When President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office, he would occasionally go to a country club near Washington to have a round of golf — something presidents have done for a long time. But, for some reason, this angered Donald Trump, who back then didn’t have the weight of the free world on his shoulders.
While our wonderful president was out playing golf all day, the TSA is falling apart, just like our government! Airports a total disaster!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2016
Obama has admitted that he spends his mornings watching @ESPN. Then he plays golf, fundraises & grants amnesty to illegals.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2014
"@DonnaFins: @realDonaldTrump America needs a POTUS who builds Golf Courses not hangs out on them! Please become our next POTUS!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2014
President Obama has a major meeting on the N.Y.C. Ebola outbreak, with people flying in from all over the country, but decided to play golf!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2014
We pay for Obama's travel so he can fundraise millions so Democrats can run on lies. Then we pay for his golf.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2014
Can you believe we still have not gotten our Marine out of Mexico. He sits in prison while our PRESIDENT plays golf and makes bad decisions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2014
Can you believe that,with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf.Worse than Carter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2014
Now that President Trump is in office, he must have decided that “all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S.” have been fixed, and it’s time to play some golf. For the last couple of weekends, he’s flown on Air Force One to his private Mar-a-Largo estate, where he hits the links.
There’s no reason to blame a president for wanting to play golf. However, when Trump was running for president, golf was something he pledged he wouldn’t do, as Think Progress editor-in-chief Judd Legum noted on Twitter.
Trump said he would not golf or vacation as president pic.twitter.com/q6JFr3pgT0
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 7, 2017
While he played golf, Trump kept the press in the dark — literally.
Our view of Trump's Jupiter golf course from the pool hold. pic.twitter.com/VCtTIJaSLQ
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) February 11, 2017
Trump liked golfing as president so much, he decided to bring a friend along.
Played golf today with Prime Minister Abe of Japan and @TheBig_Easy, Ernie Els, and had a great time. Japan is very well represented!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2017
Good morning from Mar-a-Lago. President Trump and PM Abe will be leaving to golf shortly. pic.twitter.com/ZHq1bZCMFC
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) February 11, 2017
The round of golf was part of an excellent weekend that was marred only by the threat of nuclear disaster from North Korea. But, after taking care of the security crisis in front of the guests paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to rub elbows with the leader of the free world, his aides and various world leaders, Trump went back to having a good time in front of guests.
PT Pres / PT wedding MC. Trump talked NK crisis in Mar-a-Lago public dining room, made stmt, MC'ed a wedding: “They've paid me a fortune” pic.twitter.com/U99QRhkSBW
— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) February 13, 2017
According to reports, he’s going to go down to Mar-A-Largo again this weekend, where he’ll probably play some more golf.
