After Calls To ‘Get Down’ To Business, Trump Goes On 23rd Trip To Golf Course

FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, Donald Trump stands on the 14th fairway during a pro-am round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Donald Trump wants to ma... FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, Donald Trump stands on the 14th fairway during a pro-am round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Donald Trump wants to make one thing perfectly clear — he doesn't cheat in golf. Trump also says he has never played golf with former boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who earlier this week questioned Trump's integrity on the golf course. Trump told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 5, 2016, he respects the game too much to cheat and is good enough to have won a number of club championships. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Sunday headed to the Trump National Golf Club after calling for the U.S. to “get smart” and “get down to the business of security” in the wake of an attack in London that killed seven people and wounded dozens more.

“We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don’t get smart it will only get worse,” Trump tweeted Sunday in a series of posts where he appeared to criticize a statement by London’s mayor on the attack.

He then headed to the Trump National Golf Club, according to a pool report, for his second visit in two days and his 23rd visit to a golf course since assuming the presidency.

Trump’s weekend pastime appeared at odds both with his calls for action and his previous comments about President Barack Obama’s golfing habits.

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  1. What’s wrong with that? Trump is much less dangerous on the golf course than he is in the oval office. Besides, there’s a much better chance of his being struck by lightning on a golf course.

  2. Yeah really as the loan arranger said Donald’s less dangerous when he out of the office. And some folks do work better outside the office and or relax. In Donald’s case he sucks no matter where he is, but some folks are ok.

  3. Let’s take away his 1-iron, too. (Lee Trevino was asked about golfing in a thunderstorm. He said he wasn’t worried about it – he’d just hold a one-iron over his head and walk down the fairway, “Not even God can hit a one-iron.”)

  4. One word…DISGUSTING

  5. Any peeps or tweets from Democratic leaders about any of this stuff?

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