Trump: "If I become your president, this stuff is all going to stop."

[annabanana]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/3/1534055/-Donald-Trump-responds-to-PGA-by-threatening-in-a-strange-totalitarian-like-way

Donald Trump responds to PGA by threatening in a strange totalitarian-like way

"Can you believe it?" Trump asked the crowd at a rally here Wednesday evening. "Think of it: They moved the PGA Tour — moved the World Golf Championship — from Miami, where they're furious, to Mexico City. Not good."

He continued: "But that's okay. Folks, it's all going to be settled, you vote for Donald Trump as president. If I become your president, this stuff is all going to stop."

The comments section is priceless!

[DetlefK]

1. "Make America stop again"

[tonyt53]

26. Will his supporters get t-shirts with velcro? They can interchange "stop" and "great" that way

[spanone]

2. dictator don will take care of it, he's running to enrich himself....nothing else

[Hiraeth]

16. and having fun doing it. I mean one thing gotta admit, the dude looks like he is having a great time

at our expense in more ways than one but, still ... FUN

[DesertRat]

20. Maybe. But he usually looks miserable to me

I don't think I've seen him smile or look relaxed. I think he's used to ordering people around and it ticks him off when they don't bow to his will.

[Hiraeth]

22. Possibly, he looks more flabbergasted to me, like he can't believe he got this far.

I think it is sinking in and he is actually scared he might have to Be President ... ?!

[DesertRat]

23. Oh for sure! I think he wanted attention and to promote his brand

I don't think he EVER thought that it would go this far. He's never been a staunch Republican and now he's the leader of their party.

[spanone]

35. so as president he will order the PGA to hold their tournaments at all trump courses?

ok don

[pinboy3niner]

3. It was his buddy in North Korea who gave him the solution

Antiaircraft guns!

[BlueMTexpat]

5. Trump may be the ONLY person

in the world who can make Kim Jong-un look like a reasonably stable human being.

Kim Jong-un's reactions are predictable. Trump's never are.

[11 Bravo]

44. If he and Kim played a round of golf, the loser would be the one who signed ...

for a score of 19.

[gollygee]

4. What does the President have to do with the location of the PGA tour

I don't think he's aware of what this job entails.

[treestar]

18. Exactly!

Good grief is he serious? He thinks it is just general power over everything.

[liberal N proud]

6. And people think this is Great?

[Norman Conch Quest]

7. 8mm, Right?

[valerief]

8. Oh, yeah. His supporters really care about the PGA. Bwahahahaha! nt

[underpants]

33. They root for putts

Putz that is.

[awoke_in_2003]

40. That's par for the course

[FSogol]

9. Some talking head the other day said, If you are a Republican and you lost the golf crowd, you're in

trouble.

[Botany]

10. This is what I want my President to be worried about ....

..... GOLF TOURNAMENTS.

[pinboy3niner]

11. But who else will protect us from the hazards we face?

[hatrack]

17. It's a trap!

Plus, notice how no one has the courage to discuss the links between golf and BENGHAZI!!!1111!!?

[longship]

29. Your post needs some Admiral Ackbar.

Here:

[Botany]

19. In 2012 after the election the GOP did a study and the results were:

1) They needed more female voters

b) They need to do better w/Hispanics and Blacks

So they get a thin skinned racist who is an out loud and proud misogynist who is
worried about golf tournaments and helped to run a scam university to steal money
from people who couldn't afford it. And he is picking a fight w/the judge in a trial
about his scam university too.


BTW the PGA is all about business and $ and so they were no doubt looking for a
reason to cut all ties w/Trump. The man is toxic.

[pinboy3niner]

21. How soon they forgot that famous postmortem. nt

[Botany]

24. W/Trump as the nominee

The head of the Young Republicans ... a lawyer from N.C. ..... quit

The GOP's top two people for minority outreach have quit

And the head of the republican governors refused to meet w/Trump

Oh well if you let Rush, Fox News, birthers, and tea party racists run the party
idiots like Trump is what you get. Nobody stood up and called Trump out for
his racist, "I'm sending some of my good people out to Hawaii to look into the
this birth certificate issue."

[spooky3]

28. And what's really scary is

Some of them object because he's not conservative enough...

