“Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail by President Obama and Crooked Hillary. And Trump frequently criticized Obama for campaigning with the plane, particularly when Hillary Clinton was on board during the 2016 race.
Two days earlier, the White House told The Washington Post the plane would not be used as a prop at a political rally. “It was absolutely unbelievable,” said Rick Lacey, chairman of the Brevard County Republican Party. The soundtrack from “Air Force One” blared in the background. When Air Force One nosed its way to an airport hangar in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday beneath a blazing sky, the crowd whooped, snapped pictures, gasped and raised babies on their shoulders as the most powerful of American symbols approached. “We have always accepted that presidents campaign in the year of an election, but he has been in office one month.” “Are we going to have a four-year campaign? Are we going to pay for that? Are we going to pay for him to be there every weekend?” asked Painter, an ethics lawyer who worked for Bush. They can use Air Force One for whatever they’d like to use it for, said ethics expert Richard Painter, though they do have to reimburse some of the costs. They are allowed to vacation as much as as they want. To be sure, there is nothing illegal or unethical about presidents frequently playing golf. The president often golfed with old friends from Chicago, who he said kept him grounded, and would do work before and after - just like Trump does. Obama said vacations were important to him because the presidency requires constant work, and that he was never off duty.
Trump says he wont have time to golf full#
They have sometimes said he is playing a “few holes” of golf.Īfter reports that he golfed a full 18 holes with Rory McIlroy on Sunday, his spokeswoman confirmed the much longer round on Monday, but said he also “had a full day of meetings, calls and interviews” about picking a new national security adviser. His spokespeople have frequently refused to confirm he was playing, even as he stayed at the course for almost five hours - the usual time it takes to play a round. “I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go play golf,” he said at an event in Virginia.Īides have tried to block reporters from seeing Trump play in recent weeks, even covering a basement room with black plastic bags to obscure views of what was happening on the course outside.
Trump said last August that if he became president, he wouldn’t have time for golf. “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf.
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