Donald Trump’s Doonbeg golf links profits from US taxpayers’ dollars

State Department approved $28k spend for Secret Service activity coinciding with visit by Trump’s son

Thousands of US taxpayers’ dollars flowed into the coffers of US President Donald Trump’s Co Clare hotel in the months following his inauguration, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Documents seen by this newspaper show that the US State Department approved invoices totalling almost $28,000 (€24,000) for Secret Service visits to the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg in early 2017.