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Hours After White House Said Donald Trump Was ‘Working Tirelessly’ On Christmas Eve, CNN Found Him Golfing

Hours After White House Said Donald Trump Was ‘Working Tirelessly’ On Christmas Eve, CNN Found Him Golfing

On Christmas Eve, the White House released a statement saying Donald Trump would be working tirelessly during the day with meetings and phone calls. Hours later, CNN cameras caught Trump on the golf course. Reporter Kaitlan Collins shared pictures of his golf trip on Twitter, showing the president wearing a polo shirt and a red […]

3y ago

Hour After Donald Trump Blasted ‘Fake News’ For Reporting That He Skipped G-20 To Golf, He Went Golfing Again

Hour After Donald Trump Blasted ‘Fake News’ For Reporting That He Skipped G-20 To Golf, He Went Golfing Again

On Sunday, Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast “fake news” that reported he had skipped out on the G-20 world summit so he could go golfing. As The Daily Mail reported, the president pushed back at reports that he made only a short appearance on Saturday before leaving the White House to hit the […]

4y ago

Golfer Jon Rahm Gets Angry At PGA Tour Camera Operator, Proceeds To Block View During Broadcast

Golfer Jon Rahm Gets Angry At PGA Tour Camera Operator, Proceeds To Block View During Broadcast

The PGA Tour continued Friday with the second of four days at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. As reported by Golf World, participant Jon Rahm got visibly angry with one of the tour’s official camera operators, before proceeding to stand in front of them and block their view. The incident occurred Friday afternoon as […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Takes Golf Vacation Amid Stalled Stimulus Negotiations

Donald Trump Takes Golf Vacation Amid Stalled Stimulus Negotiations

President Donald Trump left the White House last night to start a three-day vacation at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, according to a tweet by Associated Press reporter Jonathan Lemire. His getaway was schedule while negotiations over the new coronavirus relief bill remain stalled, with both Democrats and Republicans still battling over the recently-expired […]

4y ago

Democratic Strategist On Donald Trump’s Claim He Golfs Less Than Barack Obama: ‘This Is A Such Grotesque Lie’

Democratic Strategist On Donald Trump’s Claim He Golfs Less Than Barack Obama: ‘This Is A Such Grotesque Lie’

Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to defend his regular rounds of golf, saying he is only hitting the links as his form of exercise and claiming that he is actually golfed less than his predecessor, Barack Obama. One former Obama White House alum and Democratic strategist says that Trump’s tweet a “grotesque lie.” […]

4y ago

Joe Biden Hits Donald Trump On PPE Shortages As The President Golfs

Joe Biden Hits Donald Trump On PPE Shortages As The President Golfs

Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to levy harsh criticism at President Donald Trump for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee hit the president on Twitter, decrying Trump’s decision to golf while frontline healthcare workers continue to deal with shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) like N-95 […]

4y ago

Tiger Woods Responds To George Floyd Death, Calls For ‘Constructive, Honest Conversations’

Tiger Woods Responds To George Floyd Death, Calls For ‘Constructive, Honest Conversations’

Following days of protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department, golf legend Tiger Woods shared his response to the tragic event and the outrage that followed, per Golf Digest. In a statement shared online, Woods encouraged his fans and followers to continue their struggle […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Accused Of ‘Serious Crime’ By Scotland Lawmaker Over Mystery Cash Used In Golf Course Purchase

Donald Trump Accused Of ‘Serious Crime’ By Scotland Lawmaker Over Mystery Cash Used In Golf Course Purchase

In 2014, the year before he declared his run for president, Donald Trump spent a reported $45 million in cash to buy the historic Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. But the source of the funds he used to purchase the golf course have always remained a mystery, and this week a member of Scotland’s parliament […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Takes 29th Trip To Mar-A-Lago Bringing Taxpayer Bill To Nearly $134 Million

Donald Trump Takes 29th Trip To Mar-A-Lago Bringing Taxpayer Bill To Nearly $134 Million

Donald Trump has now made 29 trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort during his presidency after heading to the so-called Southern White House for the weekend. So far, as the HuffPost reports, the cumulative cost of traveling to his for-profit Palm Beach resort is costing taxpayers an astonishing $133.8 million. That is equivalent to 334 years […]

4y ago

As U.S. Embassy Siege Continues In Iraq, Donald Trump Visits His Own Florida Golf Course For 12th Straight Day

As U.S. Embassy Siege Continues In Iraq, Donald Trump Visits His Own Florida Golf Course For 12th Straight Day

As protesters, reportedly affiliated with Iran-backed militia groups, shouted “Death to America” and stormed the United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Donald Trump visited his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, for the 12th consecutive day. After reportedly spending just 52 minutes there, Trump headed back to his Mar-a-Lago resort […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Tops $118M For Taxpayer-Funded Golf Trips, On Pace To Top Barack Obama’s 8-Year Total In 4 Years

