They keep playing that clip of his caddy dropping a ball, and making fun of how he tried to do it slyly but it was obvious.

I just saw it again on Colbert, and I legitimately think the caddy is only trying to fool trump.

trump is 100% the guy to blame caddies if he fucks up, so the only caddies he likes are ones that can trick him into thinking he’s great. No one he’s playing with would ever call it out.

The only person they need to fool out there, is trump…

He legitimately might think he’s really a generational golfer. For the same reason every billionaire legit thinks they’re a genius.

  • Drewmeister@lemmy.world
    45·
    1 month ago

    I read an article years ago where the author played golf with him. The cheating was blatant and obvious, but not malicious. Cheating was a given. Trump expected everyone to cheat, and to not do so was foolish. Anyone who didn’t cheat was a chump.

    • thanks AV@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      I liked the comment someone else made with several articles referencing trumps history of cheating in golf. My favorite quote from those excerpts has to be the one where hes cheating and the guy they’re playing with puts the ball back before putting and trump goes “he put it back, thats why hes an unemployed coach and I’m worth billions” so yeah, unironically thinks not-cheating is pussy shit lmao

      Look at this guy! He’s playing where it lies. What a fucking loser!

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    Caddy might have been downwind of him at an inopportune time and recognized that there was a messy storm brewing in the presidential diaper. Gotta finish up quick or get stuck on changing duty.

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Yes, he knows he cheats at golf. Other players have observed it and commented on it numerous times in the past.

    Here the thing… Golf is a sport you play against yourself. Nothing another player does can impact your score. It’s a game of precision, consistency, and dedication. At the end of the day, nobody really gives a fuck about what your score was except you. You play to improve yourself. Cheating at golf is cheating at self improvement. Pun intended, Trump cheating at golf is par for the course, and it neatly sums up everything wrong with his personality.

  • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 month ago

    You’re right about the last bit, but slightly off on what it means.

    He thinks he’s got everyone fooled. He’s a toddler with no emotional stability and so he has to surround himself with people who will play along. Because even when other people call him out… what happens next?

    They just shrug and move on. Eventually that makes these billionaires think that they’re master manipulators, when really, everyone is just tired of dealing with their emotional outbursts and are only going along for the paycheck.

  • Anas@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 month ago

    Weird how his golf scandals are getting this many headlines, I’m sure he prefers it over the other scandal he doesn’t want y’all talking about.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    I cheated at golf a few times when I was a kid, and I still cringe thinking about it. Who the fuck did I think I was fooling?

    Edit: Now I’m thinking about it again and I want to punch myself.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      Don’t be so hard on yourself. It is a bit cringy but who cares? It’s a game where you basically just play against yourself for fun. You fill out your own score card and you can write down any number you want without affecting anyone else in any real way. I’d find someone getting upset at your cheating at golf when you were a kid even more cringy.

      When I was a kid, I played t-ball one year. My only memory from it was one time I was on defense but was more interested in drawing in the sand than paying attention to the game.

      Or when I was a bit older, I was playing softball (parenta really wanted me to be interested in some baaeball variant I guess). I was on 2nd base and the pitcher missed catching a throw from the catcher and it rolled towards me. Instead of stealing 3rd, I stepped off the base and stopped the ball with my foot to be helpful. Lol the 3rd base coach wasn’t impressed. Technically I should have been out, but it was just a recreational game so they let it slide. I was really embarrassed at the time and would remember that moment for years with regret. But eventually I realized it didn’t matter in the slightest bit and I can laugh at how much of a dork I was.

      Because the reality is all kids are dorks and doing stupid shit is a part of growing up and learning to be a bit less of a dork going forward.