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BY JORDAN FABIAN - 02/19/18 09:29 AM EST
... The president arrived at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach shortly after 9 a.m.
Trump avoided golf over the weekend, a decision aides said was out of respect for the 17 people killed in a shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
But the president returned to the course on Monday to cap off President's Day weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump is scheduled to return to Washington in the afternoon ...
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374510-trump-hits-golf-course-3-days-after-visiting-shooting-victims
struggle4progress
(125,389 posts)Alice Ollstein | February 19, 2018 11:22 am
... "Driver of one of the press pool vans was detained during security screening for what he said was a personal firearm found in his baggage," the press pool said. "Driver said he forgot to leave the firearm inside his personal vehicle before entering van. Driver was not allowed onto club property so a White House staffer drove the van instead. White House staff said all drivers were replaced after the incident. When press loaded back into vans, driver was being questioned by an officer" ...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-visit-gold-course-less-than-smooth
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Takket
(23,500 posts)probably a completely grouchy little brat over not being able to golf because his staff told him it would look bad. they probably had to keep him parked in front of faux news with constant big macs to keep him from throwing a total tantrum
D_Master81
(2,344 posts)how courageous of him.
struggle4progress
(125,389 posts)LEONARD GREENE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, February 19, 2018, 8:32 PM
Just 45 miles from where the mournful families broken by the latest school shooting laid their loved ones to rest, the President of the United States slipped on a white polo shirt, put a matching white cap on his head and set out for the golf course ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-visits-golf-funerals-shooting-victims-article-1.3830229
struggle4progress
(125,389 posts)by Lawrence Bonk | 3:03 pm, February 19th, 2018
... Hogg .. slagged the president for golfing so close to the tragedy, with Mar-a-Lago located around an hour from the high school.
This is atrocious, golf over childrens blood?!?! What does that say about our future, he wrote. You are either for or against the children and right now your against them. This is why we must take action because these politicians wont.
Funeral services were held today for 15-year-old Luke Hoyer ...
https://www.mediaite.com/online/florida-shooting-survivor-on-trump-hitting-links-today-this-is-atrocious-golf-over-childrens-blood/
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