Donald Trump Reportedly Has To Make This Major Sacrifice Ahead of the Presidential Election
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Donald Trump has been put on pause with his favorite pastime while he is running for president, and he’s probably not happy about it. The former president has been told to give up his beloved game of golf — for now.
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The 2024 GOP candidate has not played a round of golf since Sept. 15 when there was a second assassination attempt on his life, according to NBC News. His golf clubs are going to collect a bit of dust in the meantime, because another source confirmed with the media outlet that he has to put his passion on hold until after Nov. 5 — a request that was handed down by the Secret Service.
Ryan Routh was arrested after laying down by “the brush along the fence line near the sixth hole,” waiting for the former president at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, per the Justice Department. He pleaded not guilty to charges of an attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and could face life in prison if he is convicted. Despite the arrest, Donald Trump’s golf game is on ice — and that has to hurt.
Donald Trump was often criticized for spending more time on the golf course than he did in the White House. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller told CNN in May 2020 that former President Barack Obama “played golf once every 8.77 days as president. Trump, conversely, has been at a golf club once every 4.92 days.” The other well-known detail about Donald Trump’s golf game is that he likes to win at all costs — yep, there’s some cheating happening out there on the green.
“I’ve always said golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a guy,” sportswriter Rick Reilly joked on Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace in March. “And what it reveals about this guy is that he cannot lose. He has to win, and he will do anything to cheat.” The Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump author “played golf with him” and claimed that Donald Trump “took seven mulligans” during their 18-hole round.
Perhaps it’s best if Donald Trump takes a break from his golf game — for safety reasons, and so others can finally win. Then again, anyone who plays with him knows that Donald Trump needs to come out on top. Boxer Oscar De La Hoya spoke on the record to the Associated Press in 2016 after playing a round of golf with Donald Trump where the former president boldly cheated twice. “Yes, I caught him,” De La Hoya said. “It was unbelievable. But I guess it was his course, so it was his rules.”
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