I've just read a report that President Donald Trump spent more time at his resort, Mar-a-Lago, again this weekend. It's my understanding that it cost us, the taxpayers, $3 million every time he visits there. Since this will be the fifth time he has spent the weekend there, I'd say that's a pretty good chunk of our tax money. And, the taxpayers of Palm Beach are paying an additional $1 million in costs associated with his visits.

His supporters might say that $15 million is not too much to begrudge him. However, after seeing the cuts in his proposed budget to programs that many depend on: Meals-on-Wheels, heating assistance, food programs and the list goes on and on, I'd say it's way too much. He's a billionaire. If he wants to play golf every weekend, I think he should pay for it out of his own pocket. After all, one of his political points on the campaign trail was that President Barack Obama had the nerve to take vacations and waste tax dollars.

Since Mar-a-Lago is a property he owns and his family makes money from (fees to join the golf resort are $200,000), I'm wondering why we, the tax payers, are funding his weekends. Is he hoping that the publicity will make more people want to become members? Is there something wrong with Camp David which other presidents have used for time away from the White House? Is the job of president more stressful for him than any other president that he needs to get away this often?

Pamela Nordhof