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Trump shocks in Ireland with golf 'cheat' admission
Aug 8, 2026; Bedminster, New Jersey, USA; President Donald Trump attends the third round of the LIV Golf New York tournament at Trump National Bedminster. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-Imagn Images
The Presidency as a Golf Alibi
The Joke Gives Away the Hierarchy
Donald Trump told an audience in Dublin that everyone around a president becomes “collateral damage” when the Secret Service acts. The crowd laughed. He then explained that surveillance by some 250 agents prevents him from cheating at golf—not that cheating would be beneath him, only that witnesses make moving the ball…
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