President Trump treated himself to a round of golf Saturday morning while the government remains shut down and federal workers are getting axed by his budget goon, Russ Vought.
With 750,000 federal workers furloughed and dozens of CDC employees laid off overnight, Trump, 79, traveled to his Virginia golf club and arrived just after 10:00 AM, according to reporters at the scene. The reporters were held at a tennis center on the property so they couldn’t see Trump’s much-fabled golf game.
It’s the second straight weekend during the shutdown that Trump has taken a few hours to hit the links—though it comes after a week where he might deserve a few hours of leisure.
The week has certainly been an emotional rollercoaster for Trump. On the positive end, he may have ended the Israel/Hamas co