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I’m not a Trump supporter in any way, but it’s not excessive.
That’s 21.7 weeks. If he went golfing on the weekend, then he still golfed less than 2 times per week.
Perhaps you would not mind paying his golf bill then.
Edit to add: this is roughly $340,789 per day of golfing. Or over 21 years worth of pretax income for someone making minimum wages... for 1 day of golf. Meaning at minimum wages it would take you 3,200+ years to pay for what trump has golfed so far this term. Provided you only put the entirety of your paycheck to that bill.
Not for nothing, but the headline of the article is talking about time spent golfing, and so is neon_nova's comment.
The thing the President did isn't the problem, or really even the frequency. The problem is the cost to the taxpayer.
'20,000 American's pay for President's golf habit' would be a better title.
He charges the government for golfing at his golf clubs
Which includes room and board for his SS detail.
You know were are in a dystopian time when I have to figure out you mean SS as in Secret Service, not the Schutzstaffel.
¿Porque no Los dos?
There is a calendar on the site showing which days he was confirmed to have been golfing. There are many on the weekends, but not all, which means "work week" time was spent golfing.
Eight days so far during 'work week' time. If he was going on his own dime, this wouldn't be worth talking about.
It just makes a better talking point to say 'he's golfed 37 days out of 152' despite it not being about how he's using his weekends (assuming we hold government to the same 5 on 2 off standard as most of us have) when it's really about how much it's costing.
A better headline would be 'President spends income tax of 20,000 Americans on personal entertainment'.
Agreed, but the person I'm responding to made a point about weeks vs. weekends.
He actually said at his most recent press conference that he's upset because he hasn't been golfing for the last three weeks.