Trump loves golf. It buys him loyalty, amnesia l Editorial
Source: NJ.com, by Star-Ledger Editorial Board
There is only one ground rule regarding Donald Trump's habitual abuse of women that remains inviolable: You tolerate it if you benefit from being his ally, and you tell your moral code to shut up.
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This decision to use Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster was made back in 2012, so the USGA has had enough time to reconsider it. Yet it chose to stay the course - either out of fear of a lawsuit threat from the President, or because it has no reservations about giving millions in free advertising and revenue to a man who has sustained a lifelong pattern of degrading and objectifying women.
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You are likely to see women like Lexi Thompson and Brittany Lang in fierce competition for a $5 million tournament purse, and forget about women such as Jill Harth and Summer Zervos, just two of many who sued Trump for sexual assault.
You are likely to witness a jubilant athlete match Trump's beaming visage as he hands over the championship trophy, and none of the abject fear felt by Kristin Anderson and Jessica Leeds, just two of the many whom Trump groped without consequences.
You are likely to hear players like Cristie Kerr and Natalie Gulbis talk about their gratitude for Trump's friendship and face time on "The Apprentice," but not a word from women he tried to humiliate, such as Miss Universe Alicia Machado, Megyn Kelly, Mika Brzezinski, or Brande Roderick, the Apprentice contestant he envisioned "dropping to your knees."
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Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of the women's rights group UltraViolet, put it plainly: "By holding the US Women's Open at Trump's golf course," she said, "the USGA and LPGA are sending a message to women across the country that this kind of racist, sexist, abusive behavior is okay."
Especially when there is a profit motive. That's what the Trump name was all about, until misogyny and predation also became presidential pastimes.
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