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• El_Azulito@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Good question! Hope this helps:

  There isn’t a single live tracker that puts Trump’s first and second terms side by side, but we can compare available data:

  First Term (2017–2021):

  • Golf rounds played: Approximately 261 rounds — about one every 5.6 days.
  • Visits to Trump properties: 428 days out of 1,461, which is nearly 29% of his presidency.
  • Source: TrumpGolfTrack.com

  Second Term (as of February 17, 2025):

  • Golf rounds played: At least 5 rounds in the first 28 days — again, one every 5.6 days.
  • Percentage of days golfing: About 17.86% of his time in office so far.
  • Source: PinkNews article

  Soooo: Trump’s pace of golfing in his second term is nearly identical to his first — he’s kept the same rhythm of golf every 5–6 days.

  That’s wild shit right there. 💪

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  • SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s. Not as bad as I thought. It’s once or twice a week, the local sports teams around me all play about once a week. If golf weren’t so expensive it would sound normal.

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    • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Golf isn’t that expensive. Not more expensive than any other hobby to be fair. He makes it expensive because he only plays in his own courses and overcharges the hell out of The White House. What they spend on renting golf carts alone is a fortune. He’s a crook, but he’s so open about it that it really doesn’t affect him. Any other president would be torn to pieces about this, because they likely have shame and would try to hide actions like this. Trump normalizes depravity.

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      • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Also it was that fact that he stopped in the middle of whatever crisis or serious event to fly somewhere and play golf and take a day off. Them do it again a few days later while the crisis is looming. Like flying to Cancun in a state blackout, but people don’t care.

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    • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It also costs a few million just to fly him to maralago. Each time. Plus charging secret service for the rooms they stay in at his properties. He’s just funneling taxpayer dollars into his own pocket.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Golf isn’t spectacularly expensive if you play the same way normal people do, IE at your local club.

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  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Thanks this is exactly what I was looking for. I guess you can say he is consistent. I’m glad he didn’t let anything affect his golf. I wonder if his scores improved.

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