Donald Trump has returned to his Trump National Golf Club in in Bedminster, N.J. on Sept. 15, just ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, marking the 59th time the 45th President has visited one of his 17 golf clubs (and, for most of them, presumably played some golf) since becoming President on Jan. 20, 2017.
Pres Trump has arrived at his golf club in Bedminster, NJ., his first time back at one of his golf properties since Aug 20.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 15, 2017
Trump will be in New York for portions of this trip, both as President at the United Nations building but also for other meetings and redezvous with world leaders in the Big Apple.
The Trump Administration, per policy, does not acknowledge that Trump is playing even a hole of golf, much less an 18-hole round. However, if he's going to the golf club for about 4-5 hours, you can be pretty sure he's playing golf.
The President is certainly entitled to some leisure time, and golf has been an outlet for most Commanders-in-Chief dating back to the early 20th century. However, the reluctance to even acknowledge that this President plays golf conflicts with his almost relentless criticism of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who played an estimated 333 rounds of golf as President.
