The President’s visit to Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. on November 25th was the 81st day he has visited one of his courses since taking office, the network reported. At his current pace, according to CNN, Trump will play more golf in his first year than George W. Bush did in eight.
President Donald Trump could be on track to spend as much as triple the time former President Barack Obama did on the golf course in his first year in office, CNN.com reported, and to play more than former President George W. Bush did in eight years as the nation’s Chief Executive.
Trump spent Saturday, November 25th at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., marking the 81st day that the President has visited one of his golf courses, and his fourth straight day at a club, CNN reported. The network cited a “law enforcement source” who said Trump played with golf legend Jack Nicklaus, a longtime supporter of the President.
CNN acknowledged that it is “unclear” whether Trump golfs each day he visits a course, or how many rounds he plays when he does. White House aides rarely confirm that the President is golfing, CNN reported, but Trump did so himself on Friday, November 24th, announcing that he was playing with golfing stars Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson.
By comparison, CNN reported, Obama played 333 rounds of golf during his eight years in office and at this point in the first year of his term had played 26 rounds. CNN cited Mark Knoller of CBS News, who keeps detailed statistics of presidencies, as the source for those statistics.
Bush played only 24 rounds of golf as President and stopped playing golf after October 13, 2003, Knoller told CNN, after he was criticized for golfing while the nation was at war. At the one-year point of his presidency, CNN reported, Bush had golfed seven times.
Acknowledging that many Americans—and more than a few presidents—play golf, CNN said “Trump’s golf outings are notable only because he repeatedly mocked Obama for the time he spent on the golf course and said he wouldn’t have time if he were elected President.”
The network quoted what Trump said at an August 2016 event during his presidential campaign: “If I win I may never see my property—I may never see these places again. But because I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go golfing, believe me. Believe me. Believe me, folks.”
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