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Trump has played 308 rounds of golf since becoming president in 2017. Obama in his 8 years in office had played 333.
by arolihas 6y ago
Trump has played 308 rounds of golf since becoming president in 2017. Obama in his 8 years in office had played 333.
- lumberingjack 6y agoOne of them owns several places where you can golf the other one is married to a man
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- MobileVet 6y agoEasy now... let’s not bring facts into this discussion.
- arolihas 6y agoMy bad, I should be more careful around trump supporters, I know they’re allergic to facts.
- bjourne 6y agoInterestingly, in Trump's book How to get Rich he recommends taking up golf as a means to becoming successful.
- Retric 6y agoIt seems a stretch to assume he actually wrote any of the books with his name on the cover. Ghostwriters are cheap, and writing takes time. That’s not a dig, it just seems like a poor ROI.
- Tarsul 6y agoProbably true. The book "The art of the deal" was ghostwritten. Here's a nice article about the ghostwriter (and how it haunts him): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/donald-trump-tony-schwartz-interview-art-of-the-deal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/donald-trump...
- jacobolus 6y agoClaims that he even read a single full book in the past few decades (with his name on the cover or otherwise) are not credible. They changed the briefing format to a few bullet points in a large font with lots of pictures, and he still doesn't bother to read them (Tillerson: he "doesn’t like to read, doesn’t read briefing reports, doesn’t like to get into the details of a lot of things"). He stumbles and mispronounces words when slowly reading a few sentences on a teleprompter (also reportedly set to a much larger than usual font), commonly misreads a word or phrase and then ad libs a nonsensical embellishment to play the mistake off as intentional, and frequently goes entirely off script with visible relief to just speak off the top of his head. There is a deposition video where he flat refuses to read a few sentences of a contract out loud. When people ask him about what he is reading, he grimaces and deflects with an answer about being too busy. The speculation that poor eyesight contributes to his functional illiteracy seems plausible.
- klyrs 6y agoIt really helps the getting rich plan if you golf at your own resort, and charge the government to feed and house your entourage.
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- jackpirate 6y agoI would love a source on this. But even if true, that still paints Trump as the bigger golfer since Obama had 2x as many years to play essentially the same amount of golf.
- arolihas 6y agoThat was my point.
- csa 6y ago> I would love a source on this. https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2020/12/29/how-many-times-president-donald-trump-played-golf-in-office-103836/ https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2020/12/29/how-ma... This article supports the numbers for Trump and adds additional information. https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/obamas-final-tally-333-rounds-golf-potus https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/obamas... The above article gives numbers for Obama. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-defends-golf-trips-falsely-claims-less-than-obama-2020-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-defends-golf-trips-fal... This article compares them both as of the summer of their 4th year in office. Short summary, Trump played at about 2x the pace of Obama.
- hansthehorse 6y agoObama played golf 113 times in his first term. Trump played 302. In the first 100 days of the presidency Obama played golf once, Trump played 19 times.