Trump weakens US defenses against foreign interference as risks rise

Senate finds efforts by Saudi Arabia and others to meddle in US policy growing in ‘scope, sophistication and reach’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/trump-foreign-influence-saudi-arabia-golf

 

Arrival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTpLvOItl90

 

While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions | Mohamad Bazzi | The Guardian

This weekend, Trump made his seventh visit to Florida and his sixth to his waterfront mansion and private club at Mar-a-Lago since his inauguration on 20 January. As Richard Luscombe noted in the Guardian last week, Trump's frequent trips to his own properties not only cost taxpayer funds, but they benefit him directly – his businesses have charged the US government to house Secret Service agents and other White House staff. In other words, American taxpayers pay the Trump Organization for the right to protect Trump and his family…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/trump-golf-taxes

US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for Trump’s golf trips | Donald Trump | The Guardian

"We start with the clear principle that presidents are entitled to Secret Service protection wherever they go, and have their transportation covered. There's nothing inherently wrong with that when he does any of the things he does," he said. 

"However, there are serious issues. One is that he maintained ownership of his businesses, so this is not a question of going to the president's house; it's going to the president's business where payment is made directly to a business that benefits the president." 

"We want the presidency to be the main focus of the president. That's not to say presidents don't have time to recharge and take a break like everybody else, but when you go to your own business property it moves the focus, at least potentially, from your official duties to promoting and attending to your business."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/trump-golf-trips

The soft power argument gets turned upside down - The Washington Post

"Let's face it, the PIF, they're not in it for financial gain," Johnson said. "They're in it for other reasons." Kernen didn't ask what reasons, because he didn't need to. The investment is being made to "wash away the stain of the Khashoggi assassination" as Johnson put it. To build relationships if not dependency in the United States. To get elected officials and media hosts denouncing murder to then append a "but."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/ron-johnson-pga-liv-saudis/

Five bizarre moments from Trump's interview with Fox's Laura Ingraham

In a particularly odd Fox News interview, the president riffed on Biden’s ‘shadow people’ and compared police shootings to golf ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/donald-trump-laura-ingraham-fox-news-intervie

Trump Cost Taxpayers An Extra $5 Million By Starting Afghanistan Trip In Florida | HuffPost

The secret trip required two more planes than if he’d flown from and back to D.C., raising his golf-related tab to $123.6 million.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-costs-afghanistan-thanksgiving_n_5e0e6179e4b0843d360febe6

Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary | HuffPost

With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump’s golf hobby has now cost Americans an estimated $115 million in travel and security expenses ― the equivalent of 287 years of the presidential salary he frequently boasts about not taking. Of that amount, many hundreds of thousands ― perhaps millions ― of dollars have gone into his own cash registers, as Secret Service agents, White House staff and other administration officials stay and eat at his hotels and golf courses. ....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-trips-millions-thanksgiving_n_5ddedbefe4b0913e6f7865cf

Canadian artist fired after viral Trump cartoon - NBC News

"This is a false narrative which has emerged carelessly and recklessly on social media," Brunswick News Inc. said on the termination of Michael de Adder.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/canadian-artist-fired-after-viral-trump-cartoon-n1025071

Trump Pushes Another Tax Cut, Calls for End to Russia Probe: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the Trump administration getting ready to ram through another massive tax cut for the wealthy while Republicans ignore the president's calls to shut down the Russia investigation.....
https://youtu.be/CQyD31t_8Ao
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Goose levels golfer, reasserting dominance over all humankind - CNN

In this startling trio of photos, a Canadian goose absolutely trucks a high school golfer near Blissfield, Michigan. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/us/goose-golf-attack-michigan-photos-trnd/index.html

This is a 5 year aged tweet, it has a nice warm aroma. - PoliticalHumor

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/8bz89u/this_is_a_5_year_aged_tweet_it_has_a_nice_warm/