Tiny Balls And Retribution

Donald Trump has broken a lot of promises. He didn’t replace Obamacare with “something better.” Covid didn’t go away “without a vaccine” as he promised. He promised the rich, like himself, would pay more in taxes but his only legislative accomplishment was giving himself a huge tax cut. He promised he wouldn’t cut Social Security but later proposed a budget that would have cut Social Security. He promised to eliminate the federal deficit but increased it by more than 60 percent. He promised to hire only the “best people,” yet gave us goons and morons like Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Michael Flynn, Rick Scott, Ben Carson, Omarosa, and engaged in nepotism by hiring Javanka. He promised to bring down prescription drug prices. He promised to invest in the infrastructure. He promised to boost economic growth by four percent yet left with the highest unemployment rate since Hoover. He promised to bring back coal. He promised to “drain the swamp.” He promised to bring peace to the Middle East. He promised to end North Korea’s nuclear program but he’s still washing the taste of Kim Jong Un’s ass out of his mouth. He promised to end the opioid crisis. He promised to release his tax returns (HAHAHA). He promised he’d replace the nuclear deal with Iran and the Paris Climate Treaty with something better. He promised China would pay tariffs but instead, stuck Americans with a bill for $34 billion a year. And Mexico still hasn’t paid for a border wall. But it was his golf promise that was the leading indicator of just how full of shit Donald Trump would be throughout his tenure in the White House (sic).

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked President Barack Obama for playing golf while he was president. And Donald Trump, who not only plays a lot of golf but owns several courses, promised he would be “too busy” to play golf while he was president (sic). Trump broke that promise immediately and played golf 19 times in his first 100 days. In fact, Trump spent 307 days of his presidency (sic) playing golf at a cost to taxpayers of over $144 million. during the pandemic, Trump played more golf than he met with Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Trump didn’t just manage to break his golf promise but was also able to use it to grift taxpayers. He only played golf at his resorts which meant taxpayers had to foot the bill to government employees forced to travel with the president (sic). Trump even raised rates at his resorts to charge the government for the stay of employees. He rented golf carts to the Secret Service so they could follow him while he cheated at golf. Of course, nobody ate for free at Trump Resorts. The government had to keep rooms rented just in case Trump, as president (sic), would demand to make a golf trip on a whim which meant we were paying Trump to play golf even when he wasn’t playing golf. And since Trump has Secret Service protection as a former president (sic), he’s still grifting taxpayers while playing golf.

Golf is also an indicator of what sort of person he is because he cheats at golf. He even once stole a golf ball from a child. Golf is an indicator of just how lazy and lethargic Trump is because he would never walk his courses, instead, riding a golf cart. Golf is an indicator of how Trump respects rules and traditions because he violated all of them by driving his golf cart on the green so he could putt with his stolen balls.

The reason this is important to note is because Trump recently stated “I’m not going to have time for retribution” against his political opponents. Well, that’s nice. Last March in Waco, Texas, Trump said during one of his hate rallies, “I am your warrior, I am your justice. For those who have been wronged and betrayed … I am your retribution.” In the following months, Trump quoted Hiter and promised he’d be a dictator during his first day in office which underscored his retribution promise. But after facing constant criticism for promising to weaponize the Justice Department against his enemies (which he claims without evidence President Biden is doing), and talking and acting like a Nazi, not to mention reports of his most trusted goons planning his next administration to go after his critics, Trump decided to reign it in.

During a Fox News town hall, which he was able to attend despite trying to delay his New York fraud trial because Melania’s mother died, he said he wouldn’t “have time” for retribution. If you listen to his remarks carefully, it doesn’t mean he thinks it would be wrong to seek retribution and revenge, but just that he won’t have time for it. And then he said there would be “bedlam in this country” if the courts did not rule in his favor in the criminal and civil cases against him.

Meanwhile, his lawyers are arguing that as president (sic), Trump would have the right to send Seal Team 6 to murder his enemies.

So remember, when Trump says he won’t “have time for retribution,” he said the same thing about playing golf. Also, keep in mind, we’re only talking about retribution because Donald Trump brought it up.

To sum up, anytime Trump makes a promise, look at his relationship with golf and know that no matter what he says, no matter what he promises, he’s lying.

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