Former President Donald Trump endorses Saudi golf league, says pros should ’embrace’ it
Former President Donald Trump took to his new social platform to blast the PGA Tour and PGA of America and say pro golfers should “embrace” the new Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series.
Trump, on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, said the PGA Tour and PGA of America “have been taking advantage of the players for many years” and that “The ‘PGA’ has a maximum Tax Exempt Status, makes a fortune, and pays executives salaries higher than virtually any of the (sic) very talented players can make in a good year. LIV can change that!”
It’s the first time Trump has made public comments about the new league, of which Greg Norman is the CEO and commissioner. Two of Trump’s properties — Bedminster and Doral — will also play host two of the eight tournaments on the LIV Golf Invitational Series 2022 schedule, which begins next month in London. The PGA Tour did not grant releases for players who requested waivers to play in the London event. It’s still unclear which players will compete in the league, which offers $255 million in total purses.
The former president’s comments were made during PGA Championship week, which officially kicked off with the first round on Thursday. The tournament is being played at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., which was a replacement venue the PGA of America selected after it decided to strip the 2022 PGA Championship away from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol.
At the time, the Trump Organization released a statement saying, “This is a breach of a binding contract and they have no right to terminate the agreement. As an organization, we have invested many, many millions of dollars in the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster. We will continue to promote the game of golf on every level and remain focused on operating the finest golf courses anywhere in the world.”
In his comments on Wednesday, Trump added that with Saudi Arabia backing the LIV Golf league, “unlimited amounts” of money would be available for players and charities. He also jabbed at the PGA of America for its beer prices at this week’s tournament, which had been a popular conversation topic early in the week.
Article originally appeared on: Golf.com
The PGA had no reason to take the PGA Championship away from Donald Trump’s golf course. There is still no proof he was involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol sightseeing tour gone wrong. When the Capitol Police invite you in, it’s really not an invasion, now is sit? As for the Saudi’s. The PGA is in bed with China. So what do you think if the Chinese government would have tried to start the LIV instead of Saudi Arabia? Would they be complaining as much? Both have horrible human rights violations records. Why China over the Saudi’s?
Never get in an argument with an idiot….people walking by won’t know which one is the idiot.
Is that trump jr.
If Trump endorses it, that is reason enough for me to oppose it.
‘Trump is some “clown “, please put him away…!
Trump didn’t endorse and “bad mouthed” NATO and the organization’s members, which I consider to be an un-American action. He is now embracing a golf league that is using an old PGA star to break apart a good American organization that has a great track record, the PGA ( Professional Golfers’ Association of America established in 1916; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida).
So if Donald Trump endorsed world peace, opposed wars, kept us out of them as President, and lowered gas prices by having America drill their own, you would oppose it?
If dump says LIV is a good thing . That tells me to run the other way as fast as humanly possible!
So, the people busting in the doors and windows were “invited in”? You are as delusional as your hero.
check the video. Capitol Police invited them in. Stop watching CNN, it makes you sound stupid.
I’ve watched lots of videos showing folks using shields taken from the police by force, to smash in window to the entrances and then open doors for others to come in. Stop watching OAN, it makes you stupid, not just sound stupid.
and you’re 100% certain those were Trump’s people? Never mind that a few blocks away George Soros had someone bring a truck full of bricks for the Antifa and BLM groups he also had attend this little meeting. But, no, it was all Trump’s people. Because they, not BLM or Antifa, are the ones knows for smashing windows, breaking into cars, stores, rioting and acting like idiots. Yea, you’re pretty smart, Steve. Keep believing that the democrats didn’t have a hand in any of this. They tried twice to impeach Trump for doing nothing. One more, Jan. 6, and maybe get him out of office for good. But, hey, Joe Biden is so much better. (if you own stock in oil).
No, of course not. But also check the record, more new oil and gas drilling leases were issued by the Biden administration in his first year than an under Dump.