Trump kicks biographer (who was golfing with one of the Koch brothers) off his golf course

[Snarkoleptic]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/312333-trump-kicks-biographer-koch-brother-off-his-golf-course

Hurt said in his account of the incident on Facebook that security escorted him off the course. But another member of the golfing group alongside Hurt and billionaire donor David Koch said that they were unaware of the exchange.

"Harry just said he had been asked to leave,” said GOP donor John M. Damgard, who was golfing in the group. "I thought he was kidding. And then I learned that there had been some previous bad blood between them from back in the '90s apparently."

A Koch associate told Politico that when Hurt returned from his exchange with Trump, he offered to take an Uber home so the others could finish their golf game.

“And David said, ‘No, we came as a foursome and we'll leave as a foursome,’” the Koch associate told Politico.

[Snarkoleptic]

1. Here's the quip from the author's Facebook page...

https://www.facebook.com/harry.i.hurt/posts/10209855834445202?pnref=story

Oddly, he writes of himself in the third person...

TRUMP BOOTS AUTHOR FROM GOLF COURSE

Donald Trump personally booted the author of an unflattering biography off Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Friday. Harry Hurt III, who penned the 1993 biography, Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, had come to play with billionaire industrialist David. H. Koch, a Trump club member, and two other golfers. Hurt, who has a scratch handicap and plays in colorful knickers, walked over to Trump on the practice range prior to his group’s assigned tee time, only to suffer a tongue lashing from the president-elect. “I said, ‘Congratulations, sir,’ and shook his hand,” Hurt recalls. “Trump said, ‘You were rough on me, Harry. Really rough. That shit you wrote.’” Hurt says he looked Trump in the eye, and said, “It’s all true,” to which Trump rejoined, “Not in the way you wrote it.” Among the juicy tidbits in Hurt’s tome was Ivana Trump’s allegation in a sworn deposition that Trump had “raped” her during their divorce battle. Trump told Hurt it was “inappropriate” for him to play at the club, and had his security detail escort Hurt, Koch, and their playing partners to the parking lot. “David was appalled,” says Hurt. “He branded Trump ‘petty’ and vulgar.’ We played Emerald Dunes instead, which is a much, much better golf course than Trump International.”

[Cha]

11. Thanks for that, Snark.. Of course, if Hurt wrote the

truth about trump he would have to kick him of his damn golf course. lol

poor trump.. what's a pervert to do.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. The environment where this little encounter happened....GAK!!!

Blows my mind!

So that's what billionaire power players do? Man, that is some rarefied atmosphere.

And Koch is now displeased with his sucker.....

tsk..... interesting

[Cha]

22. Yeah, I hope it's tit for tat billionaire style..

Have a Healthy Happy New Year, Blanche!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. Yeah

And same to you, Cha!

❤️

[Cha]

26. ..

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. :)

[kacekwl]

2. Get used to it chumps.

NO GOLF FOR YOU.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. ROFL! Yep I can picture dumpf saying that. Or toilet tweeting

barf

[wcmagumba]

3. Asshole...

can't even get along with other evil billionaires and their quisling friends...

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Trump is all about evening the score.

He's a petulant man-child.

[cstanleytech]

15. I wonder if it could be a symptom of Alzheimers like his father though? nt

[Snarkoleptic]

23. Interesting...

Here's a snip from Kos. It's almost like a Trump checklist-

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/2/1531612/-Crazy-Or-does-Donald-Trump-exhibit-signs-of-early-dementia-Seriously

In addition to memory loss, anyone who’s ever dealt with a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease knows that it is much more pervasive and broad than just forgetfulness. Trump is 74, a bit older than my mother was when she began exhibiting signs of dementia. So let me go through the list of things he has in common with my mother.

Memory loss — “I never said that. I never did that.” How many times has Trump said this, with total conviction? How often does he switch his positions, within minutes sometimes? About as often as my mother did, and as often as Martha now does. And he says these things like he really believes them. An act or not? But this also led my mom to have very…

Repetitive speech patterns — People with early dementia don’t forget everything. Some things they remember quite well and keep repeating over and over and over again, like memories of past experiences. Early in her disease process, my mom could have easily repeated phrases like, “Build a wall!” or “Crooked Hillary!” And if we contradicted my mom, we got a boatload of...

