Compared to Donald Trump‘s litany of moral failings, his malicious instincts, and all those actual literal crimes, his regularly cheating at golf is small fry evil. But those who’ve carefully observed his game over the years have noted that he not only cheats, he cheats constantly and brazenly.
There’s even a book about how much he cheats at golf: sportswriter Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, with Reilly telling CNN: “He cheats like a mafia accountant. He cheats crazy. He cheats whether you’re watching or not. He cheats whether you like it or not.”
So nobody should be surprised that, on his current golfing trip to Scotland, he cheated like most people breathe oxygen:
This is the story of his life, right here.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) July 27, 2025
Caddy tosses a ball on the ground, then POTUS pretends it's the shot he made. pic.twitter.com/I4kJDh3CWN
Trump cheerleaders quickly stunk up the comments, insisting that, actually, your caddy quietly dropping a ball just outside a sand trap is totally normal. Technically, they might have a point that it’s not safe for a man approaching 80 to clamber around inside a sand pit, but if this move was legit, why was his caddy being so subtle and sneaky about it?
Who’s going to call him out?
The truth is that Trump’s cheating at golf is supposed to be obvious and is just another masculine power move. He’s been a powerful and wealthy man for almost his entire life, golf has been one of his primary methods of networking, and openly cheating is a notorious flex to show your golf partner who’s boss.
That freedom to cheat is amplified now that he’s president again. Who’s going to call out the president for cheating at golf in front of you? After all, most of his golf partners will have fought hard for some private time with him in the hopes they can influence his thinking and ask a favor or two. And anyway, even if he wasn’t cheating, they’d let him win.
But, in an amusing twist, while the fact that he’s president means he’s never going to be called out for cheating, the omnipresent Secret Service protection around him means it’s awkward whenever they see him moving the ball:
Trump’s problem with having Secret Service protection? Some agent is always there watching him cheat at golf. pic.twitter.com/9RvUCX4rgZ
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) July 28, 2025
Apparently, there’s audio of Trump complaining: “I hit a ball down the fairway, it’s in a little rough, and there’s a guy standing behind a tree, “Good morning, sir.” And I got a ball with a horrible lie. I’d go like this. Nobody would know the difference. I can’t because he said, they’re all looking down at me horrible. It’s a horrible situation to be in.”
Wow, that does sound horrible. We can only hope he has the emotional and psychological fortitude to recover…
Published: Jul 28, 2025 05:23 am