President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both spent around 250 days away from the White House during their first terms; however, unlike Trump, Biden has spent nearly a month alone staying at the homes of his donors, reports The Washington Post.
Biden has spent large amounts of time as president at private properties “receiving favors from wealthy allies,” argues Phillip Bump.
At the end of 2022, he spent time at the home of Bill and Connie Neville, who donated $10,000 during Biden’s 2020 campaign as well as other Democrats such as Kirsten Gillibrand, Tommy Tuberville, Chuck Schumer, Mike Crapo, and Joe Manchin.
Biden also stayed at billionaire David Rubenstein’s $30 million Martha’s Vineyard compound twice during his presidency, including last Thanksgiving.
Last year, Biden vacationed at another $20 million South Carolina estate owned by Maria Allwin, who has previously donated to Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris. Allwin even donated $5,800 to the virulent anti-Trumper Liz Cheney, who was competing against Trump’s preferred nominee for the Wyoming House of Representatives, Harriet Hageman.
The vast majority of Trump’s vacation time, on the other hand, was spent at his own properties, playing golf or dining with club members, where “[h]is interactions with Mar-a-Lago customers in that facility’s dining room became the stuff of presidential legend,” states Bump.