U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told members of his New Jersey golf club recently that he frequents the course because the place he now calls home, the White House, is a “real dump.”
In a lengthy feature published Tuesday on Golf.com about the president’s relationship with the sport, the article recounts a recent time when the president apparently told some members of his Bedminster club that he’s often there because “that White House is a real dump.”
The president has spent nearly every weekend of his presidency visiting various properties he owns and leases, including Bedminster.
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The article goes on to describe how Bedminster “morphed into a kind of permanent campaign rally site” during the election where Trump posters “were plastered across the property, and an anti-Hillary shrine was built in a bar in the men’s locker room.”
Trump’s apparent claim about the White House sparked response from some people who spent quite a bit of time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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“Thank you to all the White House ushers, butlers, maids, chefs, florists, gardeners, plumbers, engineers & curators for all you do every day,” Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former first lady Hillary Clinton, tweeted.
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Pete Souza, former chief White House photographer during Barack Obama’s term, chimed in by sharing a photo of a White House bedroom on Instagram.
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“President Obama shows Canada PM Justin Trudeau the Lincoln Bedroom which has a signed copy of The Gettysburg Address, in a place that no American should ever call a ‘dump,’” reads the caption.
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The article, written by Alan Shipnuck, notes that a White House spokesperson denied the account of Trump’s comments about the state of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
-with a file from The Associated Press
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