How many times has Donald Trump visited golf courses?
According to both groups’ count, Trump has visited his four golf courses more than 100 times since he took office.
Who is the press secretary for golf?
Asked how golf enabled success in 2017, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed to his relationships with senators that "helped pushed forward the president’s agenda, specifically when it comes to helping get the tax reform and tax cuts passed.".
How many times did Barack Obama play golf?
Obama’s first game as president was April 26, 2009. He went on to play 333 times total over his eight years, according to CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who tracked Obama’s games. During the campaign, Trump said he would play golf smarter than Obama, using the game to bolster achievements. Asked how golf enabled success in 2017, press ...
Who is the press secretary for golf?
Asked how golf enabled success in 2017, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed to his relationships with senators that "helped pushed forward the president’s agenda, specifically when it comes to helping get the tax reform and tax cuts passed.".
How many days has Trump been on a golf course?
By contrast, Knoller said, Trump has spent all or part of 248 days at a golf course. CNN's own count has Trump at 266 days spending some time at a Trump golf course. Since Trump and his aides often refuse to confirm that he actually played golf during a visit to a golf club, even when he has been spotted in golf attire, ...
How many trips did Obama make to Hawaii?
Through this point in his first presidential term, Obama had made three vacation trips to his birth state of Hawaii for a total of 29,978 miles in the air, Knoller tweeted, while Trump has made 30 trips to Palm Beach, Florida, the home of Mar-a-Lago, for a total of 51,540 miles.
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Two years into his term, President Trump has been dogged by accusations that he is not spending enough time on the job. Critics have said that he usually comes into the office after 11am compared to Obama who worked out in the morning and arrived before 10 and George W. Bush who started his day at 6:45am.
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How many times did Trump tweet about Obama's golf?
Trump negatively tweeted about Obama's golf outings more than two dozen times while Obama was president. According to a CNN tally, Trump had spent 266 days at one of his golf clubs by the end of May, while Obama had played 98 rounds by that point in his presidency.
How many rounds of golf did Obama play?
According to Trump Golf Count, a website that tracks the president's golf outings, Obama played 306 rounds of golf during his eight years in office — just 45 more than the 261 it estimates Trump has already played during his first term.
How many days has Trump been on golf clubs?
Trump has spent 266 days at his golf clubs at the end of May while Obama had played 98 rounds by that point in his presidency. The president had paused his frequent trips to the golf course when the COVID-19 pandemic first reached the US but has resumed his outings since the end of May. In May, Trump also defended his golfing as ...
Where was Donald Trump golfing?
According to NBC News, White House aides reportedly struggled to contact the president to get him to remove the video but were unable to reach him for about three while he was golfing at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia and had put his phone down.
How long did the President's video stay on Twitter?
The video remained on the president's Twitter feed for three hours before it was taken down. A campaign spokesperson later said later that the president "did not hear" the phrase, which was uttered early in the video, before he shared the video.
