President Hitting Links Almost Twice As Often As Obama
President Donald Trump on Saturday traveled to Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Hills, Virginia, according to a White House pool report.Â
NBC News’ Bradd Jaffy notes (above) that it’s Trump’s ninth visit to one of his golf courses in the seven weeks since he took office. However, the White House rarely confirms whether Trump is actually golfing.Â
That’s undoubtedly because Trump’s aides are mindful of the fact that he frequently criticized President Barack Obama for allegedly playing too much golf. At a campaign rally in December 2015, Trump slammed Obama for having “played more golf than Tiger Woods.” Â
“It was reported today [Obama] played 250 rounds of golf and he’s going to be in Hawaii, I think did they say for three weeks?†Trump said. “Two hundred and fifty rounds, that’s more than a guy who plays in the PGA Tour plays. He played more golf last year than Tiger Woods. We don’t have time for this. We have to work. … I don’t have time for that. I love golf, I think it’s one of the greats, but I don’t have time.â€
Obama played 333 rounds of golf in his eight years as president, according to the Golf Channel, or one for every 8.8 days in office. Saturday was Trump’s 51st day in office, meaning he’s visited one of his golf courses once every 5.66 days. Assuming that Trump plays golf again on Sunday (he has no public appearances scheduled this weekend), the rate will increase to once every 5.2 days.Â
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