Amidst the chaotic fallout from his internationally reviled “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, along with his Supreme Court coup, it was easy to overlook perhaps the most blatant reminder yet that Donald Trump is profiting off of the presidency. He envisioned as much years before his successful Oval Office bid: “It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it,” he told Fortune in 2000. But the reality has surpassed even his golden-hued vision: in refusing to divest from the sprawling private-business empire that includes a chain of hotels with his name stamped on the facade, Trump is not only cashing in, he’s cashing in courtesy of his own party and government.

On Wednesday, ProPublica offered a timely reminder, publishing an infographic showing that, since Trump announced his White House bid back in 2015, the G.O.P. and federal agencies have reportedly spent more than $16 million eating, staying, and playing endless rounds of golf at Trump properties. Enticing clients with the thought that Trump, or one of his associates, could very well be dining in the restaurant or holding court at the bar, Trump properties have become gilded G.O.P. echo-chambers, where populism can be discussed uninterrupted over cocktails that cost $20 a pop. (Neither the Trump Organization nor the White House responded to ProPublica’s request for comment.)

When he was sworn in as president, Trump passed the day-to-day running of the Trump Organization to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, but retained ownership, and can withdraw profits and underlying assets whenever he wishes—a lethargic attempt to allay concerns around conflicts of interest has only served to aggravate ethics watchdogs. Since then, the president’s business has hit a few stumbling blocks: one disgruntled New York hotel paid its way out of a contract with the Trump Organization, while in March, Trump’s name was removed from the front of a hotel in Panama City—the conclusion of an epic battle between the Organization and the hotel’s majority owner, Orestes Fintiklis, who wrestled back control over a two-week period by seizing the building and, at one point, bashing out a protest song on the lobby piano. Generally, though, business is booming, largely thanks to the dedication of Trump himself—according to ProPublica, he has managed to stay at his own properties for a third of his trips as president, imbuing them with the magnetic allure of his presence, and, subsequently, massive price hikes. After he was elected, the membership fee for his Mar-a-Lago resort, a.k.a. the Winter White House, doubled to $200,000.

Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, which has turned into a G.O.P. hot spot—a political bachelor party where leaders and lobbyists can rub shoulders and sample bottles of champagne sliced open with saber blades. A growing list of Republicans have chosen to patronize the hotel, thereby indirectly lining the president’s pockets—in January 2017, for instance, Rep. Jodey Arrington shelled out more than $16,000 for a reception for those who’d traveled to D.C. to watch him get sworn into office. (A spokeswoman for Arrington told The Washington Post that the hotel was chosen because it “happened to offer the best combination of size, price point, along with a convenient and historic location.”) News of Washington's unofficial White House—where crystal light fixtures illuminate American flags, and screens blare endless loops of Fox News—has filtered overseas, and multiple bookings have reportedly been made by foreign government officials from Kuwait, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, among others.

At various points, the White House has attempted to assuage concerns over the president’s extant ties to his business: earlier this year, Trump pledged to donate any profit from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury. (In March, the Journal reported that the Trump Organization claimed to have fulfilled this promise by donating approximately $150,000.) Meanwhile, in the first four months of 2017 alone, the hotel reportedly made $18 million. Indeed, after ordering his administration stop separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump popped over to his Washington hotel, where he spoke to a conference of the America First Action super PAC, some of whom had reportedly spent $250,000 on V.I.P. tickets.