One overlooked reason Trump was hellbent on visiting his prized golf course.

[sabra]

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-07/trump-and-covid-inside-the-infected-president-s-ill-advised-trip-to-bedminster?srnd=opinion&sref=3PJpd9Lx

The Infected President’s Ill-Advised Trip to Bedminster
One overlooked reason Trump was hellbent on visiting his prized golf course.

By Timothy L. O'Brien


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But most of the reporting on Trump’s trip has overlooked another reason he was intent on being at Bedminster. There was another event taking place there last Thursday that could have held greater sway with the president than the political fundraiser.

One of Trump National’s most important annual events, a tournament known as the Gentlemen’s Invitational, kicked off that day. It’s the largest golf event the club hosts each year. Participants were invited for practice rounds on Thursday, the tournament began Friday, and it continued over the weekend.

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Trump National and its general manager, David Schutzenhofer, didn’t return phone calls and email seeking comment about the tournament and Trump’s visit. But a person directly familiar with the club’s operations and the Gentlemen’s Invitational, who requested anonymity because he feared retribution from the club and Trump, told me that hosting the Gentlemen’s Invitational added hundreds more bodies to the crowds milling around Trump National on Thursday.

This person said that the tournament was originally limited to 60 members and their guests, but because Trump National “needed the money” it expanded the event to 91 members and their guests, for a roster of about 182 golfers. The person said that among Trump supporters bused in for the president’s appearance, the throngs of other donors, and the golfers and Secret Service agents, few people were wearing masks.

[dhol82]

1. No wonder they don't want contact tracing.

[Wounded Bear]

2. So, a Super-Duper-Spreader...

[soothsayer]

3. OMG

[tanyev]

4. So how many of the wealthy donors and Bedminster members have left and are never coming back?

[Leghorn21]

5. Sounds like they we're all gathered at a sleazy strip club

“ThE GeNtLeMeN’S InViTaTiOnAL - take off that mask and stay awhile“

Ewwww, one hundred and eighty-two men who loves them some trump

HARD PASS

[Grasswire2]

6. plus each person at that fundraiser paid $200,000 for the ticket.

Sixty people.

[58Sunliner]

7. Trump supporters bused in? I bet that happens more often than we know.