This past week I have seen a few articles talking about how President Trump has spent $115 million of taxpayers money since he has been President. Some of these articles go back months if not over a year, so why are people making such a big deal about it now. Trump owns many golf courses and luxury properties, and he travels to his own properties which he visits frequently.

People like to cherry-pick things out of articles, and only want to see and read what they want to. Even if Trump has spent a significant amount of money on golf, has everyone forgotten how much Obama and his family traveled. "The Obamas' notorious abuse of presidential travel perks wasted military resources and stressed the Secret Service.

Here are some highlights on what Obama spent when he was president.

Obama's travel in eight years:

$96.9 million

Highlights from documents obtained by Judicial Watch:

• Secret Service records show Obama's April 2015 Earth Day trip to give a global warming speech in the Everglades cost taxpayers $145,752.36, making the total cost of the trip at least $1,012,367.76.

• Air Force records regarding Michelle Obama's trip to Morocco, Spain and Liberia with her daughters in June 2016 revealed $450,026.40 in-flight expenses alone. A-C-32A was flown for 28.4 hours.

• Air Force records show that the Obamas' August 2016 vacation to Martha's Vineyard cost taxpayers $450,295 in-flight expenses alone.

• CNN notes that a GAO report about a four-day trip Obama took to Florida in 2013 — one similar to Trump's trips — found the total cost to the Secret Service and Coast Guard was $3.6 million.

People only focus on Trump's spending because they don't like him. They need to get their facts straight or read about all the other presidents. Each president spends more than the one before them - that's a fact. Every president adds to the national debt. It doesn't matter if Trump is re-elected or someone else wins, they will still add to the national debt, and spend taxpayers money golfing and traveling.

So to say Trump is spending taxpayers money on golfing is the pot calling the kettle black because every president has done it; they have traveled around the world with their families, gone golfing, stayed in luxury resorts. Stop blaming Trump for spending taxpayer's money, when every president before him did it as well.

Trump is not a perfect president, but neither were any of the others. Stop just looking at the headlines of an article, and read the whole thing, and then do your own research. Make sure that those facts are coming from a reputable source.