Did Trump Spend Memorial Day Golfing?

He golfed during the weekend but not on the holiday itself.

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Bloomberg opinion columnist Tim O’Brien alleged in a viral tweet on Monday that President Trump spent Memorial Day golfing:

A tweet and video from The Guardian also suggested that the president gave a speech on Memorial Day and then “return[ed] to [the] golf course:”

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    cheerio

    During the weekend, the flags were flown at half mast for the Covid dead here in NY. I don't know about other places. I think Trump going to play golf on this past weekend is a signal that he is done having concern about the pandemic. And that is the nicest way I can say it.

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    Visibly

    By the way: The top news in VG.no today (our top tabloid paper) is that Trump wants to close social medias that allow criticism of him.

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    Visibly

    Interesting. So Monday was the Memorial day? In UK, it was a bank holiday (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday). In Norway, just a common Monday.
    But I still thinK for the rest of the world, Trump showed disrespect by action, words and Twitter during the Memorial weekend. In particular in relation to the death of Lori Klausutis.

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