Today @realDonaldTrump returns to the “Let ‘em eat cake” golf course for some fun. 1.6M COVID19 cases. 98K dead. Record unemployment. All is well. POTUS is on the links. pic.twitter.com/s8jCx42vkg— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) May 23, 2020
Can you believe? pic.twitter.com/KtgpMGUZGe— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 23, 2020
Trump is golfing today.— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) May 23, 2020
In 2014 on Fox and Friends he criticized Obama for golfing when there were *two cases* of Ebola in the United States saying, "it sends the wrong signal" and he should have given up golf as president "to really focus on the job." https://t.co/br8jLwVLts pic.twitter.com/Jmh5CSt2mp
Didn’t you know this was coming when Dr. Birx including golfing in her list of acceptable activities yesterday? She didn’t put that in herself.— Jena Haskins (@jena_haskins) May 23, 2020
39,000,000 jobless— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 23, 2020
1,600,000 infected
96,000 dead
1 golfing
#TrumpGolfs because he's a sociopath.https://t.co/CfVWnJMc4j— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) May 23, 2020
I would just say “Fuck you” but out of respect to the office of the Presidency. I’ll say, “Fuck you, sir.”— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 23, 2020
Almost 100,000 dead Americans and you’re fucking golfing.
Trump Heads to Golf Course For First Time Since Virus Lockdowns https://t.co/2ZUjO3OFtN
'Merica.... pic.twitter.com/IBCxZEtmqc— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 23, 2020
Some stats: Trump has run up a tab of approximately $135 million in taxpayer money for his golfing outings. This is the 250th time he's traipsed to a golf club (almost always one of his own).
I wish this covid disaster was just a bad dream, but it's in fact a nightmare that continues to haunt us in real life. Is it because a lot of young people still think it can't affect them? Is it because they see big cities like New York City have been hit hardest and they don't live there? Is it because they believe it's a hoax and they just want to own the Libs?
ReplyDeleteBecause I don't know anyone who has been affected directly by it. And I don't think that our city is overwhelmed by it. But I still sheltered at home since the first of March, missed my birthday, missed Mother's Day, and I will continue to stay as isolated as possible. I'm caring for two senior moms and I cannot jeopardize their lives because I miss dining out. I just don't get the attitude they have.
And of course Trump is golfing. The sad thing is, among many sad things, is that he doesn't care that he is a selfish, spoiled monster who plays golf while thousands more people die. He could have made visits to hospitals; he was confident enough to visit factories in swing states after all. He could hold a press conference, not the braggy kind or the self-promotion kind, but one that honored the lives of those who have died. He could have spoken out to Congress to get more money for victims. But no, he's done with this whole corona thing and the economy is his sole focus because he thinks it will get him re-elected.
And that's it. The overwhelming disgrace of a president wants to golf, and fuck anyone who thinks he shouldn't.