As the number of corona deaths in the United States approaches 100,000, President Trump is playing golf. This was sharply criticized by several US media. But Trump takes a counter strike.
The US President has launched angry counterattacks against the media Donald Trump resisted criticism of his golf course visit last weekend. The “completely corrupt ‘fake news’ makes it sound like a deadly sin,” Trump wrote on Monday in the online service Twitter. They are “sick with hatred and mendacity”.
Some stories about the fact that in order to get outside and perhaps, even a little exercise, I played golf over the weekend. The Fake & Totally Corrupt News makes it sound like a mortal sin – I knew this would happen! What they don’t say is that it was my first golf in almost …
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 25, 2020
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Trump had played golf at the weekend for the first time since March, while the number of corona deaths was approaching the 100,000 mark. This had caused outraged reactions on social networks and in many media. They also recalled Trump’s own earlier attacks on his predecessor Barack Obamabecause he played golf during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Trump said at the time that Obama was sending “the wrong signal”: a president should stop playing golf for a few years and “concentrate on the job,” he added.
“I knew this would come,” Trump responded to the criticism: “What they don’t say is that it was my first golf game in almost three months, but even if I waited three years, they would do their usual blows hand me out. “
Donald Trump: The US President does not miss the game of golf – despite the corona virus. (Source: Tom Brenner / Reuters)
Trump is backed by Obama’s ex-adviser
Trump received unexpected support from Obama’s former adviser David Axelrod. He doesn’t defend the president often, but he doesn’t resent a round of golf, the policy commentator said on Twitter. “Besides that, it gives the rest of us a break from these crazy tweets.”
Trump’s attacks on Obama at the time were “hypocritical,” continued Axelrod. But just as hypocritical are those who then defended Obama and now attacked Trump.
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