Like Nero famously fiddling while Rome burned, Donald Trump appears more focused on playing golf than confronting mounting crises at home and abroad. As the nation faces war overseas, inflation spikes, and gas prices skyrocket, taxpayers have already spent $101.2 million on travel and security tied to his golf outings since his return to office—putting him on pace to reach roughly $300 million by the end of his term. The optics are hard to ignore: as economic pressure tightens on everyday Americans and global tensions rise, the image of a president on the fairway evokes the same criticism.