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struggle4progress

(118,338 posts)
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 06:49 PM Oct 2017

Has Spent 27% of Presidency on Golf Course

Another taxpayer-funded trip to one of his properties Saturday
By Sean Colarossi on Sat, Oct 14th, 2017 at 12:58 pm

... Trump departed the White House .. Saturday morning to take another taxpayer-funded trip to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia.

... before the president exited the White House, "reporters saw staffers loading golf clubs into one of the vehicles in Trump's motorcade."

... new best friend .. Lindsey Graham, was also accompanying the president – after the GOP senator lied this week about Trump shooting 73 "in windy and wet conditions."

... Trump's latest visit to his club in Virginia marks the 72nd day of his presidency he is spending on a golf course and the 92nd time day he is visiting one of his own properties. In total, Trump has been in office for 267 days ...

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/14/golfer-in-chief-trump-spent-27-presidency-golf.html

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Has Spent 27% of Presidency on Golf Course (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2017 OP
lies or truth .......... same coin Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #1
This is not one of my complaints of the f-ing moron. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #2
He is taking his lead from Bush... mitch96 Oct 2017 #3
I wish it was 100%! nt USALiberal Oct 2017 #4
Republicans squander more of our tax dollars Achilleaze Oct 2017 #5
That's nothing ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #6
if only we could get that to 100%. at least he isn't ficking up the country while golfing Takket Oct 2017 #7
Has trump accomplished anything yet? Gothmog Oct 2017 #8

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
2. This is not one of my complaints of the f-ing moron.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 08:19 PM
Oct 2017

As far as I'm concerned, his time spent golfing is the absolute highlight of his regime so far. Any time he's golfing, he's not signing stupid executive orders, tweeting his way to war, or issuing nonsense public statements.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
5. Republicans squander more of our tax dollars
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 09:57 PM
Oct 2017

On golden gourmet luxuries for their goofy Golfer, the ignoble Republican draft dodger in chief. Sad.

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