Belligerence — Anyone who has ever tried to argue with someone with dementia knows all about this! “Mom, you just said...” “No, I didn’t!” You cannot win. You will be shouted down, yelled at, contradicted, accused of all sorts of wrongdoing. Whatever is happening, it is all your fault — or the media’s. Which is a lot like…

Paranoia — People were stealing stuff all of the time from my mom, especially me. People are stealing Martha’s stuff, too. She’s sure of it. Of course, people with dementia misplace and lose lots of things. But it is so much more painful for them to admit that than it is to blame others for stealing. As in, “Mexicans are stealing our jobs.” Which looks a lot like...

Poor judgment — Before my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she was having bouts of diarrhea, sometimes spoiling her underwear. She was too embarrassed to tell my dad, so she would try to flush her underwear down the toilet to hide the evidence. My dad had to call the plumber more than a few times to unplug it. Her drive for self-preservation and the appearance of normalcy caused her to make bad decisions. Which sometimes led to…

Impulsive behavior — The lack of self-control in people with dementia causes them to act impulsively in a number of situations. They become totally focused on whatever it is they need (or think they need) right now. Sometimes this impulsive behavior shows a clear...

Lack of empathy — My mom had no clue about how her behavior was affecting and/or hurting other people, nor did she seem to care. Both she and Martha shared a propensity for making hurtful comments about people’s appearances in public, e.g. “Boy, is she fat!” I just wanted to crawl in a hole and disappear, but arguing with my mom would have only caused a bigger scene. It reminds me of all of the hateful things Trump has said about people without having a clue as to how inappropriate these things are.

[cstanleytech]

24. Well I suspect they will remove him after he is sworn in by invoking the 25th amendment

and given his behavior I suspect it will literally fly through the senate and house soon followed by his kids taking daddy to court to have him ruled incompetent.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Wow,fifth grade school yard Bully.

This will come back to bit the Con Job in his big Ass.

[nolabear]

6. LOL...no grudge too petty. No wonder he doesn't want the press around.

Sadly for him, everybody is "the press" these days. He's going to go nuts(er).

[Cha]

13. All it did was bring attention to his the sworn depostion

that he "raped Ivana".

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. Great point. Everybody's the press these days.

So true! Really important these days, too. Thank goodness it's true!!!

[onecaliberal]

7. I hope the kochs return the favor. Can't wait to see them eat one another

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

8. Get off my lawn!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. ...

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. At least Trumpsky didn't try to deck him with a 7 Iron.

A putter is usually preferred for assaults on the front nine. But then, Trumpsky uses a smaller-than-normal putter, so...

But I'm relieved to hear that he's using his remaining time before inauguration wisely.

[Control-Z]

12. Yeah, well, I hear he's cutting back his inaugural

events so he can get to work sooner. That is why his parade will only be an hour vs the two hour parade President Obama had in 2008. Oh, and only two balls vs how many? 11? I guess that's for the same reason. So he can get back to that work. Busy, busy, busy.

Couldn't possibly be that no one with an ounce of integrity is willing to be seen performing for or attending his celebrations.

[elehhhhna]

28. They're trying to avoid a rerun of the Bush inaugural

where people were throwing shit at the car and screaming and they had to hit the gas really hard and fly the hell out of there

[UTUSN]

10. Bwah-ha-HAH, this is going to be a "great" year & not the way DRUMPF defines "great"!1

[LeftyMom]

14. He thinks he's putting the Kochs' in their place, the writer is merely a convenient excuse.

He forgets that they could buy and sell him, and are playing a longer game.

[Snarkoleptic]

18. Which could lead to an alternate headline...

"Fake billionaire, trigged by sighting of actual billionaire, lashes out at members of his entourage."

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. LOL!

I like it!

[.99center]

29. The only feud between Trump and a journalist that the networks aren't covering.

We're in for a ride if all it takes is a vacation and some Cheeto bronzer, to get the press to ignore Trump's hair plugs and what he did to his ex-wife.