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Donald Trump spent one-third of his first year as president golfing. He has mostly visited his golf courses in Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Trump as a businessman president has contributed to unique — and in some cases unethical — situations. His golf courses fall into this category.
Trump’s golf courses provide executives, lobbyists, and other club members intimate access to the president, and an opportunity to push their own interests by paying for it.
Pay to Play
From his cabinet to his ambassadors to his executive staff, Donald Trump has all but officially established “pay to play” as official White House policy, receiving money in exchange for access and policy influence. That decisions he makes as president are being influenced by personal monetary gain is scary and antithetical to the Constitution.