Donald Trump Tops $118M For Taxpayer-Funded Golf Trips, On Pace To Top Barack Obama’s 8-Year Total In 4 Years

Donald Trump frequently railed against President Barack Obama for his golfing trips, attacking Obama on Twitter for what Trump called reckless spending and inattention to his job as president. But now, with Trump about to start his fourth year as president, he is on pace to top Obama’s eight-year total for taxpayer-funded golf trips in […]

4y ago

Donald Trump May Have Been Golfing As Raid On Islamic State Leader Began, Though Timeline Remains Unclear

Donald Trump May Have Been Golfing As Raid On Islamic State Leader Began, Though Timeline Remains Unclear

Saturday’s raid that resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was widely reported to have taken place at 3:30 p.m. EDT. That timeline, if accurate, would place Donald Trump on the golf course at the time of the raid, a Newsweek report appears to indicate. Pool reports on presidential daily activities […]

5y ago

After Canceling Poland Trip To Monitor Hurricane Dorian, Donald Trump Instead Hits The Golf Course On Saturday

After Canceling Poland Trip To Monitor Hurricane Dorian, Donald Trump Instead Hits The Golf Course On Saturday

Donald Trump announced this week that he was canceling a planned trip to Poland so he could stay home and monitor Hurricane Dorian as it neared landfall with the United States. But on Saturday, as Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with leaders in Poland, Trump was instead monitoring his company’s golf course […]

5y ago

See How Donald Trump Racked Up $3.6 Million In Expenses On Two-Day Visit To Ireland

See How Donald Trump Racked Up $3.6 Million In Expenses On Two-Day Visit To Ireland

President Donald Trump’s two nights in Ireland after a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom ended up costing taxpayers an estimated $3.6 million, Business Insider reports. The brief trip raised eyebrows abroad when the president declined to visit Dublin, the country’s capital, in favor of staying at Trump’s own golf resort in Doonbeg. Some […]

5y ago

Former White House Ethics Chief Slams Trump By Proposing ‘Golf On Your Own D**n Dime Act Of 2019’

Former White House Ethics Chief Slams Trump By Proposing ‘Golf On Your Own D**n Dime Act Of 2019’

Former White House ethics chief Walter Schaub is tired of seeing Donald Trump playing golf, and he wants Trump to start picking up his own tab for it. The former Barack Obama White House official slammed the president this weekend by proposing what he calls the “Golf on Your Own D**n Dime Act of 2019,” […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Meets With And Wows Adoring Irish Schoolchildren While Golfing

Donald Trump Meets With And Wows Adoring Irish Schoolchildren While Golfing

President Donald Trump met with a handful of schoolchildren while golfing at one of his Ireland courses, and the kids were suitably impressed with their rare opportunity to meet a foreign dignitary, The Irish Examiner reports. Trump has spent the past couple of days doing the same types of things that all heads of state […]

5y ago

After Criticizing Obama’s Golf Habits As President, Trump Spends Staggering Amount Of Taxpayer Money On Golf

After Criticizing Obama’s Golf Habits As President, Trump Spends Staggering Amount Of Taxpayer Money On Golf

Donald Trump has spent an estimated $102 million in taxpayer money on golf so far in his presidency, a figure that is substantially higher than the earnings over the same time frame of Tiger Woods, the world’s highest-paid professional golfer, Above the Law reports. While golf is, of course, an expensive hobby to begin with, […]

5y ago

Franklin Graham Asked Pastors Around U.S. To Pray For Trump On Sunday — While Trump Skipped Church To Golf

Franklin Graham Asked Pastors Around U.S. To Pray For Trump On Sunday — While Trump Skipped Church To Golf

Pastor Franklin Graham had put out a public call for pastors across the country to devote Sunday morning to pray for Donald Trump — but the president will need to get a report of how it went. Trump appeared to skip church on June 2 for his preferred Sunday morning ritual of hitting the golf […]

5y ago

Prince Andrew Will Reportedly Use ‘Golf Course Diplomacy’ To Ease Political Tension During Trump’s State Visit

Prince Andrew Will Reportedly Use ‘Golf Course Diplomacy’ To Ease Political Tension During Trump’s State Visit

Buckingham Palace is coming up with plans to keep Donald Trump busy and away from crowds during his upcoming visit to the United Kingdom, which includes making sure he spends much of his time playing golf with minor Royal Prince Andrew, The Daily Mail reports. Back during his 2018 U.K. state visit, Trump made a […]

5y ago

Donald Trump’s Golfing Has Cost Taxpayers $102 Million So Far, And The Number Is Rising

Donald Trump’s Golfing Has Cost Taxpayers $102 Million So Far, And The Number Is Rising

Donald Trump’s frequent trips to the golf course have cost taxpayers $102 million so far, including a $3 million tab for one golf trip alone, HuffPost reports. His golfing tab is three times what Barack Obama’s was at this point in his presidency. Using figures made available by the Government Accountability Office, HuffPost worked out […]

5y ago

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