporting notes the President golfed in Palm Beach County before departing Mar-a-Lago for Palm Beach International Airport and returning to Washington. Estimated federal outlays attributable to this leisure day include peak off-site protective operations ($300,000/day benchmark) plus local motorcade movements for Mar-a-Lago↔golf club and Mar-a-Lago→PBIA (assume ~4 short trips at $10k each, incl. final JBA→WH leg counted separately below).

$340,000.00

Air Force One (VC-25A) flight: Palm Beach International (PBI) → Joint Base Andrews (JBA)

Estimated VC-25A operating cost for the return flight on 2026-01-04. Using schedule times reported locally (depart 7:00 PM; arrive 8:48 PM ≈ 1.8 flight-hrs) × $177,843/flight-hr (domestic support_factor=0) ≈ $320k.

$320,000.00

Local motorcade: Joint Base Andrews → White House

Estimated short-trip motorcade cost for arrival transfer from Joint Base Andrews to the White House after the return flight (benchmark $5k–$10k; use $10k).

$10,000.00

Incidentals (capped)

Unitemized incidentals (additional support vehicles, overtime/coordination, logistics) capped at 15% of (travel + security) per tracker rule: 0.15 × ($320k air + $40k motorcades + $300k security) ≈ $99k.

$99,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 3 • Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Date: 2026-01-03

Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

No taxpayer-funded leisure activities identified

Within the evidence window, contemporaneous reporting describes the President at Mar-a-Lago conducting media interviews and holding a press conference about the Venezuela operation/capture of Nicolás Maduro. These are official/communications activities rather than recreational or leisure events; therefore no leisure-related federal outlays are recorded for 2026-01-03 under the tracker rules.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

January 2 • Palm Beach County, FL (Mar-a-Lago → Lake Worth ...

2 activities

$380,000.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

Date: 2026-01-02

Palm Beach County, FL (Mar-a-Lago → Lake Worth Beach → Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach → Mar-a-Lago)

Total Expenditure

$380,000.00

Itemized Breakdown:

Golf outing (Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach) — incremental security + motorcades

Contemporaneous pool coverage and multiple outlets report the President stopped at Arc Stone & Tile in Lake Worth Beach and then went to Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, where he played golf. Estimated leisure-day federal outlays attributable to the golf outing include peak off-site protective operations ($300,000/day benchmark) plus three short-trip motorcade movements (Mar-a-Lago→Arc Stone & Tile; Arc Stone & Tile→golf club; golf club→Mar-a-Lago) at $10,000 each.

$330,000.00

Incidentals (capped)

Unitemized incidentals (additional support vehicles, logistics, overtime/coordination) capped at 15% of (travel + security): 0.15 × ($300,000 + $30,000) = $49,500, rounded to $50,000.

$50,000.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

December 31 • Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: LOW

Date: 2025-12-31

Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

NEED_MORE_RESEARCH

Research gate not satisfied. Although multiple in-window reports confirm President Trump attended a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago on 2025-12-31, I do not have enough verified, event-specific evidence to translate that into a defensible estimate of federal outlays incurred on the target date under the tracker rules (e.g., which Secret Service staffing level applied; whether/what local law-enforcement assist was formally activated and billable; any itemized federal reimbursements).

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

December 30 • Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago ↔ Trump Interna...

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: LOW

Date: 2025-12-30

Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago ↔ Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

NEED_MORE_RESEARCH

Cannot produce a defensible taxpayer-funded leisure-cost estimate for 2025-12-30 because evidence extraction tools failed (unable to open and quote/verify sources). Under the tracker rules (target_date ±7 days; ≥2 independent sources per event; count only federal outlays incurred on the date), I cannot verify the reported Mar-a-Lago → Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach movement and return using in-window sources, nor confirm whether/which local law-enforcement activation costs should be applied.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

December 29 • Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

1 activity

$0.00

UNCLASSIFIED

CONFIDENCE: LOW

Date: 2025-12-29

Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-a-Lago)

Total Expenditure

$0.00

Itemized Breakdown:

NEED_MORE_RESEARCH

Evidence gate not satisfied: unable to confirm ≥6 independent, in-window (2025-12-22 to 2026-01-05) non-paywalled sources documenting the 2025-12-29 Mar-a-Lago bilateral with Israel’s prime minister and any same-day leisure-related movements, and therefore cannot estimate federal outlays incurred on 2025-12-29 under the tracker’s rules.

$0.00

/// Taxpayer Funded Activity ///

SOURCES:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY