Trump Skips Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers To Play Golf And Boost His Business Instead

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : While Trump typically goes to Florida for his $3.4 million golf weekends on Fridays, he traveled a day early this week to attend a closed-door dinner at his Doral golf resort for the Saudi LIV tour, one of his business partners that holds events at his courses.
58% : Trump has been open about trying to get the two rival golf organizations to merge, which, if it happens, would boost LIV and therefore himself. LIV has since its inception used Trump's courses for its tournaments and is holding its fourth such tournament at Doral this weekend.
53% : While the ceremony took place on the Air Force base tarmac, Trump was 900 miles south at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, across the Intracoastal Waterway from his Palm Beach country club.
50% : That Trump would put his personal finances and his golf hobby ahead of honoring U.S. service members, while unusual for a president, is in character with his previous treatment of the military.
47% : Trump nevertheless took a Marine helicopter to fly to the golf course and back rather than ride in his motorcade.
40% : Trump, who under the Constitution's "emoluments clause" is not permitted to accept payments except for his official salary, has nevertheless been using his official position to help the LIV tour.
27% : Trump famously refused to go out in the rain for a ceremony honoring U.S. Marines who died in WWI during the 100-year anniversary of Armistice Day in France.
16% : His own chief of staff at the time confirmed that Trump called service members who died for the United States "suckers" and "losers."

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