Column: Tiger has never taken a stand on big issues, so hanging with Trump is no big deal

[yortsed snacilbuper]

The big surprise in Tiger Woods' decision to visit Donald Trump on Monday to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom is not that he is going to spend time with the controversial president, a man who said there were "some very fine people on both sides" during the deadly white nationalist riots in Charlottesville in 2017.

Tiger apparently long ago made his peace with Trumpism, choosing to play golf with the president on occasion while remaining silent about what he actually thinks of him. Unlike his peers LeBron James and Serena and Venus Williams, Tiger has never been one to take a stand on any big cultural or societal issue. He made that clear early on when, days after winning the 1997 Masters, he turned down President Bill Clinton's invitation to attend a 50th anniversary celebration of Jackie Robinson to go on vacation in Mexico.

When you make a decision like that at 21, hanging with a guy like Trump when you're 43 is no problem at all.

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tiger seems like an idiot!

[redstatebluegirl]

1. The only person as teflon as the Donald is Tiger.

[Siwsan]

2. "You are known by the company you keep"

[Cartoonist]

3. More like a coward

He doesn't want to be another Colin. So he hangs with Colon45.

[dubyadiprecession]

4. Trump will probably try to stuff a cold...

Big Mac in Tiger’s green jacket.

[gratuitous]

5. The guy is paid millions to play golf five days a week on perfectly manicured courses

I'm not sure what deathless insights he might have to offer to 98% of the American citizenry.

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9. Except that the despicable discrimination that he and his dad experienced as he was attempting

to golf on those perfectly manicured courses five days a week apparently had no effect on him whatsoever. What a goddamned hero.

[HipChick]

11. His dad might be, but Tiger does not identify as black..

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12. I know he's half Thai, but that didn't change the attitudes of anybody who barred them

from golf courses. And he only has the luxury now of being colorblind because his father was so determined. As a result, Woods was so successful that now it doesn't matter if he's purple. It must be nice to just erase all that from his consciousness. I know I couldn't. But I don't care. Whatever floats his boat.

[HipChick]

13. Understood...but because of that

Tiger did not have the black community behind him, supporting him..

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6. That he didn't see fit to honor Jackie Robinosn with Bill Clinton, yet thinks it's okay to golf

with the biggest criminal scumbag to ever infest the white House in American history turns my stomach.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. I'm sure they have a lot in common with women.

[StarfishSaver]

8. Tiger Woods is an excellent golfer

I'll just leave it at that.

[Chin music]

10. trumps losing the older guy golfer to tout his golf courses so he gave

the medal to tiger, so he can pay ahead, for Tiger to tout-and work at,-trumps golf courses. That's how I see it.
trump wakes up everyday asking, "What have I done for myself lately?" Then starts typing on his phone.

[struggle4progress]

14. Medal honors business ally

By Shahien Nasiripour
May 3, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT

... in bestowing the honor, Trump will draw attention to an issue that has dogged him since his election: concerns that he’s using his public office to benefit his business.

Woods, one of the most celebrated golfers in history, designed Trump World Golf Club in Dubai through his company, TGR Design. The Trump Organization will operate the course owned by Damac Properties Dubai Co. when it’s scheduled to open later this year ...

His hotel in Washington has become a magnet for lobbyists, Republicans and others seeking to curry favor with the first president in the modern era to retain his business while serving in public office. Government officials regularly spend money at his businesses. Companies subject to federal regulation host conferences in his banquet halls. Foreign governments pay top dollar to stay in his hotels ...

... another medal Trump awarded last year showed a different type of potential conflict: He gave one to Miriam Adelson, wife of Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-03/trump-s-medal-to-tiger-woods-honors-golf-legend-business-ally

[rusty fender]

15. Tiger is the OJ of golfers