Trump begins a 10 day, taxpayer-funded golf holiday and holds $10 million mega-donor fundraisers

[Miles Archer]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/smug-trump-kicks-off-10-day-golfing-holiday-with-10-million-mega-donor-fundraisers/

President Donald Trump will be out of the office for the next ten days. He is going on vacation, spending the next week at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, as he does every August. But on his way to the Garden State Air Force One will take a detour to the Hamptons, where two billionaire real estate developers will hold separate mega-donor fundraisers that are expected to deliver $10 million in just a few hours to the Trump re-election effort. Tickets to one, now highly controversial fundraiser, held by SoulCycle, Equinox Fitness, and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross start at $5600 and go up to $250,000.

The Associated Press sets the scene, noting the President is “confronting a storm of crises, at home and abroad, that could set the course for his upcoming re-election bid,” which, it should be noted, literally began the same day he was sworn in to office in 2017.

Trump’s “aides say his attention will be focused on golf, cable news and Twitter. They often worry about the scattershot outbursts,” the AP notes, “that can emerge when Trump escapes Washington and has more access to his friends and less to his staff.”

The President is clearly in trouble, and some are questioning why he’s on vacation as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi formally requested the President just yesterday use his constitutional authority to call the Senate back in to session to pass strong and meaningful gun violence protection legislation.

[underpants]

1. We know that but you don't SAY THAT. geesh.

aides say his attention will be focused on golf, cable news and Twitter.

[CDerekGo]

2. as opposed to any other day so far...

[Johonny]

3. You kind of have to laugh. Trump is going to take all this reelection money

and stash it away. He'll spend very little of it and launder the rest. He's going to make a fortune off these suckers. He's a con through and through. And they're such good suckers.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Does this mean we won't have to hear from him or see his ugly face for 10 days?

If so, it's worth it.

Also, fuck SoulCycle and Equinox Fitness. Quit now if you are a member. They deserve to be boycotted.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. But he certainly will tweet.

Oh will he tweet.

And I guarantee you several of those tweets will end up being controversial newsworthy ones.

So we will definitely hear from him. A lot. Just over Twitter, that's all.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Ugh! I was hoping we would get a vacation as well.

I just want to not hear from him in any form for a good week to 10 days. But he can't stand the fact that someone or something might replace him at the top of the news cycle. He is just one fucked up guy. So I guess we will suffer.

[Takket]

5. At this point I'm happy when he golfs since he isn't fucking up the country while golfing