Trump has spent almost one-third of presidency at one of his properties: report
President Trump has spent nearly one-third of his time in office at one of his company’s properties, according to a Wall Street Journal review of the president’s travel.According to the review, during Trump’s first year in office, he spent more than 100 days at one his properties, including nearly 40 days at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J.
He was also at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for about 40 days, according to the Journal.
Trump is known to frequently travel to his properties.
He spent Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort and arrived at the Florida resort on Friday for the Christmas holiday.Trump has frequently referred to Mar-a-Lago as the “Winter White House” on Twitter.
Trump’s frequent visits have been viewed harshly by critics and ethics experts, who say it gives his organization free publicity, although the president himself no longer manages the company.
Early on in his presidential campaign, Trump said that if elected, he would “rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done.”
“I would not be a president who took vacations,” he said. “I would not be a president that takes time off.”
- There's obviously something he can get there that's not available at the White House.