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On Saturday, president Trump confirmed that he would be cancelling a planned trip to Poland to stay in the United States and monitor Hurricane Dorian which is due to hit Florida on Monday.
The storm, which has been confirmed as a Category 4, is set to bring 130mph winds and has prompted officials to place Florida under a state of emergency.
Given the severity which the state is facing, Trump's decision could be seen as understandable but an AP report that the cancellation of the Poland trip, where he was due to meet other world leaders and politicians to commemorate the 80 anniversary of the start of World War II, came as a shock to White House staff, with Trump informing them that he would spend the day at Camp David and keep a close eye on the Hurricane.
However, further reports have stated that the president didn't stay at Camp David at all and instead flew to his private golf course in Virginia, via helicopter, where he stayed for several hours, presumably to play golf, as reported by AP.
This tweet was posted as Trump was on the Marine One helicopter from Camp David to his golf club in Virginia, where… https://t.co/9Xe8bjELuK— Daniel Dale (@Daniel Dale) 1567261997
Trump did return to Camp David later that day and according to White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, the president was with a FEMA official and was briefed "every hour" about the hurricane.
Trump got a hurricane briefing every hour during his golf game today, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham… https://t.co/WmPdXNtdjR— Daniel Dale (@Daniel Dale) 1567281426
That being said, this hardly excuses the president of completely cancelling a trip for a very important historic event, to survey an incoming natural disaster only to do something altogether different and essentially have some leisure time.
Needless to say, people, we quick to criticise him on social media with others noting that a mass shooting would have been occurring in Texas at the same time.
According to the pool report, Trump has arrived at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, VA. This is Trump's 226th… https://t.co/zu1Ro0N8FF— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin) 1567257019
President Trump said he canceled an official trip to Poland to monitor the hurricane. Instead he's making a promot… https://t.co/xcZbajlZV9— Citizens for Ethics (@Citizens for Ethics) 1567257512
Trump is on the golf course, Pumpkin. https://t.co/WTAyyfjxFf— Cheri Jacobus (@Cheri Jacobus) 1567282953
A little more frantic than usual? Trump flew to Camp David from the WH late Friday and has already moved on to his… https://t.co/oq3EBiy8qs— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1567260266
Trump was supposed to be in Poland this weekend. He said he canceled the trip to monitor Hurricane Dorian. He just… https://t.co/kPaymE8Nr9— Jim Acosta (@Jim Acosta) 1567264762
Trump playing golf while: 1) Hurricane approaches east coast. 2) Mass shooter mows down a crowd.— Dr. Robert Fortuna (@Dr. Robert Fortuna) 1567299421
Your tax dollars hard at work choppering Trump to a golf course he still owns and profits from https://t.co/968a74L6jj— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1567277490
Trump is tweeting at the hurricane from his golf club and probably telling people how he’s killing it at presidenti… https://t.co/v2FXVlNDQP— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1567261331
I love that Donald Trump is spending Saturday at his golf course before a category 4 hurricane strikes the United States. It's so on-brand.— Rick Wilson (@Rick Wilson) 1567262593
HT AP
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