Donald Trump Reportedly Tried To Move The British Open To His Golf Course In Scotland
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Donald Trump cheats at golf, and now it seems he tried to use his presidency to help move one of the sport’s biggest events to his own golf course. According to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday, Trump asked an ambassador to help move one of golf’s majors to his Scottish golf course.
The American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told multiple colleagues in February 2018 that President Trump had asked him to see if the British government could help steer the world-famous and lucrative British Open golf tournament to the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland, according to three people with knowledge of the episode.
The ambassador’s deputy, Lewis A. Lukens, advised him not to do it, warning that it would be an unethical use of the presidency for private gain, these people said. But Mr. Johnson apparently felt pressured to try. A few weeks later, he raised the idea of Turnberry playing host to the Open with the secretary of state for Scotland, David Mundell.
It’s important to note that Robert Wood Johnson IV is better known as Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets. It’s a wildly inappropriate use of power for the president, who has long entangled his own real estate holdings with the power of the presidency. He was apparently told this by others, but that person soon saw themselves forced out and Trump tried to make it happen, anyway.
Still, the episode left Mr. Lukens and other diplomats deeply unsettled. Mr. Lukens, who served as the acting ambassador before Mr. Johnson arrived in November 2017, emailed officials at the State Department to tell them what had happened, colleagues said. A few months later, Mr. Johnson forced out Mr. Lukens, a career diplomat who had earlier served as ambassador to Senegal, shortly before his term was to end.
The White House declined to comment on Mr. Trump’s instructions to Mr. Johnson, as did the ambassador and the State Department.
The Open is held at a number of golf courses in the UK, with 10 currently in the active rotation while four have been retired from active use. Given the history of the game and its established courses, announcing a new location would certainly have caused a stir, let alone a course owned by the president of the United States.
Trump has already been impeached by the House of Representatives, though with a reelection vote in November and a lot of more important crises currently unfolding, it seems unlikely that anything will come of the report. But it’s yet another example of Trump trying to force his will on the sports world, and using an NFL owner to try making it happen in the process.
Not a single person on this earth is surprised that Trump is unethical.
Man, are we pretending that a 2 year old story is breaking news?
LMAO!
BTFW, politicians don't decide where the British Open is played. Nor do ambassadors.
I saw this gem on CNN this morning. Is there anything about this guy that isn't shady?
If that isn't using the office for his own gain, I don't know what is.
Isn't that also conflict of interest? Using the power of his office to get a foreign golf tourney changed to his own golf course in Scotland in order to reap the profits and promotion for himself.
Sure sounds like it to me.
Well things like this are just fine and dandy in trump world.
Dare I say, par for the course.
Well, his ass already makes shade so....
really?
All the shit going on in the world, and CNN is reduced to rerunning old stories to placate the little band of jerkoffs who bother to watch it?
That is freaking hilarious!
Don't worry, he did something unethical today that we will eventually find out about. He is unstoppable in his grifting and cheating !
I can't believe that until you seed an article about it!
Little short on "I Hate Trump" nonsense today, so 2 year old pieces of nothing will just have to suffice, eh?
The news story is from today. Period. End of story.
The linked story from today is referring to a story that was in the New York Times yesterday.
If I murdered someone two years ago but the newspapers only learned about it yesterday, should they not write about it because it happened two years ago ?
Please stop with the nonsensical arguments.
It's all they have because there is no defence for it.
It is a non-story except to the "I Hate Trump" crowd of ignorant malcontents.
But by all means, please, have a freaking cow over this trivial, inconsequential bullshit.
What else have you got, after all?
MOOOOOOO!!!!
How's your calf doing?
It's okay, you can admit it. If this were a story even years after about Obama using the power of the presidency to enrich he and his family personally you know you'd be screaming up and down the halls about how this proves how corrupt Obama was. The level of concern for now another example of Trump corruption is a measure for how far up Trumps ass a persons head is. If they are completely unconcerned then I fear they're already shoulders deep.
False statement. I never gave that much of a shit about what Obama did since I couldn't change any of it. I don't waste too much time crying about shit I can't change. The melodramatic snowflakes seem to have that covered more than sufficiently anyways.
Actually, it was a fair and reasonable point!
Considering how Trump pissed of the locals, having the tourney there is a YUGGGEEEE mistake. They will do anything it takes to totally disrupt it and I completely back the idea.
Man, I am impressed that you now back something up that is over and done with--for two years!
Impressive!
LOL, I'm sure that the Scots would really support it after how he has pissed them off...
Agree. And rightfully so!
Dishonest Donald is a grifter and a conman who doesn't even understand the meaning of ethics, they are anathema to him. To him NOT taking illicit personal advantage of his elected position would be criminal.
Someday... somewhere... there is going to be an accounting of all the taxpayer dollars that have ended up in Trump coffers..... It should prove to be an interesting number to the voters... at least the ones that know he's the "grifter and thief".
There was a time when a story like this would have been a major , major scandal effecting the presidency and likely the election. No more, now , in the Trump administration, it is just Wednesday.
We have Trump supporters to thank for this. They do not have a single standard of normalcy or ethical behavior that they hold Trump to.
Can a POTUS be prosecuted for the Emoluments Act after they leave office?
What would be the point? The Trump would simply slide into the 'Stormy Who' playbook again.
I sure hope so!
ask one of the internet lawyers who frequent here.
Because Trump has been such a fuck up, I don't think he will be able to slither away from ALL the charges that will be brought against him.
Neither do I believe he will 'slither'. There are to many people, large and small, that desperately want their revenge and money back that he cheated, stole and pilfered from them. Just think of all of the casino workers, contractors and laborers he cheated these past decades. Not to mention the tax evasions, insurance frauds and money laundering just for starters.
Trump is 'broke arse'. He needs the money because his wealth is based on debt. The man has been living on 'the float' since he squandered his inheritance from his father. Follow the money, it is all Russian, Chinese, Saudi and Turkish-----and all of it is dirty.
The tRump criminal enterprise administration.
There is something wrong with voters who do not care about this kind of rank corruption from Trump!
Leave it to some to get all worked up 2 years later.
Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMMFAO!
So just because it happened two years ago..... Trump shouldn't be held accountable for it?
Who knew there was a statute of limitation on Trump related crimes and ethics violations.....
The statute of limitations is imaginary and only applies to Trumpsters.
Not a crime.
No need for melodramatics.
Russian propaganda is effective. Many on this format prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt. Or---are a part of it.
I'll say. You are defending the Steele dossier. It defies rational explanation at this point.
And the Republican led US Senate's investigation that confirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 on behalf of Trump is bogus too then? I don't think so...
Did I claim Russia didn't interfere in the election?
Have you ever posted that Russia did interfere in the election on behalf of Trump? I can't remember you ever being concerned enough to post about Russia putting a thumb on the scale in the 2016 election.
It does appear that there are some propagandists whose only reason to be here is to spread Trump's Pootin propaganda for dictatorship. And some may be paid, a reason for their constant aggressiveness with other members. It is not that hard to see if one has even one eye open, and one side of their brain working.
Why do I think that? Because they never even attempt to engage in any real discussions, debates or conversations on any of the topics that are presented here. It goes beyond the simple desire to stir the pot as much as they can. It is much deeper and toxic.
There really is no excuse for it, even though some try to find one. If the American people are not careful they can excuse it once too often. And then there is no going back.
JMOO
I thought you were speaking of yourself at 1st.