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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun May 24, 2020, 01:15 PM May 2020

Trump Golfs While More Americans Die

rump, who has faced mounting criticism for his administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis and his lack of empathy throughout, decided to leave the White House on Saturday to play golf.

According to several reports, today’s trip to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, is likely his first outing to one of his private golf courses since early March. However, during the two “working weekends” the president spent at Camp David in May, it is unknown whether or not he played golf.

Trump going golfing is consistent with his reopen theme that he’s been pushing of late, but it still shows a tone-deafness and a lack of empathy. The U.S. pandemic death toll is approaching 100,000, and on top of that it’s Memorial Day weekend, a solemn occasion meant for tributes to Americans lost at war.

Trump’s work ethic hypocrisy is also on display here. Months before he would announce his candidacy for president of the United States, Trump was in full birther mode as he made several rounds on various cable news programs and talk shows attempting to delegitimize America’s first black president, Barack Obama. But when he took a pause from his factless racist attacks, he’d instead take issue with Obama’s penchant for hitting the links.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-golfs-while-americans-die-1004659/

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Trump Golfs While More Americans Die (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
People are playing golf in our development everyday jimfields33 May 2020 #1

jimfields33

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1. People are playing golf in our development everyday
Sun May 24, 2020, 01:23 PM
May 2020

They never closed it. I’d imagine it’s a pretty safe sport in the big picture. They have to take separate golf carts regardless of living arrangements.

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