As the federal government remains shuttered for a second straight weekend, Trump took an another golf club trip. This is his second consecutive weekend hitting the course while federal workers remain furloughed.
According to pool reports, the press corps loaded into vans at 8:45 a.m. for travel to an undisclosed location, a routine that typically precedes the president’s golf outings. The vans departed at 9:31 and the press pooler, Ben Johansen of Politico, was unable to see Trump.
The motorcade arrived at Trump’s Virginia golf club just after 10:00 AM. However, the press pooler, again, didn’t see Trump. The press pool was then held at the tennis center where they can’t see Trump golf.
Trump also spent last Saturday golfing during the shutdown, marking back-to-back weekends of leisure