[Skittles]

42. and they thought the Greedy Old Pig party was just SWELL Before Trump

[11 Bravo]

45. That's just a wedge issue.

[Lochloosa]

12. Just so everone understands the context of this. He's pissed that it is moving from his resort

PGA Tour moves tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/15876975/pga-tour-move-event-miami-trump-doral-resort-mexico-city-2017



Bob Harig, ESPN Senior Writer 6/2/2016

PGA Tour moves tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City

Golf





DUBLIN, Ohio -- The longtime PGA Tour event at Miami's Trump Doral resort is leaving South Florida and heading to Mexico City in 2017.

The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that the new event will be known as the WGC-Mexico Championship. It will be held March 2-5 next year, with a venue in mind but not yet announced.

The Tour has a seven-year agreement through 2023 with Group Salinas, a collection of companies based in Mexico City primarily involved in retail, television and telecommunications, to sponsor the event.

Trump Doral had been the site of a PGA Tour event since 1962.

[annabanana]

13. I'm guessing the PGA can do what it likes with its Tournaments.

Trump is apparently no friend of the "free market" when it costs HIM money.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Yep. Even When It Doesn't Make Immediate Business Sense

The Western Open, later the BMW, was always in Chicago in early July. One of the best attended and most profitable events.

Then they moved it to September as part of the Fed Ex Cup, and same result.

But, to expand the live market to more of the midwest, they now move it around so the huge, golf crazy, Chicago market only gets the tournament twice every five years.

The PGA can SO do whatever it wants that they can do it even if the advantage isn't clear.

[Lochloosa]

25. I would think expanding into Mexico does make sense for the PGA. That would be a huge market.

They were probably looking for a tournament to drop and Trump set them up with the perfect scenario.

Karma.

One note, the PGA is a VERY right wing organization. They are most likely not happy with the way things are going.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. For Sure

I did mention short term, didn't i? If i didn't, that's what i meant by immediate. So, probably what i wrote was confusing.

Return Note: Finchem and his predecessor aren't so much the right wing. The tournament directors and sponsors pretty much are and the players' roster is loaded with randian morons. That's why Tom Lehman always stood out so much. He was a rich golfer who promoted progressive causes because he felt extremely lucky to be a millionaire from golf. He was one of the very few. (Also, was Tiger's best friend on tour for years.)

So, while i agree with your "right wing" assessment, i honestly believe it's more rank and file. Bunch of millionaires who think they are lone wolf entrepreneurs.

[underpants]

34. Well Johnny on this 3rd you have to carry the ball 280 to clear the wall

[WolverineDG]

14. Sounds like the PGA looked for an out

& found one: the 10 year extension on the contract hinged on having a sponsor. Cadillac bows out, no one else steps up to the plate, so the PGA can terminate their contract.

Things that make you go hmmm....

[Monk06]

41. The Trump brand is rapidly becoming advertizer Kryptonite

[lpbk2713]

27. "I got yer wall right here."

You wanted them to pay for the wall on the Rio Grande?

This ought to help fund it. Although I tend to feel they will
find many more worthy items to use any profits derived from
this change of plans. Plans change in the business world all
the time Butthead. Get over it.

[Zambero]

30. Oh no. Mexico of ALL places!

Didn't anyone tell the PGA about this? He's building a wall, and that means keeping them from ever leaving the country heading southbound. Fantastic. We'd be in good hands with Trump. Future action on global climate change goes off a cliff, but rest assured he'll use his executive golfing authority to the full extent, lest pros are allowed to tee off in the land of rapists, thugs, and biased judges.

[Johonny]

31. How isn't that heavy regulation of business, Trump is going to dictate to the PGA

where it holds tournaments. Not only is that a prime example of over reach in government regulation, its the dumbest regulation ever threaten by a presidential candidate. At the same time he will lift regulations on clean air, asbestos, lead paint etc

Wake up Big Business America Dictator Trump is coming.

[sailfla]

32. He'll say " I won" Then, I quit.....I'm telling ya...he does want that job

[Initech]

36. Vote for me or I'll continue to be a douche!

[Rex]

37. Dictator Stumpy lets it be known what he really cares about!

Golf!

[malaise]

38. Yes the Comments section is hilarious

[moondust]

39. "I'll have the nukes then so watch out."