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Barack Obamawas enjoying some swings at a golf course in Hawaii on Wednesday, while his successor Donald Trump was in the process of becoming the third president in American history to be impeached.
Trump routinely harped on Obama throughout his presidency for playing too much golf, slamming his predecessor’s work ethic and counting the millions of dollars Trump said Obama’s outings were costing taxpayers.
Ironically, though, Trump has alreadyspent more timeas president playing golf than Obama did in his eight years in office —pumping millionsinto his own private golf clubs.
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“I play golf to relax,” Trumptweeted in 2014. “@BarackObama plays golf to escape work while America goes down the drain.”
Trumpplayed golfas recently as two-and-a-half weeks ago, during the impeachment investigation, at his own Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Dating back to 2011, Trump was tweeting out his criticism of Obama’s time on the links. During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised voters he’d never play as much golf as Obama did.
“I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf,” Trumpsaidat a 2016 rally in Virginia.
Obama’s vacation day in Hawaii — following a multi-country trip to Asia with his Obama Foundation — was taking place while representatives in the House were debating two articles of impeachment against Trump.
The House later voted to pass both articles of impeachment, charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in United States history to receive the sanction.
On Thursday, as Trump rage-tweeted about the unfairness of his impeachment, Obama released a video evoking a spirit of unity and hope along with some of his highlights from 2019.
Trump will now face a trial in the Senate, where it’s expected the Republican majority will quickly acquit the president of his impeachment charges.
source: people.com
