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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's "THANKSGIVING CALL" to U.S. Troops: "I know a lot about golf. I've won 38 club championships..."
In a livestreamed call Thursday with troops from bases around the world, Trump was asked his true golf handicap and if he and former President Joe Biden are ever going to play a match.
Trump claimed he had invited Biden, but he never showed up, but dodged the question about his own golf handicap except to suggest it was far better than his predecessors. In an extended brag, he also insisted that his dozens of tournament wins were all legitimate.
Trump has gone golfing on nearly 25 percent of the days hes been back in office, according to a website that tracks his time on the green.
I know a lot about golf. Ive won 38 club championships, and I dont get to practice much. I won one last year, he said. I won a club championship at a big club, beating a 27-year-old kid. I said, You know, Im decades older than you. But I said, The fairway doesnt know how old you are as you walk up the middle and hes in the rough. And, uh, Ive been a good golfer over the years.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-derails-troop-call-with-bonkers-rant-about-his-golf-record/
democrank
(12,014 posts)Trumps self-centeredness is evident in every communication. Remember ..he can stare straight ahead when someone falls to the floor right next to him.
Emile
(39,619 posts)Irish_Dem
(78,501 posts)He is seriously mentally ill.
Also a long time drug addict who now has dementia.
The risk level is quite high for him to commit dangerous acts.
Emile
(39,619 posts)considering the ass kissing idiots he has in his administration. Who in hell will stop him?
Irish_Dem
(78,501 posts)Now there is no one.
Miles Archer
(21,180 posts)"Oh, Donald was SO SHAKEN by the death of his BROTHER that he has NEVER TOUCHED drugs or alcohol."
Side Effects of Adderall
Irish_Dem
(78,501 posts)It is said he snorts it like cocaine.
And people who worked with Trump on his reality TV show said he was a regular cocaine user.
This is what caused his fecal incontinence.
We can see he acts manic much of the time.
He looks high. His decorations in the Oval Office are classic Bipolar or drug high stuff.
Attilatheblond
(7,951 posts)And so he has to constantly tell himself he's 'the best' but deep inside, he knows he is a worthless chump.
malaise
(291,605 posts)and no one heats at golf better than me.
That is all
Miles Archer
(21,180 posts)He's convinced that "rules" and the concept of "illegal" versus "legal" is there for everyone else. Having a daddy who paid a doctor for a false bone spurs diagnosis to keep Richie Rich out of Vietnam also made him "smart."
By Daniella Diaz, CNN
Updated 12:39 PM EDT, Tue September 27, 2016
Clinton was pressing Trump for not releasing his tax returns for public scrutiny. Trump has said he wont release his tax returns until a routine audit is complete, though every major party presidential candidate over the past 40 years have released tax returns.
There is something he is hiding, Clinton said of Trump during the debate.
Or maybe he doesnt want the American people, all of you watching tonight, to know that hes paid nothing in federal taxes, because the only years that anybodys ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didnt pay any federal income tax, she said.
That makes me smart, Trump said.
malaise
(291,605 posts)Hes a vile character
malaise
(291,605 posts)Rec
tanyev
(48,421 posts)
PCIntern
(27,872 posts)I have won 12 Olympic Gold Medals and 8 Silver. In many sports
the officials said that they had never seen such a natural athlete. One judge in gymnastics came up to me with tears in his eyes and said, Sir, your Iron Cross was a solid 10. We were debating as to whether we should have given you an 11 because we had never seen anything like that.
Then I left for the discus and shotput finals followed by the Marathon which I won by 12 minutes over that guy from that shit hole country.
Orrex
(66,492 posts)I mean seriously!
rurallib
(64,466 posts)mashie niblick or possibly a brassy
surfered
(10,590 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,477 posts)People talk about forecaddies moving his ball, him moving others' to a disadvantageous spot, taking the ball out of bumkers...
But, it's worse. He shaves strokes!
Second shot in the water. Takes drop. Hits ball onto green. 15' from the hole, he picks up, calling it good.
Calls that a 4 when it's a 6.
Do that 6 times a round and an 87 becomes a 75.
Of course, he puts the 87 in the handicap computer so he's got 14 handicap. He's net is 61. Club players are not going to shoot net 61.
I just remember the quote of an unnamed touring pro that played with him when told Trump said he shot 73.
"Yes, he shot a 73 but I can't say whether that was after 12 or 13 holes."
Kingofalldems
(39,991 posts)Is that Barron behind him?
travelingthrulife
(4,026 posts)One would think they would despise someone who lies about his game all the time. Yet they adore him.
ProfessorGAC
(75,477 posts)Perhaps tolerate. They get treated like kings on a world-class golf course for free, so can hobnob with real world-class golfers.
Merely transactional.
Norrrm
(3,623 posts)Trump's Golf Game Goes Viral: Caddie Caught Dropping Ball!
dalton99a
(91,440 posts)right after he won his Super Bowl MVP
Johonny
(25,135 posts)He is just an asshole.
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,407 posts)Ocelot II
(128,533 posts)He even won a tournament he never played in. https://sports.yahoo.com/president-trump-somehow-won-a-golf-tournament-without-even-playing-in-it-221538855.html
He also pitched a no-hitter to win some World Series at some point.
johnnyfins
(3,320 posts)How he says this shit with a straight face amazes me.
