Critics took a swing at Donald Trump this weekend for hitting the golf course amid economic uncertainty caused by his imminent tariffs on countries worldwide.
While fears of a global recession mounted and stock markets slid, Trump spent the weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, participating in the Senior Club Championship.
Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump boasted about his performance on the links.
Asked by a reporter how the tournament had gone, he said: “Very good, because I won.”
“It’s good to win. You heard I won? Did you hear I won? Just to back it up there ― I won. I like to win,” he added.
When asked about his golf handicap, Trump responded, “Very low. I have a very low handicap.”
Then, he said: “OK, let’s go,” and moved on to other questions from the press.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump on the golf course “may end up being the most enduring image of the Trump presidency ― the president out on a golf cart while people’s retirement is in flames.”
“It will be the Trump Recession,” Schiff predicted, should the economy take a terrible tumble. “He will completely own it.”
Critics on social media were unimpressed by Trump’s boasts and with the timing of his golfing, which also came at the expense of attending a ceremony honoring the return of the bodies of four U.S. soldiers who died in a training exercise in Lithuania last week.
As of the end of March, Trump’s golf trips during his second term have already cost taxpayers more than $26 million. Trump’s first term golf games cost taxpayers just over $151 million.
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