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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,357 posts)
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:18 PM May 2017

A golf cart to see Sicily? No resilience! No stamina! SAD!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/g7-leaders-take-a-stroll-but-trump-takes-a-golf-cart-hhprv8r7b

The distance between Donald Trump and his G7 partners was spelled out dramatically today when Theresa May and the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada strolled the streets of Taormina, Sicily — while he followed in a golf cart.

The six are planning to put pressure on Mr Trump over his opposition to free trade and efforts to combat climate change. They walked the 700 yards from the traditional G7 group photo, taken at a Greek amphitheatre, to a piazza in the hilltop town, but Mr Trump stayed behind until he could take a seat in the electric vehicle.

He had been the last to arrive for the photo, keeping the others waiting at the amphitheatre, which commands sweeping views over the Mediterranean.…
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A golf cart to see Sicily? No resilience! No stamina! SAD! (Original Post) WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 OP
Only things smaller than his energy level are his hands. n/t tazkcmo May 2017 #1
He's saving his energy for later. wildeyed May 2017 #10
Gad, it's like Chris Christie.... LisaM May 2017 #2
Lord, what an embarrassment of embarrassments this man is gratuitous May 2017 #3
He's too fat to walk that far without a golf club in his hand. BigmanPigman May 2017 #4
Don't forget..he believes he has only so many heartbeats so he's saving them angstlessk May 2017 #8
Trump better hurry and apply for Disability before it's gutted leftstreet May 2017 #5
Man, they need a pic to go with this... LeftInTX May 2017 #6
Candy ass. lpbk2713 May 2017 #7
Ding, ding, ding - agree iluvtennis May 2017 #18
I'll bet he thinks he's just precious in that golf cart. Sugar Smack May 2017 #9
Is there a picture? wildeyed May 2017 #11
I sure hope the videographers got the whole thing. Ilsa May 2017 #12
A real leader doesn't have to claw their way to respect, it just happens... iluvtennis May 2017 #13
Note how Merkel and May are trying to stand as far away from him as possible. Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #17
Why not use Spiceys rolling podium? elehhhhna May 2017 #14
Beyond Embarrassing. sarcasmo May 2017 #15
Does it make me a bad person if I thought of this right away... 47of74 May 2017 #16
Well, I'm bad with you as I'm LMBO iluvtennis May 2017 #19
Is this the same Trump that during the campaign claimed that Hillary had no stamina? pink May 2017 #20

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
2. Gad, it's like Chris Christie....
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:20 PM
May 2017

It didn't really bother me that he flew in a private jet to see his son play in a sporting event. No, it was the fact that he had to go the last 200 yards in a limousine.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Lord, what an embarrassment of embarrassments this man is
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:21 PM
May 2017

If President Trump had an ounce of personal integrity, the shame of it all would have him resigning.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
8. Don't forget..he believes he has only so many heartbeats so he's saving them
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:30 PM
May 2017

in order to kill as many poor people as he can.

LeftInTX

(25,374 posts)
6. Man, they need a pic to go with this...
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:28 PM
May 2017

I can't find any

Oh well, maybe he needs a scooter like Sheldon Adelson.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
17. Note how Merkel and May are trying to stand as far away from him as possible.
Sat May 27, 2017, 03:21 PM
May 2017

As opposed to everyone else.

pink

(497 posts)
20. Is this the same Trump that during the campaign claimed that Hillary had no stamina?
Sat May 27, 2017, 09:28 PM
May 2017

As well as being too unfit to handle the walk, I'm pretty sure that he realized that no one wanted to walk or talk with him.

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