{"id":134732,"date":"2017-09-18T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134732"},"modified":"2017-09-18T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T17:51:37","slug":"the-inconvenient-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/18\/the-inconvenient-president.html","title":{"rendered":"The Inconvenient President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s regular golf outings to his Trump National golf course doesn&#8217;t just inconvenience others on the course itself, but anyone wanting to use the adjoining Potomac River for kayaking and canoeing, in an area that has traditionally been highly popular for those sports for everyone from youth groups, to veterans in rehab, to training Olympians.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, one cause of the &#8220;security risk&#8221; from the visibility of the course from the river is the large swath hundreds of trees that Trump <i>cut down<\/i> when he purchased the golf club in order to make the river more visible from the course.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/dcist.com\/2017\/07\/trumps_constant_golfing_may_ruin_th.php\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/-ULvWlZt6n-Qeg4JVugZ2V5xwFTSZTQ35zsbNNQSJYgqWjKpNh6x55QBbJHw67NU37B7xWp30FFf_4IT497ImN2xXbSrt6ruToQjez_NaIx0oV21RoxA3dxH_7he=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dcist.com\/2017\/07\/trumps_constant_golfing_may_ruin_th.php\">Given Trump&#8217;s Golf Habits, The Coast Guard Plans To Cut Off Potomac River Access<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nBoaters worry that that the president&#8217;s golf game will ruin a popular two-mile stretch of the Potomac River near the Trump National Golf Club.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/gLCXVeeFMxX\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s regular golf outings to his Trump National golf course doesn&#8217;t just inconvenience others on the course itself, but anyone wanting to use the adjoining Potomac River for kayaking and canoeing, in an area that has traditionally been highly popular for those sports for everyone from youth groups, to veterans in rehab, to training Olympians. &hellip; 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Rudeness, vanity, greed, arrogance, and presumption, all in one package. https:\/\/t.co\/iX6Vkw6sg4 Do you want to know more? Standoff over venue threatens to derail Trump visit to Ireland\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Trump-Ireland.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Trump-Ireland.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Trump-Ireland.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Trump-Ireland.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134735,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/18\/we-are-in-the-hands-of-an-adolescent.html","url_meta":{"origin":134732,"position":3},"title":"&#8220;We are in the hands of an adolescent&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Sep-17 10:51am","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been taking a hiatus in my \"Tweetizen Trump\" posts, if only because making the same comments over and over again (\"That's untrue, Donald. That's dangerous to say, Donald. That's already been debunked, Donald. That's a really childish thing to tweet, Donald.\") was getting old, at least to write. But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":138536,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/04\/donald-trump-does-not-like-wind-turbines-nosirree.html","url_meta":{"origin":134732,"position":4},"title":"Donald Trump does not like wind turbines. 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