type: timeline_event CREW analysis found Trump visited his own properties 198 times in his first year back in office, including 116 golf outings, with foreign officials and special interests spending heavily at his resorts. The visits channel taxpayer money directly to Trump's businesses through Secret Service expenses, staff accommodations, and facility costs, while creating a marketplace for access where lobbyists, foreign governments, and corporations can purchase proximity to the president by patronizing his commercial properties.
The scale of self-dealing—nearly four property visits per week—exceeds even Trump's first term pace and represents the most direct financial conflict of interest in modern presidential history. The pattern transforms the presidency into a profit center, where official government business is conducted at venues that financially benefit the president personally, erasing the line between public service and private enrichment that has been a foundational norm of American governance.