The presidential vacations can be risky in terms of popularity and practical safety:
John Adams was criticized for spending time caring for his ailing wife.[3]
The longest vacation by any United States president was
James Madison. Madison was at the end of his presidency, when he took a four-month vacation from sometime during June 1816 until sometime during October 1816.[4]
James Garfield was shot while leaving Washington for his vacation.[5]
Donald Trump: In May 2019 Trump was criticized for various expenses; such as, golf trips having cost taxpayers at least $102 million in extra travel and security expenses, trips to Florida having cost $81 million, his trips to New Jersey costing $17 million, his 2018 two days in Scotland costing at least $3 million, and $1 million for a trip to his resort in Los Angeles.[8][9] During most of his presidency, he used the concept of "working-vacations" to justify most of his trips, especially after making remarks such as "I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off."[10]
President
Joe Biden: After 21 months into his term, President Biden is reported to have spent over 25-40 percent of his time away from Washington, being either at his house in Wilmington,
Delaware or at his Rehoboth Beach property, totaling all or part of 174 days as of Sunday, October 16, 2022.[11]
^Rawlings, Nate (August 23, 2010).
"Brief History: Presidential Vacations". Time magazine. Archived from
the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24. Not every vacation has been a welcome diversion. In 1881, James Garfield was shot while leaving Washington and died two...
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ab"Obamas to begin sixth holiday of the year". The Daily Telegraph. August 18, 2010. Archived from
the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-21. Mr Obama's holidays have been particularly scrutinized in the last year, as he has come under fire for his handling of the US economy as well as the Louisiana oil spill. ... He was questioned last year for choosing to stay on the elitist Martha's Vineyard during a severe recession, while in July he was criticized for taking his family to Maine rather than visit the Gulf of Mexico coast line. He subsequently took his family to Florida last weekend.
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