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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump spends MLK Jr. Day golfing
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump appears poised to ignore his own calls for Americans to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with "acts of civic work and community service."
Trump is not scheduled to partake in any service projects on the federal holiday he and every other US president have designated as a "day of service" since 1994. Instead, he arrived Monday morning at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The only event on the public schedule released daily by the White House is the flight that will take him back to Washington in the afternoon.
Trump's noticeably blank public schedule Monday comes as he continued to beat back accusations of racism for referring to countries in Africa as "shithole countries" and rejecting immigration from the African continent and Haiti in favor of immigrants from Norway during a meeting with lawmakers. His reported comments were confirmed by both a Republican senator and Democratic senator present, but Trump has denied making the disparaging remarks.
Trump rejected the criticism on Sunday night, telling reporters that he is the "least racist person you have ever interviewed."
Trump is not scheduled to partake in any service projects on the federal holiday he and every other US president have designated as a "day of service" since 1994. Instead, he arrived Monday morning at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The only event on the public schedule released daily by the White House is the flight that will take him back to Washington in the afternoon.
Trump's noticeably blank public schedule Monday comes as he continued to beat back accusations of racism for referring to countries in Africa as "shithole countries" and rejecting immigration from the African continent and Haiti in favor of immigrants from Norway during a meeting with lawmakers. His reported comments were confirmed by both a Republican senator and Democratic senator present, but Trump has denied making the disparaging remarks.
Trump rejected the criticism on Sunday night, telling reporters that he is the "least racist person you have ever interviewed."
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/politics/mlk-jr-day-donald-trump-schedule/index.html
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Trump spends MLK Jr. Day golfing (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2018
OP
If being on the links all day keeps him out of the public eye, that's a "community service". . .
Journeyman
Jan 2018
#1
America's ... WORLD RENOWN RACIST ... president isn't like but in a few places on Earth
uponit7771
Jan 2018
#9
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)1. If being on the links all day keeps him out of the public eye, that's a "community service". . .
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. Absolutely...👍🏼
Ohiogal
(32,005 posts)3. Past presidents
spent the day honoring MLK with community service or visits to memorials.
Donnie Dumpster spend it golfing.
What an incredible embarrassment this ugly a-hole is to the American people.
spanone
(135,844 posts)5. trump is silently saluting his base by ignoring MLK day
bet david duke is again impressed by don trump
John Fante
(3,479 posts)4. I'd much rather Gump spend the day golfing than running around
pretending to care about MLK or human beings in general. I don't even want to think about that grotesque POS today, much less listen to him giving half-assed speeches (writen by neo-nazi Miller) honoring MLK.
malaise
(269,038 posts)6. Didn't he tell America to get back to work after the holidays
and then head back to the golf course?
spanone
(135,844 posts)8. i can only shake my head at this 'man'
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)7. As usual the narcissisist is saying "F**k you people" .
"I'm looking out for Number One. What I want to do comes first."
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)9. America's ... WORLD RENOWN RACIST ... president isn't like but in a few places on Earth
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)10. Of course. He has no shame.