Especially in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic that has already killed nearly 100,000 people. But this just shows how much America has lost its way.
Of course, nothing signified this quite like the election of Donald J. Trump. I duly bemoaned his portent in “WTF! President-elect Donald J. Trump?! America. What. Have. You. Done?” November 9, 2016.
Needless to say, these are no days for the commander in chief of any country to be out playing golf – as Trump spent Memorial-Day Sunday doing. This, after he exhorted Americans to defy stay-at-home orders to attend church and pray God protects them from catching the coronavirus.
In 2014, Trump criticized former President Barack Obama for golfing after [only] a second confirmed case of Ebola was reported in the United States:
‘You know, when you’re president, you sorta say, I’m gonna give it up for a couple years and I’m really gonna focus on the job. … There are times to play golf, we all love golf, but it sends the wrong signal.’
(CNN, May 24, 2020)
And, betraying his pathological need to criticize Obama, Trump followed up with this tweet:
Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2013
Clearly this hypocritical SOB was projecting – in more ways than one – even back then. But his tweets never fail to come back to bite him on the ass. Except that, if you’ve seen pictures of him golfing, you know his ass is so big, the effect is rather like a flea biting the ass of an elephant.
Still, if you’re interested in Obama vs Trump re golfing at taxpayers’ expense, I refer you to “Golfer-in-Chief Trump Is Scamming Taxpayers and Calling It Charity,” May 23, 2019. And, yes, the title is a dead giveaway.
Just remember, Trump called it unconscionable for Obama to go golfing after only two Americans had died from the Ebola pandemic. Yet here he is golfing as the number of Americans dying nears 100,000 from this Covid-19 pandemic.
Sadly, this typical Trumpian hypocrisy won’t matter to the 30 percent of Americans who would still support him even if he murdered someone on Fifth Avenue. Nonetheless, for America to find its way again, the other 70 percent must vote out not just Trump in November, but every Republican politician who has ever mouthed any lickspittle support for his brand of dystopian politics.
Now stay home … and “Observe” Memorial Day! Because, if any child took a second to think about it, even she would know there’s nothing “Happy” about this day.
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