President Trump spent 259 days of his Presidency (1,270 days to date) golfing at a country club he owns. That is over 20% of his time in office. Trump golfed at his Sterling, Virginia country club yesterday, Today Florida announced over 15,000 new cases, a new U.S. record for daily infections by any state. The last report showed a nearly 26% positive rate for COVID-19 testing in my community.
Carry on, Mr. President. Don't let a public health crisis get in the way of your enjoyment. Watch out for hazards as you play through.
Update 7-19-20: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports that it “looks like Republican Senator Lindsay Graham (SC) is headed to the golf course with President Trump for the second day in a row. They were just spotted … leaving the White House together.” The U.S. has over 3.7 million confirmed cases and over 140,000 deaths from the diseases. San Angelo's positive rate for COVID-19 tests rose to 31.3% in the last week.
Update 7-20-20: "Any suggestion that the president is not working around the clock to protect the health ad safety of all Americans, lead the whole of government response to this pandemic, including expediting vaccine development, and rebuild out economy is utterly false." Bwhaaaa-haaah-hah! Thanks Judd Deere. I needed that.
Update 7-26-20: President Trump spent ten days of his last 29 at one of his golf clubs. That's over 30%. Last week our positive test rate was 31.3%.
Update 8-2-20: Trump golfed yesterday at his club in Sterling, Virginia. Our President enjoyed a round as the death toll in the US from the coronavirus topped 153,000 with more than 4.5 million positive cases – by far the largest totals in the world. Our positive case rate stood at 24.3% for the last seven days.
