While Trump Played Golf, Fox Wanted You To Think He Was Working At The White House

Fox News was so eager for you to think that Donald Trump was working at the White House over the weekend that the network sent a “news alert” about it. But, in reality, Trump was at his golf club.

Below is the ridiculous “news alert” that Fox sent out to make sure Americans thought Trump was working instead of golfing:

News Alert: @POTUS spending weekend working at the White House. pic.twitter.com/kAtZVQE2Mr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 26, 2017

The Washington Post has a deliciously scathing rebuttal with details about Trump’s actual activities:

The press pool was told [on Saturday] that Trump had “meetings” at the golf club. The presidential motorcade returned to the White House shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, the pool report said.

By then, pictures had emerged on social media of Trump riding a golf cart and dressed in golf attire, still wearing a red hat, at Trump National Golf Club.

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On Sunday morning, Trump once again returned to the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, arriving at 11:04 a.m. A half-hour later, reporters were informed that the president was “wrapping up last of three meetings shortly,” a pool report stated. The motorcade arrived back at the White House at 12:36 p.m. Sunday.

An Instagram post from another user showed Trump appearing to watch the Golf Channel with two unidentified people on Sunday.

Watch WaPo’s video below of Trump’s attacks on President Barack Obama for playing golf and Trump’s already-broken promises to work harder.

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commented 2017-03-28 22:56:01 -0400 · Flag

In the header photo of Trump on the links, it kind of looks like Trump just sliced a 500 pound bomb on the horizon. I hope it does not portend the future.

commented 2017-03-28 16:26:34 -0400 · Flag

Think about it…Trump has golfed more rounds since his inauguration than professional golfer Tiger Woods!
That pretty much sums it up.

commented 2017-03-28 14:45:07 -0400 · Flag

During Obama’s presidency, various Fox hosts made such a big deal of Obama’s golf outings that Bret Baer felt compelled to come to Obama’s defense. Yes, there are pockets of sanity within Fox, but the worst of Fox = Trump = Frump

commented 2017-03-28 11:55:44 -0400 · Flag

Trump does not really want to be president. That’s why I say no way he runs for re-election, regardless of how his term plays out. The man can’t wait to leave the White House every weekend, already told his staff to limit his foreign trips as little as possible. He loves the press conferences, the state of the unions, but the little stuff, no way.

commented 2017-03-28 09:42:12 -0400 · Flag

Oh look, they’ve resorted to handing out participation ribbons to the President. Wow, doing your job is a newsworthy event. Except, he wasn’t, and it isn’t anyway.

commented 2017-03-28 07:04:38 -0400 · Flag

When is the msm – forget the Trumplandia propaganda factory Fox News – going to hold Trump accountable for his lies and hypocrisy regarding playing golf? Time to review all his past rants against Obama playing golf and comparing that to Trump’s golf addiction while in office.

commented 2017-03-28 00:36:48 -0400 · Flag

He’s got a crappy swing

commented 2017-03-27 22:50:09 -0400 · Flag

Trump has a fat butt and a fat gut to match. Not long ago we had a President slim and trim, athletic and looked good in a suit.

commented 2017-03-27 22:18:49 -0400 · Flag

Let him play golf. Tiddlywinks or whatever tickles his fancy as long as he stays away from the levers of power. Let Trump be a do nothing President. So far he has’nt done much but pick the cabinet from hell. The country will be on ice for four years. If a real crisis arises, God help us.