Donald Trump accused of ‘cheating’ at golf as suspicious video goes viral
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Social Media, Sport, US News
Rhiannon Ingle
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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Social Media, Sport, US News
Donald Trump has once again been accused of 'cheating' at golf as a very suspicious video has taken the internet by storm.
The video in question shows two of Trump's caddies walking ahead of his golf cart before one appears to drop a ball on the course during his ongoing trip to Scotland.
Trump then gets gets out of his golf cart and walks toward the ball, seemingly as if it were his original shot, with the short video not showing what took place afterwards.
The clip, which has since racked up more than four million views at the time of writing since being posted yesterday (27 July), appears to have been originally been posted by PatriotTakes, which describes itself as 'exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy'.
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Sharing the clip online, one X user penned: "Trump caught cheating at golf, watch the second guy in the red vest toss a ball behind him."
"LMAO for the morons that think Trump doesn’t cheat at golf and wins all those club championships fair and square….watch his caddie here," penned a second.
A third chimed in: "LMAO this is so embarrassing!"
"Getting second hand embarrassment while watching this," echoed another.
And a final X user lamented: "Extremely unethical in every aspect of his life. Zero character. Definitely not a role model for anyone with a brain."
Meanwhile, MAGA heads have either dismissed the incident altogether or called for more context.
"The video of Trump’s caddy doing an Oddjob Slazenger drop isn’t a big deal; cheating at golf isn’t nearly the worst thing about Trump," wrote The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols.
"But watching the cult of personality try to explain it away is really some creepy North Korean level stuff."
Trump's decade-spanning golf career has been peppered with a number of cheating allegations throughout the years.
Former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly told Deadline: "I’ve always said golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a guy.
"And what it reveals about this guy is that he cannot lose. He has to win and he will do anything to cheat.
"And I know because I played golf with him and he took seven mulligans. He took a 'give me chip-in.' I’ve never even heard of a give me chip-in."
Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign spokesperson at the time, later told People: "Rick fantasises about having a golf game as good as President Trump. But instead of putting in the hard work to improve his sh*tty game, Rick allows his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome to completely take over his life.
"He should seek urgent medical care before it's too late."
The 79-year-old Republican has golfed at least 45 days out of his 189 days in office this year, or roughly 24 percent of his second term thus far.
Tyla has reached out to the White House for comment on the cheating allegations.