Mar 18, 2017

Trump's Saturday

The president is at Trump International today, according to the White House pool, for "meetings and phone calls at the club and may have stepped out to hit a few balls".

Here he is, golf glove on hand, posing for a picture with Peter G. Flaherty (whose 2012 NYT profile was blurbed by Newsmax as "Romney's Secret Weapon") and Max Kramer, tweeted out by Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy:

. @realDonaldTrump with @pgflaherty and Max Kramer at Trump International Golf West Palm today! pic.twitter.com/R0gebVs1fX — Christopher Ruddy (@ChrisRuddyNMX) March 18, 2017

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