An ignominious anniversary
President Donald Trump reached a presidential milestone at his Palm Beach County, Florida, golf club on Saturday: One hundred days in office at a golf club that bears his name.
100 days in 13 months: not too shabby.
Trump, once a critic of presidential golfing, has ignored his own advice and made a habit of visiting some of the many golf courses emblazoned in his moniker. The habit is part of the broader trend of the President and first lady making frequent trips to properties owned and operated by the Trump Organization.
So, you see, he’s not actually golfing in the recreational sense, he’s working to exploit the presidency to promote his businesses.
In total, Trump has spent nearly 25% of his days in office at one of his golf clubs. It is impossible to know whether Trump golfs every time he visits one of his golf clubs because White House aides rarely confirm that he is golfing, and Trump has, at times, visited his golf clubs to eat a meal or meet with people.
Yeah whether or not he’s actually pushing the little white ball around with the long stick isn’t really the issue.
Norm Eisen, the chief White House ethics lawyer under Obama, called Trump’s 100th day at a golf property as president “an ignominious anniversary.”
“First, there is his hypocrisy in criticizing Obama for golfing and then playing much more himself,” Eisen said. “Then there is the fact that he is using his government platform to promote his businesses.”
Eisen added, “Finally, he is also mingling with representatives of corporate interests who are paying to play, and not just golf. Because they have business before the federal government, that creates more conflicts. Trump has hit an unprecedented ethics bogey.”
He’s providing jobs for the people who mow the grass.
Does he get a bonus for hitting 100? I thought the idea of golf was to keep the score low.
In that, he should be a natural.
He objected to Obama’s golfing because he was actually playing, rather than caddying.
I realised very early in life that ‘jobs’ can be used to justify anything.