An appalled Stephanie Ruhle on Tuesday derided the revelation that Lindsey Graham golfed with Donald Trump and had the temerity to apparently enjoy it. After the preface that Graham is “one of the Senate Republicans most outspoken when it comes to criticizing President Trump,” she marveled, “This blew my mind. He just played a round of golf with the President and felt the need to tweet about what a great job [Trump] did.”

Ruhle sneered, “I mean, this is straight up Kim Jong-un type of antics.” This is Graham’s somehow shocking tweet: “Really enjoyed a round of golf with President @realDonaldTrump today. President Trump shot a 73 in windy and wet conditions!”

He added, “Great fun. Great host.” Talking to reporter Garrett Haake, Ruhle was aghast: “But I have to ask, did you ask him about his tweet about President trump shooting a 73? You got to think Trump asked him to tweet that. There is no way Lindsey Graham would think, 'Let me throw that out there.'”

Haake offered some realism for the host:

The setting was a golf course, but the subject matter was very serious. Lindsey Graham is really one of the senators who is really most focused on foreign affairs and on the military. And those were the two topics that appeared to have dominated their conversation on the golf course.

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