Palm Sunday on the golf course in the second month of the National Emergency.
Currying favor, Politico came out with a golfing story to try to “balance” the Rick Reilly book and recent article about how Trump cheats. Note below that Andrew Giuliani sued Duke to be reinstated to its golf team.
Trump’s golfing has been under scrutiny thanks to the recent publication of a new book that portrays him as a lifelong cheater. But much remains unknown about his golfing as president, in part because the White House has tightly shielded information about Trump’s outings and playing partners. “Sometimes he wants to be able to have a minute without [the press] being in the middle of it,” a senior White House official explained to POLITICO.
But revealing interviews with more than ten former and current Trump aides and golf partners suggest that golfing has become an equivalent of Trump’s infamous “executive time,” those unscripted hours where his presidency unfolds in spontaneous conversations, phone calls, and the occasional policy chats with athletes and celebrities.
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Plenty of observers have accused Trump of cheating, although scores of others insist that he is one of the better amateurs they’ve played with.
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been finishing lunch at Bedminster and someone who just finished their first time playing with him comes up and says, ‘I can’t believe he’s that good. I thought he was going to shoot 100 and he ended up shooting like 72,’" said Andrew Giuliani.
Two other people who have played with him regularly also denied ever seeing him engage in deceptive tactics out on the course.
But now that he’s the leader of the free world, it’s also possible that Trump’s partners are happy to let him win, through foul or fair play.
"The President never loses, didn't you know?" Rand Paul told reporters after an October 2017 round in Virginia.
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Trump apparently asked Tiger Woods for advice about tax policy which is in keeping with trying to put less qualified people on the Federal Reserve board.
Woods is much better at playing championship golf.