Sportswriter Rick Reilly mentioned his accusation that President Donald Trump cheats at golf was simply confirmed from an sudden supply ― and beneath oath, too.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was requested in a 2022 grand jury interview if Trump cheats at golf, based on paperwork obtained this week by The New York Times.
“Some folks say chances are you’ll outdrive him, however you’re not going to outdrive his caddy,” Graham mentioned. “It’s what it’s.”
Reilly was fast to spotlight that quote on X as proof:
Graham’s remark would appear to verify one among Reilly’s descriptions of Trump’s techniques.
Reilly ― who has golfed with Trump and wrote an entire book about how he cheats ― said in a 2024 interview that the president “at all times will get a turbo-charged golf cart that goes 3 times as quick as yours, so he’s at all times 200 yards forward, and that offers him time to cheat.”
Trump strikes his ball into higher positions and his opponents’ balls into the bunkers earlier than they arrive, Reilly mentioned.
“One time in LA, he was taking part in $50 a gap with these three guys, he hits it within the pond. They see the splash,” Reilly mentioned. “By the point they get there, it’s in the midst of the green, and so they’re like, ‘What the F, Donald?’ And he goes, ‘It should’ve been the tide.’”
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Reilly has additionally mentioned it’s broadly recognized amongst golfers that Trump cheats.
“In golf, he’s undoubtedly not exonerated,” Reilly told The Associated Press in 2019. “There’s been dozens and dozens of individuals that may declare him responsible of dishonest.”
Trump’s golf habits got here beneath examination final yr when a viral video showed what some observers mentioned appeared lots like dishonest.
Trump has confronted scrutiny over golf for different causes, too: the fee.
His interest value taxpayers greater than $150 million throughout his first time period in workplace, and more than $70 million so far throughout his second.
