Posted on 03/14/2018 10:55:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump has now spent almost one-third of his time in office at his own properties and has played more golf than President Obama over the same period.
The president has visited one of his properties on 112 days of his presidency, according to a count NBC News updated Wednesday in the midst of Trump's 10-day Christmas vacation at Mar-a-Lago—his private club in Palm Beach.
U.S. taxpayers paid $6.6 million in airfare alone this year for Trump’s frequent trips to Mar-a-Lago, according to U.S. Air Force records.
Trump also spent part or all of about 40 days at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., the Wall Street Journal reported.
The White House did not respond to a Newsweek request for comment.
Critics say Trump personally profits off his presidency by staying and holding political events at his properties, which in turn generates attention and free advertising for those businesses. It also allows wealthy club members to access the president and sometimes watch him conduct business with world leaders like Shinzo Abe.
Except for 17 days in August that Trump spent at Bedminster and his Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, the president usually visits his properties on the weekends, according to NBC.
Trump criticized his predecessor for spending time on the links, tweeting in 2014, “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter.”
But PolitiFact did the math and discovered that, as of last month, Trump had played golf 35 times while Obama had only played 24 times by the same point of his presidency.
On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump had promised, “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to play golf.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Trump works while he plays. Obama as just goofing off.
we actually spend 1/3 of our time in bed asleep. What a joke.obama played golf 162 times in one year and never hit a lick of actual work for 8 horrible years where he damned near ruined this once great country. It is becoming evident that he conspired to defraud the FISA court by directly using fusion GPS and funnel the money through his lawyers.That was a CRIME!! Why is he walking the streets a free man?
At least he has properties unlike the Barky and the Mooch. He probably doesn’t suck at golf like Obama does either.
You never saw Obama working like Trump does. He never met with members of Congress. Seems like he just told his staff to come up with stuff—his favorite word and then he went off to watch tv get ready for parties or go on golfing trips. Trump works hard everyday as far as I see it.
And gets more done in one day that Obozo did in 8 years.
Yet has accomplished more of his platform agenda in the first 1 ¼ years in office than Obama in 8 years... Hmmm... That is how a CEO runs things.
It just goes to show you, a lot can be accomplished on a golf course. Who did he play golf with? If Obama had done what Trump has done for the economy, he too could spend weeks playing golf. The problem is, Obama was never a working business man, and neither is the writer of this article. If Obama was confronted with the mess (natural and man made) and hostility that Trump walked into, he would have found an excuse to get out. Obama never struck me as when the getting gets tough, the tough get going type, and Hillary? Hillary has great olfactory senses, she can recognize the smell of $$$$$, and is always ready to; “Lets Make a Deal”.
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So taking a break from Washington is an impeachable offense?
Got it.””””””””
According to the media, yes. How dare he go to his own house for the weekend.
And still got 100x more done.
Call me when Melania takes a separate 757 and Trump’s dog has his own helicopter. Trump doesn’t even take a salary. No comparison to the graft and greed of Sotero.
>>I’ll bet more than 90% of the time that President Trump is on the golf course he is conducting business.<<
That is SOP in high-powered business circles. Golf is not a game but a negotiation platform wrapped in a game.
Too bad the left is so clueless on how real power operates.
Oh well, let’s get Trump out of office ASAP.....imagine that. Visiting his properties in the United States.....and Obammy and Moochie spending millions in getaways far from here all the while dissing America in one way or the other. Embarrassing us too whilst spending tax monies on themselves and a few hundred close friends and relatives!! News Squeek is a joke!!
And Trump cheated less on his score.
NOBODY golfs more than Obama.
Not even Tiger Woods.
Yeah I think so too.
Not for President Obama.
To him, golf was a way to chain-smoke for a few hours away from the prying eyes of Michelle and the media.
I have one dollar, but I won’t buy Newsweak.
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There is little benefit to us in posting biased articles from that sorry enterprise: Newsweek. Neither informative nor interesting.
Yeah, but bammy gave 1.7 billion of our dollars to the fanatics who wake up every day yelling “death to America.”
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