In other words, Obama played golf for 3 percent of the time Obama was President. Of course, that means he was doing other things 97 percent of the time, including doing the job of president; spending time with his family, including his two children; and being as normal of a human being as possible while in the most difficult job on the planet.
During Times of Crisis, President Obama Goes Golfing, Fundraising. Obama had originally planned to attend the funeral, but volcanic ash in the atmosphere from an erupting volcano in Iceland prevented him and several other world leaders from flying. Instead, Obama played golf that afternoon.
The Obamacare website’s serious glitches continued until mid-November, during which time the president played four more rounds of golf and attended at least 10 more fundraisers. In 2012, Obama continued on the campaign trail the day after the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
By contrast, Knoller said, Trump has spent all or part of 248 days at a golf course. CNN's own count has Trump at 266 days spending some time at a Trump golf course.
consulate in Benghazi, Libya. After visiting the State Department, Obama flew to Las Vegas to speak at a boisterous campaign rally.
In early July, President Obama traveled to Dallas, Texas for a fundraiser but decided not to witness the mass influx of illegal aliens then pouring over the Mexican border, saying, “I’m not interested in photo-ops.”.
At times of crisis throughout his presidency, Obama has often left the White House to go golfing, vacationing or fundraising.
Obama attended several Democratic fundraisers around the country before publicly addressing the scandal of veterans who died waiting for treatment at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals.
When reporters asked White House spokesman Josh Earnest if going ahead with political events in light of the tragedy was a mistake, Earnest defended Obama, saying that the president had all the tools he needed to do his job on the road.
As The New York Times noted, “with some rare exceptions, the public relations team around the president has remained consistently stubborn about refusing to let the never-ending stream of political, economic or international crises affect Mr. Obama’s daily schedule.”
Giving a speech after the murder of James Foley was necessary. It is the immediate juxtaposition of beheading and golfing that should have raised questions,” Michael Gerson remarked in a Post oped. Although Obama called Foley’s parents to convey his condolences, neither the president nor anyone from the White House attended ...
As commander in chief, Obama swore to defend the nation. Yet the rise of the demonic cult calling itself Islamic State has barely stirred him.
Sometimes a round of golf is just a round of golf. And sometimes it reveals the essence of a man.
Cuomo and the Legislature to make sure her charter schools are housed and funded, Moskowitz won’t give her critics a break. The latest test results confirm that, haters notwithstanding, she has a secret sauce for excellence.
Holed up: Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden watches himself on TV at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where he was shot dead by U.S. Navy SEALs. Elite: Former SEAL commander Chuck Pfarrer (right) has written a book giving a blow-by-blow account of hunting down Osama Bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan.
Quick change: President Obama was golfing just 20 minutes before Osama Bin La den was killed and he was pictured looking on intently in the Situation Room, right, according to a new book (File golf picture from June) Only then did he down his clubs and return to the White House to watch what he later trumpeted as a great success of his presidency.
Mr Obama is known to be a keen golfer. Just today, as the White House was being encircled by 8,000 environmental protesters, he was on a course in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The President also played golf four times during his week-long family holiday on Martha's Vineyard.
President Barack Obama played Wednesday with former NBA basketball player Alonzo Mourning, left, at Vineyard Golf Club, in Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard
Liz Cheney took to Twitter to say: 'Obama is more dedicated to golfing that he is to defending the nation.'
The editorial board of Investor's Business Daily , an influential business and international finance newspaper, had lost its patience with Obama by Wednesday evening
Just one day ago: Obama (left) bumped fists on Wednesday after a putt, sharing a jubilant moment with Cyrus Walker (R) and Glenn Hutchins (C) while playing a round of golf that began just minutes after his firm declaration of American resolve against ISIS
He seemed to double down on the threat of airstrikes, even though Foley's executioner claimed another journalist will die if they continue.
ABC News political director Rick Klein told Fox host Greta van Susteren three hours earlier that the White House is 'well past the point of caring about the so-called "optics" of things like this. And the president himself clearly doesn't ... care about the way it looks.'
The grey lady eventually changed her headline.
Matt Margolis is the author of Trumping Obama: How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama’s Legacy and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis
Obama didn’t declare H1N1 a national emergency until four months after WHO declared it a pandemic. A thousand Americans had died by that point. But, according to the New York Times, all was well because Obama could still play golf.
By contrast, Knoller said, Trump has spent all or part of 248 days at a golf course. CNN's own count has Trump at 266 days spending some time at a Trump golf course. Since Trump and his aides often refuse to confirm that he actually played golf during a visit to a golf club, even when he has been spotted in golf attire, ...
Obama played 333 rounds during his eight years as president, according to Knoller. In other words, Obama played golf once every 8.77 days as president. Trump, conversely, has been at a golf club once every 4.92 days so far.
Trump said at an August 2016 campaign rally that he may never see his properties again if he was elected, explaining, "Because I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf." And in an October 2016 speech, Trump said Obama's struggles to pass legislation were a result of excessive golfing.
Facts First: Trump has spent much more time playing golf than Obama did through this point of the term -- after repeatedly attacking Obama's golfing and claiming he would not play if he got elected himself. Just Trump's airplane trips to his Mar-a-Lago Club and residence in Florida, from which he has often taken a motorcade ride to a nearby golf course he owns, have required far more air travel than Obama's once-a-year Hawaii vacations did through this point in the term.
In total, according to CBS News reporter and presidential historian Mark Knoller, President Barack Obama played a total of 333 rounds of golf while President. That means Obama played golf for 1,665 hours of his presidency, which was, officially, 55,008 hours.
Former President Barack Obama was frequently maligned by Republican and conservative critics for how often how chose to play golf while in office. Obama, who chose golf as his outlet from the glass cage that is the presidency, had plenty of weekends and vacations to play golf in the eight years he was Commander-in-Chief.