This is a small thing, but telling.
Photo and video crews were stymied in their attempts to film President Trump on a golf course Wednesday, an apparent response to CNN’s recent footage of the commander-in-chief on the links.
As the president completed another round at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, a large white truck obscured nearby journalists — who were positioned on public property — from getting a shot of Trump on their cameras.
When CNN’s photojournalist moved his camera, the truck likewise moved, blocking the picture.
On Tuesday, CNN recorded a shot of the president on the course in West Palm Beach. The network did the same on Saturday and Sunday, shooting the footage through a gap in the hedges while positioned on a public sidewalk.
The Secret Service said it wasn’t the Secret Service. The Palm Beach County sheriff’s office said it wasn’t the Palm Beach County sheriff’s office. “A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment” – and I’m betting the White House spokesperson did not respond in the fullness of time, either. I think we get to conclude that it was Trump’s gang who shielded his golfing self from view.
Wednesday’s outing marked the 87th day Trump has spent at one of his golf properties since taking office.
87 out of about 240 – so more than a third.
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After complaining about how much Obama golfed – which wasn’t even close to that much.
They just don’t want to let the public see what a shitty golfer he is… Ten stroke handicap and all…
If they use more than one camera, they’ll need more than one truck….
Where are the drones?
No one’s asking whether the ‘pictures or it didn’t happen’ standard of reporting is valid.
chigau#4
I was going to mention drones, but I imagine the Secret Service might have something to say about drones in close proximity to POTUS, just as I imagine they would about piloted aircraft. I don’t know if there are off the shelf drones with powerful telephoto lenses or not. Such lenses tend to be kinda big and heavy and would need bigger drones to fly them. This would, again, I would think, raise Secret Service red flags.