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So what. Donny threatened to sue his mom because she farted while he was eating Cheerios. It's what he does.
... A modest gallery around the 15th green and nearby 16th tee -- spectators mixed with golf journalists and White House reporters trying to observe what Trump was doing -- appeared glad to see the 45th president. They cheered and applauded when he moved near the windows of his viewing area a couple of times and greeted them with waves and fist bumps. ...... The USGA, which awarded this event to Trump National Bedminster in 2012, three years before he announced he was running for President, approached this venue with similar resolve in the face of criticism that the event should not be played there."When we chose this site, we didn't know this was going to happen," Davis said of Trump's ascent to the White House. "We [had] an agreement, and we live by those agreements. Maybe it's analogous to the Rules of Golf. We honored that. And we were confident that this was going to be a wonderful site for this event."Midway through the championship, with the USGA having received favorable feedback from players about the course and how they've been treated, Davis defended the decision to hold the event at Trump Bedminster."We go back and say it's about wanting to focus on golf and what we do," he said. "Listen, we're not the moral character of the United States of America. We realize people have different positions about things. We respect that and further, in terms of his presence here, some people love it and some people don't like it. I'm not going to comment on my own personal views, but I will say this: I don't care who is president of the United States. That office deserves respect."Warren Harding and Bill Clinton attended U.S. Opens, but Trump is the first sitting president to attend a U.S. Women's Open. That fact is not lost on the players. ...
If there's a contract, it shouldn't be broken. Pretty simple.
