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Posted: 2019-08-03T18:58:23Z | Updated: 2019-08-03T18:58:23Z

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. Donald Trump s presidential golf costs have topped $110 million in his 2 1/2 years in office more than $4 million more than a conservative groups estimate for predecessor Barack Obama s total travel costs over two full terms.

Trump arrived at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey , Friday evening and is scheduled to remain there through Sunday afternoon. It is his 18 golf trip there since taking office. Sunday will mark his 67th day at that course and his 199th day at a golf course he owns.

The White House on Saturday did not respond to queries about Trumps golf activities.

Each of the presidents trips to Bedminster costs taxpayers at least $1.1 million in travel and security expenses, according to a HuffPost analysis . Each trip to Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida of which Trump has made 24 costs taxpayers $3.4 million.

Since taking office, Trump also has visited his golf resorts in Los Angeles; Doral, Florida; Doonbeg, Ireland; and Turnberry, Scotland all on the taxpayer dime. He also has made 64 day trips to his course in northern Virginia.

Judicial Watch , a tax-exempt conservative group, in 2017 said that its tally of Obamas travel costs based on documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits had hit $105.7 million. That total, though, appears to include official trips of Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama , as well as some campaign-related travel that was partially reimbursed by the Democratic Party .

Trumps $110.3 million total in HuffPosts analysis is for travel to and from golf vacations, and does not include official or campaign travel. It is based on cost elements derived from a Government Accountability Office report released in January that detailed four Mar-a-Lago trips Trump took just weeks after entering office.