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President Trump made his 500th visit to one of his properties since becoming president when he went to the Trump hotel in Washington today to meet with political donors ahead of his speech at the Republican National Convention. This milestone is stunning even for a presidency that has been defined by corruption, self-dealing, and abuse of power.

After promising on the campaign trail that he would put his assets in a blind trust if elected, Donald Trump went back on that commitment just before taking office.

He promised instead that a wall of separation would be maintained between the presidency and his businesses. That statement also turned out not to be true. Instead of erecting a firewall, Trump did the exact opposite and has persistently used the presidency to promote and enrich his businesses. Five hundred visits later, he has successfully channelled millions of dollars in political, special interest, and taxpayer money into his own pockets.

President Trump has visited or stayed at one or more of his properties on 394 separate days since becoming president. That figure amounts to almost one third of his time in office at one of his properties, or well over a year of his presidency.

While he’s visited 14 of his properties throughout his time as president, Trump has spent the most time at his prized Mar-a-Lago club, which he has visited 134 times. As a candidate in 2015, Trump criticized President Obama for his golf outings and even told the press that he would “rarely leave the White House” with all the work that he would be doing as President. Yet, President Trump has visited his golf clubs 300 times since taking office. So far in less than one full term, Trump has gone to Bedminster 104 times, the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach 92 times, and visited his golf club outside of Washington, D.C. 91 times at.