Posted on 07/29/2022 1:55:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sports broadcaster Bob Costas said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that former President Donald Trump does not care about American democracy because he is hosting an event for the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at his Bedminster Golf Club.
Anchor Brianna Keilar said, “Former President Trump is going to tee off with two other former PGA golfers who also joined this LIV league. Trump has been criticized by families and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack for hosting the tournament and for working with the man that U.S. intelligence says is responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In an interview, Trump claims the controversy around the Khashoggi’s killing has, quote, ‘totally died down.'”
She asked, “Bob, this is all happening so close to the World Trade Center. It is happening in the shadow of it.”
Costas said, “Some 700 plus of the victims on 9/11, 21 years ago, were from New Jersey, some of them from the Bedminster area. So the 9/11 families are very hurt about this, very upset, there will be protests outside the grounds, but if we learned anything about Donald Trump, which it shouldn’t have taken very long to learn, is that he doesn’t care about any principle, including American democracy or any person, he cares about nothing other than his own perceived self-interests. And then there’s the aspect of grievance and revenge. He was upset because the PGA pulled out following Jan. 6 the last year. Following those events, they pulled the PGA tournament from the Bedminster course. So this is an element of grievance on his part because, as we all know, he is, after all, the most persecuted man in American history, and he’s qualified to say that because he’s a scholar of history.”
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What did Khashoggi have to do with the American representative governments?
Nor does our Fist-bumper In Chief!
What does golf have to do with American democracy?
Makes no sense to me until one digs deeper and realizes these people have deep vested interests in the PGA so therefore, they substitute their investments with “American democracy”.
Hey Bobo, we are NOT a democracy, we are a republic.
It’s Scottish democracy ,LOL
So it’s ok for Joe to shut down our oil and beg the Saudis for some of their oil but not ok for Trump to host a golf tournament for them???
Did he condemn Biden for buying oil from them since that is how they fund the golf.
The USA has been hosting the Saudies for decades for decades and decades - so he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Hey, when I need to take the pulse of American sentiment, Bob Costas is always my first stop.
What a pussy.
It is a Constitional Republic, you ignoramus
Why are these people so evil?
It’s not just that they’re liberals.
It’s how vile they are. Complete disrespect for a former President. Complete hatred. They want us dead at all costs. Why are they so unhinged?
Costas is a twat. I despise that scum.
And taken out of the context "democratic republic", neither do I...
All of Trumps Golf courses were removed from the PGA playing season. So why is Costa surprised that he will host the LIV??? The PGA has cost him millions in lost revenue on his courses being used for these lucrative events. Everyone forgets that even when he was President of the United States, he was a business man first.
It is just part of the ongoing bashing Trump has to endure from the Demoncrats. They are all idiots, and Costa is evidently an ignorant talking head...nothing more.
Remember! These leftists are feigning concern over a Saudi journalist, yet these are the same scum shutting down anyone who disagrees with them here in America. So they feign concern over free speech while shutting down free speech here at home. These people are completely insane and evil
The main golf tours are taking money from big globalist corporations, the LIV tour is a Saudi financed operation.
Is there really much of a moral or ethical difference?
Both are repressive theocracies, you could say. One worships Gaia and the other Allah.
Trump is just exercising his rights as an independent businessman. If he were president this would no doubt be some big faux scandal, as it stands, it’s a big nothingburger. Professional golfers are independent operators free to make their own decisions about where to play golf for money. So far the LIV Tour basically sucks and has almost no fan interest, but that could change.
Trump pointed out that most of the sponsors of the PGA do business with the Saudies. If these people are serious about being upset they need to boycott PGA
I don’t either Bobby, you child-minded fool.
I do care about our Republic, though. I KNOW that Trump does too.
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