Posted on 12/19/2016 2:11:47 PM PST by COUNTrecount
Well, this is what one would call bad political optics.
With the dual breaking news events surrounding potential terrorism and a foreign diplomat being shot to death, White House pool reports showed that President Barack Obama headed to a country club in Hawaii near his rental house, where he is vacationing.
The first email shows that Obama has directed his staff to keep him updated on the situation in Turkey regarding the assassination of the Russian Ambassador.
From the White House, per Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz:
“This morning the President was briefed by his National Security Team on the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey in Ankara today. The President directed his team to provide updates as warranted.”
Meanwhile, at 10:10 a.m. in Kailua, the press van prepares to depart the rental house where we’ve been holding.
In a following email, we are informed that Obama is leaving the rental home to go play golf.
The President and his motorcade departed the Kailua neighborhood where the First Family rents a vacation home at 10:21 a.m. Spectators on the street threw shakas and recorded photos or video on cell phones as the motorcade made the 10-minute drive to Mid-Pacific Country Club, where the President will be golfing under cloudy skies.
The times listed are local Hawaii time. Obama’s motorcade left his vacation home at 3:21 PM ET.
Currently, the news is dominated by both the assassination in Turkey, which could have large-scale implications on foreign policy and relations, and multiple deaths in Berlin via a truck driving through a market in an incident reminiscent of the Nice terror attack.
Needless to say, there will be a lot of negative attention given to Obama playing golf in the immediate aftermath of these horrific, and potentially history-altering, events.
he wasn’t being notified about what happened, they were Mission Accomplished memorandums from his Jihadi Brothers.
Onagger threatens Russia over hacking, Russian ambassador is murdered. If Zero was a Repub that would be enough for the MSM to make a connection.
Obama’s Secret Service guy has it easy. He doesn’t have to carry a nuclear football. He carries a nuclear golf ball.
How many days left for this bozo?
Of course.
What else did anyone expect him to do?
Doesn’t it take more to be a president than telling your staff to keep you updated? Jeez, what a ~~~~~ I have run out of words for this person...I wonder why his wife and kids even bother to accompany him on vacation. They’ve already cost us a fortune so why don’t they just go somewhere else?
With his support both overt and covert of Islamic heathens and complete disdain for sane diplomacy, its par for the course.
Obie golfs while the world burns.
How Nero-like of him.
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Don’t forget he also found time to release 231 criminals to prey upon America.
Opening the prison doors and golfing. What a great vacation day for this POS.
How can you tell it’s a vacation day for Obama?
He only golfs nine holes.
Unpresidented
I simply cannot believe people voted for this dink
This guy is going to be retired in a month and can golf every day without a care in the world. He can’t be bothered to at least phone it in and pretend to care about the world in his last month?
What was up in Switzerland today?
True, if he spoke he would make things worse!
Hey, it’s his last taxpayer funded vacation. Gots to get all dem bennies while he still can.
On the bright side, he pardoned 231 convicts in one day.
The jihadi perps could have been one of his many sons.
He’s in a celebratory mood.
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