General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump has also struck business deals with Tiger Woods.
Woods has talent. No doubt about it. But but but...
https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/05/06/trump-tees-up-medal-for-tiger-woods-some-question-motives
....Trump understood the importance of Woods comeback to golf and its fans, tweeting shortly after the Masters win that he was awarding Woods the medal because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE.
Trump has been using Woods cachet to attract fans to his properties for decades. Trump got Woods to show up at his Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a day after the golfers first Masters victory in 1997. The place was mobbed. Two thousand fans showed up as Woods walked down a 320-foot red carpet, some of them storming steel barricades to get a closer look.
Trump has also struck business deals with Woods.
Golfers at Trumps club in Doral, Florida, can stay at the Tiger Woods Villa. At a ribbon cutting ceremony in 2014, Woods lavished praise on the future presidential candidate, calling changes he made to the club phenomenal.
Advertisement
In Dubai, Woods designed an 18-hole course to be managed by The Trump Organization.
Ethics officials have criticized Trump for not selling off his assets completely and holding the money in a blind trust. Instead, he set up a trust to hold his assets, handed day-to-day management responsibilities to two sons and hired an ethics lawyer to vet business deals. Trump can draw money from the trust and can benefit if his properties increase in value.
You have to ask whether its his true belief Tiger Woods deserves this award or whether hes doing it to help his business, said Jordan Libowitz, communications director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a left-leaning public policy group.........
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)that Woods refused President Clinton's invitation to the Jackie Robinson Memorial because he had to hustle off to the Taj Mahal.
Loge23
(3,922 posts)Woods is basically a low-life scumbag, just like his orange buddy.
Having gazillions of dollars doesn't change that fact.
How quickly the public forgets.