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DrHarleyboy

05/21/19 11:04 AM

#311748 RE: arizona1 #311745

The lies again add up, I'll stick with facts or fantasy.

The Pinocchio Test
The figures in this tweet is a great example of false precision. We do not know exactly how many days Trump has golfed and we do not know how much has been paid by taxpayers for his golf outings.

The website cited by VoteVets combines estimates and extrapolations from newspaper reporting and yet suggests the actual figure as known down to the dollar. That’s pretty misleading, especially because the hourly cost of flying the president to his properties appears much too high. Unless actual, confirmed data is available, estimates should never be presented as actual dollar figures.

We know the president likes to play a lot of golf and that travel to his properties is probably expensive. But we don’t know the numbers.

Update: After this fact check was published, Germain wrote The Fact Checker to thank us for the “excellent article,” which she said “make really great points.” She said she would examine more closely the figures used for air travel and would immediately begin using a rounded figure on the website, not a precise dollar amount.

Three Pinocchios


https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fact-check-have-u-s-taxpayers-spent-72-million-on-trumps-golf-outings/
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Susie924

05/21/19 3:52 PM

#311800 RE: arizona1 #311745

TRUMP GOLF COUNT: 177*
Cost to Taxpayer: About $99,000,000**


How much of that money went into Trump’s pocket since he only golfs at his own places and runs up expenses for his entourage
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fuagf

09/02/23 6:21 PM

#451840 RE: arizona1 #311745

Not true. It's dishonest to say every day Biden is away from the White House is at 'vacation' pace.

"Trump Golf Count: 298*
Cost to Taxpayer: About $144,000,000**
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Fact Check: Claim About Biden Having Spent 40 Percent Of His Presidency 'On Vacation' Is Missing Context
Fact Check
Mar 13, 2023 by: Dana Ford
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/03/fact-check-claim-about-biden-having-spent-40-percent-of-his-presidency-on-vacation-is-missing-context.html
Posted first in reply, here - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172745775

And -- Joe Biden Is Playing Way Less Golf Than Donald Trump Did As President
Ron Dicker Fri, Sep 17, 2021·1 min read
https://sports.yahoo.com/joe-biden-playing-way-less-110134382.html

What is your point in misleading others. That said let's wrap it up:

Trump spent 60 percent of working hours in unstructured "executive time" in past 3 months: Report

Updated on: February 4, 2019 / 12:14 PM / CBS News

President Trump has spent roughly 60 percent of his working hours in so-called "executive time" over the last three months, according to a trove of internal White House schedules obtained by Axios. The schedules reveal Mr. Trump's days at the White House contain hours of unstructured time punctuated by intelligence briefings, lunches, media interviews and meetings with administration officials.

In total, about 297 of the 503 hours on the president's schedule since Nov. 7, 2018 were designated "executive time," a label coined by former chief of staff John Kelly. Axios notes that the president often holds impromptu meetings or calls heads of state during "executive time" periods, sometimes to prevent leaks. Some meetings during "executive time" are listed on more detailed schedules seen by fewer staffers than see the more general one.

"Executive time" consumed many of Mr. Trump's mornings, with his first meetings of the day often occurring at 11 a.m., according to Axios. Other unstructured time periods were often scheduled before and after lunch, ranging anywhere from 15 minutes to over an hour and a half. Some days the president's private time makes up a majority of the day, with one day listing more than seven hours of "executive time."

The schedules list the president as being in the Oval Office at 8 a.m. on most days, but Axios cites six sources with direct knowledge of the president's routine who said Mr. Trump is never in the Oval Office that early. Instead, Axios reports he mostly spends those morning sessions in the residence where he is known to watch cable news and read newspapers.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-spent-60-percent-of-working-hours-in-executive-time-in-past-3-months-schedules-show/

I'd wager Trump spent less hours working than any other modern day president.