It seems that Donald Trump has to make this big sacrifice before the presidential election

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Donald Trump has put his favorite pastime on hiatus while running for president, and he’s probably not happy about it. The former president has been told to give up his beloved game of golf, for now.

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The 2024 GOP candidate has not played a round of golf since Sept. 15, when there was a second assassination attempt on his life, he said. NBC news. In the meantime, his golf clubs will gather some dust, because another source confirmed to the outlet that he must stop his passion until after November 5, a request that was handed over by the Secret Service.

Ryan Routh was arrested after lying “along the fence line near the sixth hole,” waiting for the former president at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sept. 15, according to the Department of Justice. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted assassination of a leading presidential candidate and could face life in prison if convicted. Despite the arrest, Donald Trump’s golf game is on ice, and that has to hurt.

Donald Trump was often criticized for spending more time on the golf course than in the White House. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller told CNN in May 2020 that former President Barack Obama “played golf once every 8.77 days as president.” Trump, on the other hand, has been to a golf club once every 4.92 days.” The other known tidbit about Donald Trump’s golf game is that he likes to win at all costs — yes, there are cheats out there on the green

“I’ve always said that golf is like cycling shorts. It reveals a lot about a guy,” joked sportswriter Rick Reilly Termini White House with Nicolle Wallace in march “And what it reveals about this guy is that he can’t lose. He has to win and he’ll do anything to cheat.” The Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump The author “played golf with him” and claimed that Donald Trump “took seven mulligans” during his 18-hole round.

Maybe it’s best if Donald Trump takes a break from his golf game, for safety reasons, so others can finally win. Then anyone who plays with him knows that Donald Trump has to come out on top. Boxer Oscar De La Hoya spoke on the record Associated Press in 2016 after playing a round of golf with Donald Trump where the former president bravely cheated twice. “Yeah, I took it,” De La Hoya said. “It was incredible. But I guess it was their course, so it was their rules.”

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