{"id":1002623,"date":"2018-10-17T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002623"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","slug":"trumps-too-busy-to-visit-our-troops-but-hes-not-too-busy-to-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-too-busy-to-visit-our-troops-but-hes-not-too-busy-to-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Too Busy To Visit Our Troops, But He\u2019s Not Too Busy To Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">In an interview yesterday, Trump said he was too busy and didn\u2019t think it was \u201coverly necessary\u201d to visit our troops in combat zones. Trump\u2019s predecessors were able to find time to make several trips to Iraq and Afghanistan early in their presidencies, but not Trump &#8212; he did find time, however, to golf, campaign, and fundraise for himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said he\u2019s been \u201cvery busy\u201d and doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s \u201coverly necessary\u201d to visit our troops in combat zones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/a28cc17d27524050b37f4d91e087955e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AP<\/a>: \u201cOn the subject of American soldiers and military overseas, why have you not yet visited a military base in a combat zone like in Iraq and Afghanistan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><br class=\"m_-2633475714695193550gmail-kix-line-break\" \/>Trump: \u201cWell, I will do that at some point, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s overly necessary. I\u2019ve been very busy with everything that\u2019s taking place here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Trump didn\u2019t have enough time to visit our troops, he did have plenty of time to golf, campaign, and fundraise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to visit his golf clubs on nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/how-much-time-trump-spends-trump-properties-mar-lago-n753366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">160 days<\/a> of his presidency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to visit his own properties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/how-much-time-trump-spends-trump-properties-mar-lago-n753366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">210 times<\/a> as president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump had time to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/president-trump-settles-in-for-17-day-vacation-at-his-secluded-new-jersey-club\/2017\/08\/05\/5c79347c-79d5-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">17-day vacation<\/a> last year, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/trumpometer\/promise\/1420\/not-take-vacations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11-day<\/a> trip in August to his New Jersey golf club.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to travel to 16 states to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/10\/trump-has-embraced-campaign-rallies-golf-remains-his-true-love\/?utm_term=.8729fe47b686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two dozen<\/a> campaign-style rallies as president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump had time to headline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/article215903015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dozens<\/a> of fundraisers, and was the first president in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/article215903015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decades<\/a> to raise money for his own re-election during his first two years in office.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview yesterday, Trump said he was too busy and didn\u2019t think it was \u201coverly necessary\u201d to visit our troops in combat zones. Trump\u2019s predecessors were able to find time to make several trips to Iraq and Afghanistan early in their presidencies, but not Trump &#8212; he did find time, however, to golf, campaign, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s Too Busy To Visit Our Troops, But He\u2019s Not Too Busy To Golf - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-too-busy-to-visit-our-troops-but-hes-not-too-busy-to-golf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-17T11:29:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-too-busy-to-visit-our-troops-but-hes-not-too-busy-to-golf\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-too-busy-to-visit-our-troops-but-hes-not-too-busy-to-golf\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Too Busy To Visit Our Troops, But He\u2019s Not Too Busy To Golf - 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