Another round on U.S. taxpayers

Donald Trump and White House staffers claimed Trump was having a weekend full of meetings at their not-racist-at-all “Southern White House”—better known as Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump’s cash cow private club. On Saturday, the White House noted he was headed to meetings at another private club, the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. It would be his 10th time at a Trump-branded golf course in only 8 (long, long) weeks as president. Probably a total coincidence he only plays at clubs he owns, right? Anyway, the White House staff insisted he was there for meetings and calls.

x Press pool at Trump Intl Golf Club told the president having meetings and phone calls there. This WH reluctant to report when he golfs. Ã¢ÂÂ Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 18, 2017

One problem for POTUS and his staff. The Newsmax CEO tweeted a photo and it became clear Trump was not in high-level meetings, he was playing golf. Par for the course with this hypocritical president. Unless this is his special glove for dealing with veterans affairs or calling foreign leaders:

x .@realDonaldTrump with @pgflaherty and Max Kramer at Trump International Golf West Palm today! pic.twitter.com/R0gebVs1fX Ã¢ÂÂ Christopher Ruddy (@ChrisRuddyNMX) March 18, 2017

When confronted, the staff finally admitted the obvious: