This Golf/Sports Illustrated article has been getting play for Trump's alleged comment that he spends so much weekend time off at his resorts because the White House is a "dump," but it's actually a fascinating article at length, looking at how Trump plays golf, who he plays with, and how his golf courses are part of the weird tangle of lawsuits and conflicts of interest that keep dogging him.
Long article, but worth a read, even if you don't golf.
First Golfer: Donald Trump’s relationship with golf has never been more complicated
Donald Trump is never more at home than he is on the links. But, as with everything in the life of a President, his relationship with the game—and the
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And president Obama "played too much golf", ha!
+GoldenStateOfMind Donald Trump is nothing if not shameless.
I actually don't mind it when Presidents find a pastime to exercise the body and give the mind a break (since, in theory, they are always on the job). I don't appreciate hypocrisy about it (or regular self-profiting flights from Washington to personally owned resorts).
+Dave Hill Zero Shame in his game. He just doesn't care about anything but the Trump name. I really don't know how the country can handle this con man for 4 years… Thank you for your excellent posts!
To hell with websites that have videos that auto-play (golf.com). That aside, yes, it's an interesting article. But the lead in suggested that looking at how a person plays golf tells you something about that person's personality, but the conclusion never came. What does the author think his golf game tells us about Trump?
+David Newman Yeah, the story is more anecdotal than analytical. But a lot of those anecdotes (esp. his casual , unstated, unspoken-of use of mulligans and the like. Because he can.
+Dave Hill Of course I can come to my own conclusions, but then I don't think the stories about how Trump deals with golf told me anything I didn't already know. I was hoping the author's conclusion might tell me something new.