The Secret Service is paying $179,000 to rent golf carts at one of Trump’s courses this summer – By Alison Millington (Business Insider) / May 17 2020
- The Secret Service has signed a $179,000 contract for golf cart rentals at Donald Trump’s Bedminster course this summer, The Washington Post first reported.
- The total exceeds previous years despite coronavirus social distancing measures.
- It is unknown whether Trump has a trip planned. His daughter Ivanka visited Bedminster last month.
- The president’s golf trips have been put on hold since March 8 due to coronavirus restrictions, and his Bedminster club had to close for 46 days.
- The course reopened on May 2, though the club has since warned its members against socializing.
The Secret Service will spend $179,000 on golf cart rentals at one of Donald Trump’s courses this summer, according to The Washington Post — a total that exceeds previous years despite coronavirus social distancing measures.
On Friday, federal spending records posted online showed that the Secret Service had signed a $179,000 contract to rent “golf carts and other vehicles” in Bedminster, New Jersey. The president owns the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.
The Post reported that the carts are rented from the New York-based Associates Golf Car Service, which has supplied the vehicles on each of Trump’s visits to Bedminster.
In past years, similar rentals have taken place ahead of one of Trump’s visits to his club, according to The Post.
Federal records showed that the Secret Service paid Associates Golf Car $95,000 for the service last year, and $118,000 the year before.
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