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babylonsister

(171,057 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:55 PM Jun 2020

Trump scraps Bedminster trip amid protests


Trump scraps Bedminster trip amid protests
But the president is still planning to go to his resort in Bedminster, N.J., next week for an in-person fundraiser.
By ANITA KUMAR
06/04/2020 06:38 PM EDT


President Donald Trump has canceled an expected trip to his resort in Bedminster, N.J., this weekend amid the ongoing nationwide protests.

Instead, Trump will fly to Maine on Friday to visit a manufacturer of medical swabs used in coronavirus testing before returning back to Washington.

“The president’s looking forward to another working weekend," said a senior administration official.

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Kingofalldems

(38,454 posts)
2. He'll sneak off to play golf at Trump National.
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:59 PM
Jun 2020

A socially distanced and masked crowd will greet him along his route with signs galore.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. Keep him on the run!
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:03 PM
Jun 2020

He'll soon find out he's not welcome anywhere. The plague is real, and its name is tRump.

global1

(25,242 posts)
8. My Guess Is That He Realized He Wouldn't Have The Protection Of The WH At His NJ Golf Club....
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jun 2020

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He'd be hanging out there in NJ with limited Secret Service and security and he'd be in a vulnerable position should the Generals that have been speaking ill of him lately decided to do a palace coup.

I think he is freaked now and realizes that he has to stay in the WH if and as he feels threatened. I would think it would be harder to pull a palace coup at the WH. Witness the new fences and the military and other guards from border patrol and prisons that he's called up.

If he does leave the WH - watch for him to demand a bigger contingent of security.

I think he's reverting to the cocoon of the WH and will be much more afraid to venture out now. Not fearing the protesters as much - but with his conspiratorial mind - a palace coup. The Generals are pissed as to what he's hinting at by invoking the military against the American People. I don't know how many friends he has at the Pentagon. I think he might have finally realized that he crossed the line.

crickets

(25,967 posts)
10. I smell a cover story. He'll still find a golf course; this is just a diversion.
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:20 PM
Jun 2020

I see Biden needled him about his golfing and easily hit a sore spot. Boo hoo!

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