Don't forget your clubs! Tie-less Trump and the Kushners arrive back in Washington on board Air Force One after a weekend 'saving taxpayers' money' at his golf estate in Bedminster

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President Donald Trump arrived back in Washington after a weekend at his golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The President was pictured leaving the Trump National Golf Club in his motorcade on Sunday afternoon. He was later seen boarding Air Force One at the Morristown Municipal Airport.

When he arrived in Washington, Trump sat on Air Force One on the tarmac at the same time that former President Barack Obama made his acceptance speech for the JFK Profile in Courage Award.

Trump was then seen as he left Marine One and crossed the South Lawn to the White House Sunday night.  

President Donald Trump arrived back at the White House Sunday night. He gave the thumbs up as he walked across the South Lawn

Jared Kushner, holding his son Theo, and Ivanka Trump are pictured as they returned to DC with their children

Trump is pictured leaving Air Force One at Andrew's Air Force Base after he sat in the plane on the tarmac for the duration of former President Barack Obama's acceptance speech for the JFK Profile in Courage Award

Kushner is pictured walking across the tarmac after leaving Air Force One on Sunday night. He spent the weekend with Trump in New Jersey

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and their children leave Air Force One at Andrew's Air Force Base on Sunday night

The President's grandson Joseph Kushner looks out a window of Air Force One as his family returns to Washington from New Jersey

An aide walks off Air Force One with a few golf clubs on Sunday night, after the President returned from a weekend at his golf estate in New Jersey

Trump went back to Washington after his weekend away that he said 'saves the country money'. 

In comparison to staying in Manhattan, that is true. Bedminster Mayor Steven Parker said the security costs for Trump to come to the town every weekend is about $300,000, according to Aol.com. But securing Trump Tower costs about $308,000 a day. 

Trump had previously stated that the purpose of his trip to the club was for 'meetings,' and explained that he would be 'working from home' during the weekend.

On Saturday a photo showing the President enjoying his favorite pastime emerged on Instagram, taken by another member at the golf club. 

When contacted about the photo, a White House spokeswoman would not comment on whether or not the President was playing golf, reported New York Times' Glenn Thrush. Shortly after, the photo was removed from Instagram.

This would be his 22nd time visiting a golf course since becoming President, according to a New York Times tracker. 

The President salutes the Marine Guard as he steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Sunday night

Senior adviser Stephen Miller, left, Deputy National Security adviser KT McFarland and White House Director for Strategic Communications Hope Hicks cross the South Lawn on Sunday night as Trump returns to the White House

Trump has gone back to Washington, DC after his weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey. He is pictured boarding Air Force One at the Morristown Municipal Airport on Sunday

Trump gave a thumbs up as his car left the Trump National Golf Course on Sunday

According to CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller, Trump did not explain why he was delayed on the tarmac in Air Force One. The President is pictured leaving the plane on Sunday night

Trump is pictured walking across the South Lawn from Marine One on Sunday night

 Trump didn't wear a tie as he traveled back to Washington, DC from his weekend trip to his golf estate in New Jersey. The weekend was a casual one for the President, as Trump was photographed playing golf on Saturday

On Saturday afternoon the President, again, justified his visit to his Bedminster home with a tweet. 

He wrote: 'The reason I am staying in Bedminster, N. J., a beautiful community, is that staying in NYC is much more expensive and disruptive. Meetings!'

Trump flew to his home at his Bedminster golf club, located about 40 miles outside New York City, on Thursday night – and tweeted on Friday morning that he was cutting costs for taxpayers by working from one of his homes.

'Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country money!' Trump tweeted Friday morning.

He made the claim after Congress cleared a spending bill that provides an additional $120 million to pay for the costs of protecting the President and his family as they jet between residences and other far-flung locales.

This was Trump's 22nd time visiting a golf course since he became President, according to a New York Times tracker. Trump's car is pictured leaving the golf club

Trump's motorcade, pictured, left the golf course for the Morristown, New Jersey airport, about a 30-minute drive from Bedminster

The White House backed up this claim by saying Trump was 'trying to save the taxpayers money' by bringing his entourage to New Jersey instead of Manhattan. 

However, in their explanation they left out  an obvious third option of Trump flying back to the White House.

'Look, this is the president's first time to be back in the New York metro area and he's staying at his private residence in New Jersey versus staying in Manhattan,' Huckabee Sanders told reporters.

'Had he stayed in Manhattan the disruption would have been far greater than being in New Jersey. The bottom line is the president is the president no matter where he goes, and he doesn't get to control the level of cost and security that may come along with that.'

Trump claimed on Twitter that his visit to New Jersey 'saves the country money' and the White House backed this up by saying Trump was 'trying to save the taxpayers money' by bringing his entourage to New Jersey instead of Manhattan

Huckabee Sanders told reporters: 'Look, this is the president's first time to be back in the New York metro area and he's staying at his private residence in New Jersey versus staying in Manhattan'

He was pictured playing golf on Saturday in a photo posted to Instagram, which was removed shortly after the New York Times reported that a White House spokeswoman would not comment on whether or not the President was playing golf

The President had previously stated that the purpose of his trip to the club was for 'meetings,' and said he would be 'working from home' during the weekend

President Trump tweeted on Friday morning that he was cutting costs by working from one of his homes

Asked about Trump's 14 weekends away, Sanders pushed back: 'You guys complain we work too much around here and that you're too tired and now we don't work enough?' she said.

Then she again described the trip to the Trump Organization-owned golf course as a taxpayer money saver.

'This is the president's first time to go home to the New York metro area. And I think he's trying to save the taxpayers money the best way he can by taking his team and focused in being in New Jersey instead of in New York where it would have caused a much greater disruption and most greater cost to taxpayers,' she said.

Presidential travel in New York City can cause major traffic disruptions, as was evident on Thursday afternoon, when a major highway in Manhattan was shut down for the better part of the afternoon.

A weekend trip by Trump during the presidential transition cost local authorities in New Jersey about $4,000 in overtime and other costs. The town of Bedminister estimates it will spend $12,000 per day when Trump visits his New Jersey home.

Trump has visited Mar-a-Lago, where he owns a home, for a total of 25 days so far during his presidency, incurring additional costs. The club in West Palm beach, Florida is now closed for the season.