

and new infections continue to surge.ĭuring his 2016 campaign, Trump claimed he would not have time to play golf after if won the presidential race. The president has golfed multiple times amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, even as well over 134,000 people have died in the U.S.

"This is catastrophic trouble, I think is totally inappropriate."ĭue largely to Trump's previous criticism of Obama's golfing, his regular excursions to his personal golf courses has drawn consistent media attention. "The image of him on a golf course, while Japan is in that kind of trouble," he said at the time. In 2011, during an interview with Fox News, Trump criticized Obama for playing golf as Japan was hit by a major earthquake. "President Obama played golf yesterday?" the president tweeted in 2013 following a spat of tornadoes hitting the Midwest. "He may play more golf than any human being in America, and I'm not sure that's good for the President," Trump tweeted in January 2015. Trump Blasts GOP Senators Romney, Toomey Over Stone Criticism.Romney Condemns Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone."When I play, Fake News CNN, and others, park themselves anywhere they can to get a picture, then scream 'President Trump is playing golf.' Actually, I play VERY fast, get a lot of work done on the golf course, and also get a 'tiny' bit of exercise. Obama played more and much longer rounds, no problem," Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. My "exercise" is playing, almost never during the week, a quick round of golf. It is their number one passion in life, but nobody complains. "I know many in business and politics that work out endlessly, in some cases to a point of exhaustion. The president has actually reportedly played golf more than twice as many times as Obama, according to CNN's analysis. Trump played golf at his property at the Trump National Golf Club in northern Virginia on Saturday, which CNN reported was the 276th time the president has visited one of his golf course properties since entering the White House. President Donald Trump defended the fact that he has regularly played golf during his tenure in the White House, inaccurately claiming that his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, "played more and much longer."
