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Half of Trump's first month in office saw him visiting Trump properties [View all]
Half of Trump’s first month in office saw him visiting Trump properties
On one-third of the first 31 days of his second term, Trump played golf.
February 20, 2025 at 7:
Today at 7:30 a.m. EST
President Donald Trump gestures to supporters at Trump International Golf Club on Monday in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Ben Curtis/AP)
Perhaps the simplest way to explain Donald Trump’s second term as president is that it takes all of the patterns seen during his first administration and multiplies them by a factor of 10. Hostility to the separation of powers? Geopolitical isolationism? Embrace of autocrats? All of that — but more.
And, one month in, we’ve seen a lot of another pattern: visits to Trump Organization properties and a lot more golf.
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By Philip Bump
Philip Bump is a Post columnist based in New York. He writes the newsletter How To Read This Chart and is the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.follow on X@pbump
On one-third of the first 31 days of his second term, Trump played golf.
February 20, 2025 at 7:
Today at 7:30 a.m. EST
President Donald Trump gestures to supporters at Trump International Golf Club on Monday in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Ben Curtis/AP)
Perhaps the simplest way to explain Donald Trump’s second term as president is that it takes all of the patterns seen during his first administration and multiplies them by a factor of 10. Hostility to the separation of powers? Geopolitical isolationism? Embrace of autocrats? All of that — but more.
And, one month in, we’ve seen a lot of another pattern: visits to Trump Organization properties and a lot more golf.
{snip}
By Philip Bump
Philip Bump is a Post columnist based in New York. He writes the newsletter How To Read This Chart and is the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.follow on X@pbump
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