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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:09 AM Mar 2017

Par for the course: White House says Trump's golf outings to his courses were "meetings"

MONDAY, MAR 27, 2017 07:50 AM EDT

Par for the course: White House says Trump’s golf outings to his courses were “meetings”

The White House and Fox News don't want to admit that the president is enjoying a leisurely weekend on the links

MATTHEW ROZSA

President Donald Trump has already been criticized for spending so much time on the golf links, but that didn’t stop him from spending last weekend at one of his own golf courses.

On Sunday Trump played golf for the 13th time since taking office, in the process also marking the eighth consecutive weekend he had spent at a property that he personally owns, according to CNN. On this occasion he went to his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.

The White House said that Trump’s golf trip actually was a series of meetings, but photos posted on Instagram and Twitter show that the president was hitting the links.







But Fox News erroneously reported on Sunday that Trump was spending the weekend working at the White House.




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Par for the course: White House says Trump's golf outings to his courses were "meetings" (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP
he met with some bad luck when he landed in a bunker on the third hole, for instance.... unblock Mar 2017 #1
No wonder.... mrsv Mar 2017 #2
Why, that was the site of a famous Civil War battle. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #3
Everybody's working for the weekend! Initech Mar 2017 #4
Pic of Rodney Dangerfield, or it didn't happen. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #5
well the golf cart does not have a microwave oven so less fear obama is listening dembotoz Mar 2017 #6
There was no room available in the White House dalton99a Mar 2017 #7

mrsv

(209 posts)
2. No wonder....
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:17 AM
Mar 2017

He's a failed businessman with numerous bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits...to many golf "meetings"...and I "hear" his golf game not that good.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,908 posts)
3. Why, that was the site of a famous Civil War battle.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:20 AM
Mar 2017

And by "was," I mean, "wasn't."

Report: Trump battles historians over the Civil War

By Mark Hensch - 11/24/15 02:37 PM EST

Donald Trump is feuding with Virginia historians over the local history surrounding his golf course on Lowes Island, a new report says. ... Area academics are challenging the GOP presidential front-runner over his account of Civil War history there, according to The New York Times.

At issue is whether one of Trump’s two courses on Lowes Island can tout its status as a storied battlefield, the news publication said Tuesday. “Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot,” a plaque between the 14th hole and 15th tee states, it said. “The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood,’ ” it reads, alongside Trump’s full name and his family crest. ... “It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River,” the sign adds. ... The New York Times said Tuesday that multiple Virginia historians deny that version of events.

“No, uh-uh, no way,” said Richard Gillespie, executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, a historical preservation and education group which documents an 1,800 square mile section of the Virginia Piedmont, including Lowes Island. ... “Nothing like that ever happened there,” he continued. "The River of Blood? Nope, not there.” ... Gillespie said that Trump is possibly mistaking his site on Lowes Island for the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. ... The 1861 battle, he added, took place 11 miles up the Potomac River and involved the death of several hundred Union soldiers during a retreat there.

Alana Blumenthal, curator of the {Loudoun} Museum in nearby Leesburg, Va., also disputes Trump’s plaque, The New York Times said. ... The newspaper added that a third source confirmed the marker is inaccurate, but requested anonymity so as not to anger the Trump Organization. ... Trump waved off the historians’ criticisms in his own interview with The New York Times Tuesday. ... “How would they know that?” he asked of regional experts. "Were they there?{"} ... “That was a prime site for river crossings,” Trump said. "So, if people are crossing the river, and you happen to be in a civil war, I would say that people were shot — a lot of them." ... Trump then refused comment on the identity of “numerous historians” who had discussed Lowes Island with his staff, The New York Times said. ... He also would not let the publication speak with any of his “people” over the matter, it added. ... “You don’t have to talk to anybody,” Trump said. "It doesn’t make any difference.

Yeah, smartypants, were you there? And what difference does the truth make anyway?

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,908 posts)
5. Pic of Rodney Dangerfield, or it didn't happen.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:30 AM
Mar 2017

Last edited Mon Mar 27, 2017, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)

Dangerfield, not Daingerfield

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