Donald Trump visited the golf course for the 60th time as President
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Donald Trump visited the golf course for the 60th time as President

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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. On Sept. 16, he woke up at the club, marking the 60th 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.

Trump will be in New York City for portions of this trip, both as President at the United Nations building but also for other meetings and rendezvous with world leaders in the Big Apple. He could be at his home at Trump Tower for a time as well.

So far, Trump has been on the golf course or his clubs during some portion of the day for nearly 25 percent of his presidency.

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.

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