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riversedge

(69,721 posts)
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 02:36 PM Jul 2017

Trump takes vacation from mounting scandals to spend entire month of August golfing



Friday, July 21st, 2017

Trump takes vacation from mounting scandals to spend entire month of August golfing




http://shareblue.com/trump-takes-vacation-from-mounting-scandals-to-spend-entire-month-of-august-golfing/

By Oliver Willis | July 21, 2017

Donald Trump is taking almost all of August off to enjoy a luxury vacation at his golf club resort in New Jersey.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Donald Trump will be taking the month of August off to relax and frolic at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

A notice filed by the FAA and highlighted by Time’s Zeke Miller advises that from August 3-20, flight restrictions will be in place over the area, due to Trump. In the past, these notices have been issued in advance of Trump trips to the area.
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His taxpayer-funded luxury travel also serves to advertise the Trump properties and enrich Trump, since he has not followed tradition and divested as other presidents did from their financial holdings. It lets him use Air Force One, Marine One, the Secret Service and the prestige and grandeur of the American presidency to line his pockets.
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Trump is skipping out on Washington even as he demanded the Senate stay in town instead of recess to jam through the unpopular health care bill. Trump’s decision is a reversal from his predecessor. President Barack Obama’s first August in office was packed with events on a host of issues to promote his agenda.

Trump, meanwhile, has done very little to promote his own legislative goals.

The White House preemptively responded to likely criticism of his extended vacation, with top aide and Nazi sympathizer Sebastian Gorka arguing that Trump was entitled to extended time off because he has been “crushing it” in the presidency.......................
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Trump takes vacation from mounting scandals to spend entire month of August golfing (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2017 OP
Great News.... Might as well extend it for about 3.5 more years. TBA Jul 2017 #1
Is this satire? I honestly can't tell. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #2
Me either. nolabear Jul 2017 #8
How much is he billing us for? underpants Jul 2017 #3
Yea before he was only taking 30 days, now it's the whole month...nt LakeArenal Jul 2017 #4
Was it on SNL ExciteBike66 Jul 2017 #5
Deja vu all over again. GoCubsGo Jul 2017 #6
But at that luncheon he told the GOP senators that "we" should not leave town before tblue37 Jul 2017 #7
Good. Gives Mueller more time to work unmolested. Binders Keepers Jul 2017 #9
Trump has done everything he could to advance his legislative goals; there are only two: Shrike47 Jul 2017 #10
Trump does not want Congress to take a recess but he is taking the month of august off Gothmog Jul 2017 #11

ExciteBike66

(2,280 posts)
5. Was it on SNL
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 02:43 PM
Jul 2017

that Will Ferrell (as G.W.Bush) said he was "working 24/7. That's 24 hours a week...7 months a year."

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
6. Deja vu all over again.
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 02:45 PM
Jul 2017

Cover your asses, everyone. Remember what happened the last time our so-called President took off the entire month of August. God, or whomever, help us.

tblue37

(64,980 posts)
7. But at that luncheon he told the GOP senators that "we" should not leave town before
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 02:45 PM
Jul 2017

finishing work on the healthcare bill.

Of course WE knew that HE had no plans to stay in DC and work.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
10. Trump has done everything he could to advance his legislative goals; there are only two:
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 03:32 PM
Jul 2017

Make himself even richer and get re-elected. Other than those, he doesn't give a damn or have any plans/policies.

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
11. Trump does not want Congress to take a recess but he is taking the month of august off
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 03:34 PM
Jul 2017

That will not go over well

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