Donald Trump Visits One of His Own Properties for the 80th Day in His 243-Day Tenure

Donald Trump is technically no longer in charge of overseeing his own lavish properties—but that hasn't stopped him from regularly checking up on them as commander in chief.

Trump kicked off Tuesday morning by tweeting from Trump Tower in New York City before he delivered his first address to the United Nations General Assembly a few blocks away in Manhattan. The visit allowed Trump to reach a milestone of sorts: He has been president for 243 days—and has spent 80 of them visiting properties owned by the first family.

Of those, 61 days have been spent at Trump's golf courses and private clubs, according to an NBC News tracker.

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Each visit has raised serious concerns among the nation's top ethics lawyers, including some who even warned the new White House administration not to let the president visit Trump properties while in office.

Before announcing his departure from the Office for Government Ethics in January, Walter Shaub, the office's ex-director, urged the Trump team to refrain from checking into Trump resorts and hotels.

"[I had] some very specific recommendations, like stop going to your properties or announce that White House officials won't go to those properties," he said in an interview with CNN Money.

Shaub said each visit serves as free promotion from Trump himself for the properties his sons continue to manage. "You've got the president traveling there every single weekend, and whether he intends to or not, he's giving free advertising to them," he continued.

There are also concerns about federal dollars being spent at Trump locations across the nation. The White House Military Office is reportedly spending $130,000 a month to rent space in Trump Tower to have a secure post for when the president comes to town, as he did this week. The total 18-month lease amounts to a $2.39 million deal, making it the most expensive unit in the building. The deal does not technically benefit the president because it is privately owned.

The president's golfing trips and visits to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's "Southern White House" in West Palm Beach, Florida, are typically the most controversial in terms of taxpayer costs. Trump's recent 17-day "working vacation" at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, cost the Secret Service $13,500 on golf cart rentals alone.