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forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
Tue May 2, 2017, 03:39 PM May 2017

When you've lost Golf Digest...

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/details-details-donald-trump-has-plaque-at-his-golf-course-commemorating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened

It's worth reconsidering only because of a New York Times report from Tuesday that says Donald Trump's Northern Virginia Trump National Golf Club features a plaque between the 14th and 15th holes honoring a Civil War battle at that precise spot. The inscription, signed by Trump, reads:


(Photo credit: New York Times)

“Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot. The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood.’ It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River!”

Nice sentiment, small problem: there apparently was no such battle.

The Times checked with various historians in the area who had trouble tying the site of Trump's course to any such event.
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When you've lost Golf Digest... (Original Post) forgotmylogin May 2017 OP
and he alone preserved that important section of the potomac river. he lies about everything. spanone May 2017 #1
and underpants May 2017 #2
I believe one of the armies was commanded by Andrew Jackson. n/t malthaussen May 2017 #3
worst battle since the Bowling Green Massacre lame54 May 2017 #4
LOL! smirkymonkey May 2017 #12
They also posted a summary and link to CNBC's scathing assessment of his golf course value. underpants May 2017 #5
Duuuuh! world wide wally May 2017 #6
Professional golfers went for Trump PJMcK May 2017 #7
The level of lying here...lying for sport. Lying because he can. nolabear May 2017 #8
Surely no one's Suggesting that drumpf is a Hayduke Bomgarte May 2017 #9
Anybody check mar a lago duncang May 2017 #10
Doog Dog!! shraby May 2017 #11
click on the three vertical dots onethatcares May 2017 #15
Trump Dressed Up History (NYT November 2015) struggle4progress May 2017 #13
I love the end of the article: JDC May 2017 #14
I want to see onethatcares May 2017 #16

PJMcK

(21,922 posts)
7. Professional golfers went for Trump
Tue May 2, 2017, 04:08 PM
May 2017

I did a fast search and couldn't find the article from last November but one of the golf magazines did a survey of players on the men's PGA Tour and they found that the golfers voted for Trump at roughly an 85%-15% split. It's not surprising, really, since many of those players come from the wealth of country clubs and many of them have built their own financial fortunes.

It's a little ironic, though, since it's well known that Trump cheats when he golfs. You'd think that the players would frown on such behavior. I guess personal finances come first.

duncang

(1,907 posts)
10. Anybody check mar a lago
Tue May 2, 2017, 05:09 PM
May 2017

To see if he has a sign up saying that Alan Shepard really was there when he went golfing on the moon?

shraby

(21,946 posts)
11. Doog Dog!!
Tue May 2, 2017, 05:33 PM
May 2017

By the way, where does everybody get the sarcasm tag? I can't find it. One needs it anymore with the donald as precident.

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
13. Trump Dressed Up History (NYT November 2015)
Tue May 2, 2017, 06:10 PM
May 2017

By NICHOLAS FANDOS
NOV. 24, 2015

... Mr. Trump repeatedly said that “numerous historians” had told him that the golf club site was known as the River of Blood. But he said he did not remember their names.

Then he said the historians had spoken not to him but to “my people.” But he refused to identify any underlings who might still possess the historians’ names.

“Write your story the way you want to write it,” Mr. Trump said finally, when pressed unsuccessfully for anything that could corroborate his claim. “You don’t have to talk to anybody. It doesn’t make any difference. But many people were shot. It makes sense” ...


https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/us/politics/in-renovation-of-golf-club-donald-trump-also-dressed-up-history.html

JDC

(10,084 posts)
14. I love the end of the article:
Tue May 2, 2017, 06:19 PM
May 2017

“No. Uh-uh. No way. Nothing like that ever happened there,” Richard Gillespie, the executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, told the Times.

<snip>

Trump, who is a leading Republican candidate for President, questioned how historians could dispute the battle. "How would they know," he told the Times. "Were they there?"

This was written in 2015 apparently.

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