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Journal by DeathMonkey
Donald Trump has spent 81 days on the golf course in his first year as President, racing past his predecessors.
Mr Trump, after a weekend at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, has spent more time on the green than George W Bush did during eight years in office.
The President has also been on the golf course almost three times as much as Barack Obama did during his first year.
The American public spent at least $43 million in order to support President Donald Trump‘s considerable golf habit in 2017.
The American Public Reportedly Spent $43 Million Last Year So Trump Could Play Golf
Donald Trump plays golf almost three times as much as Barack Obama after one year in office
Trump plays golf 3 times as much as Obama, costing $43 mil.
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Conquering Russia should be done steppe by steppe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 02 2018, @09:53PM (6 children)
Help me to understand how Trump golf is different from Obama golf.
I'm not a golf player, so I admit I'm out of my depth here.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday January 02 2018, @10:48PM
Help me to understand how Trump golf is different from Obama golf.
One is three times greater than the other.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Tuesday January 02 2018, @10:53PM (3 children)
One is left handed and one is right handed
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 03 2018, @03:36AM (2 children)
Hmmm. I didn't realize there were that many of those.
between 10 and 15 percent of the global population identifies as being left-handed [cbsnews.com]
Left Handed Presidents of the United States [anythinglefthanded.co.uk]
George H W Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover - disputed
James Garfield - ambidextrous
Harry Truman - ambidextrous
Gerald Ford - ambidextrous
Ronald Reagan - ambidextrous
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday January 03 2018, @06:21AM (1 child)
I guess Truman had to be good at something
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 03 2018, @06:44AM
Hey, he was good at having bombs dropped on children.
He was good at threatening to replace striking workers with military people.
(Those damned courts always getting in the way.)
3 of those ambidextrous guys were the result of teachers forcing lefties to write with their unnatural hand.
Garfield was said to have been able to write Greek with his left hand and Latin with his right at the same time.
That's a different kind of brain than I have.
Didn't keep him from getting shot dead though.
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(Score: 1) by John Miller on Wednesday January 03 2018, @11:40PM
President Obama, by his own account, has a handicap of 13. President Trump has a handicap of 2.8. I think that's a very clear distinction.
When President Trump plays golf, he isn't only maintaining his enviable ability in the sport, and his excellent health. It's not a vacation. He's developing deeper and better relationships with members of Congress. Those relationships have helped pushed forward the President’s agenda. For example, the President recently signed historic tax legislation. The success of that came from the strong relationships that the President has. And he’s played golf with a number of senators, and used that time certainly to accomplish that.
I think we’ve had an extremely successful 2017. Some of that’s due to the relationship building that he was able to do there. I think it’s the press that has an issue with his time on the course.