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BumRushDaShow

(172,170 posts)
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:24 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Snubs His Big Faith Event to Go Golfing

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 17 2026 4:49PM EDT
Published May 17 2026 4:39PM EDT


President Donald Trump skipped his own White House-backed event “rededicating” the nation to God to spend the day at his preferred place of worship: the golf course.

As thousands flocked to the National Mall on Sunday for a Trump-backed rally highlighting “the Church’s role in history and civic life” in honor of America’s 250th, the president’s motorcade rolled out of the capital towards the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.

Meanwhile, Trump, 79, fired off a decidedly unholy and chilling Truth Social message once again threatening to wipe out Iran. “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! President DJT.”

Trump, who said in 2020 that he considers himself a non-denominational Christian, appears not to have attended a church service since his January 21, 2025, visit to the Washington National Cathedral in the final event of his second inauguration. He has instead made a habit of spending many Sundays on the fairways of his golf clubs. According to Did Trump Golf Today, the president has played golf for 106 of his first 483 days back in office, or roughly 21.9 percent of his presidency.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-snubs-his-rededicate-250-event-in-dc-to-go-golfing-in-virginia/

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Trump Snubs His Big Faith Event to Go Golfing (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP
Why should "god" attend his own event? ananda 4 hrs ago #1
The next church service he attends Bluestocking 4 hrs ago #2
Hope that's SOON ! KS Toronado 2 hrs ago #18
Not soon enough! buzzycrumbhunger 1 hr ago #26
And, he'll probably... moonbatmax 10 min ago #29
"I'm a good christian, and I am." MLWR 4 hrs ago #3
Pedo threatens an entire nation of 90 millions... very Christian of him... Justice matters. 2 hrs ago #23
Apparently he reused a video from another occasion More_Cowbell 4 hrs ago #4
So, a visual Auto-Pen! BidenRocks 2 hrs ago #16
Totally in character. greatauntoftriplets 3 hrs ago #5
Here is trump's heavily edited contribution to this event LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #6
The people he send this to are easily duped. I always wonder if they have ever even read the words that Christ spoke. efhmc 3 hrs ago #9
Maybe they'll have another event after they get the reflecting pool rigged tanyev 3 hrs ago #7
Now THAT'S funny as hell. paleotn 3 hrs ago #8
Good will punish him for playing hooky. usonian 3 hrs ago #10
Trump skips Klan Rally nakocal 3 hrs ago #11
He's too important for their bullshit. ... littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #12
They will still think of him as their God. republianmushroom 3 hrs ago #13
"Yo, God! Just Jerome 2 hrs ago #14
"TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! President DJT." J_William_Ryan 2 hrs ago #15
Our biggest problem is: DFW 2 hrs ago #20
My guess is popsdenver 2 hrs ago #17
Didn't they do that with Stalin? Deuxcents 2 hrs ago #19
Don't know.......NC popsdenver 2 hrs ago #22
God or golfing DFW 2 hrs ago #21
... at the taxpayers expense. Justice matters. 1 hr ago #24
But his foursome included a couple of Corinthians. Sneederbunk 1 hr ago #25
Hahahahaha angrychair 1 hr ago #27
"Heaven can wait, now watch this drive" oasis 1 hr ago #28
And yet you will SEE NO PHOTOS of him actually golfing. Maru Kitteh 5 min ago #30

Justice matters.

(10,060 posts)
23. Pedo threatens an entire nation of 90 millions... very Christian of him...
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:40 PM
2 hrs ago

Another war crime to add to the pile of crimes against Humanity.

More_Cowbell

(2,243 posts)
4. Apparently he reused a video from another occasion
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:37 PM
4 hrs ago

"President Trump’s recorded video message at today’s Rededicate 250 appears to be identical to the video that he recorded 3 weeks ago for something called "America Reads The Bible.”


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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,969 posts)
6. Here is trump's heavily edited contribution to this event
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:45 PM
3 hrs ago


Holy shit. This is a prerecorded message with lots of obvious edits and this is the best he can do? He looks like a cadaver, sounds like he's on a ventilator, and can't even properly read the sections that come from a book he's never read.

efhmc

(16,977 posts)
9. The people he send this to are easily duped. I always wonder if they have ever even read the words that Christ spoke.
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Not words from someone who just wants cash.

tanyev

(49,671 posts)
7. Maybe they'll have another event after they get the reflecting pool rigged
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:50 PM
3 hrs ago

to make it look like he’s walking on water.


🤨

paleotn

(22,711 posts)
8. Now THAT'S funny as hell.
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:50 PM
3 hrs ago

At least he's not falling for all of his own con. I'll give the orange jackass that. Far better to spend the day golfing if that's your thing. For me it's sleeping a few extra hours and then working in our gardens on a gloriously sunny day.

littlemissmartypants

(34,333 posts)
12. He's too important for their bullshit. ...
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:14 PM
3 hrs ago

Our whole 250th is just going to be more tax money thievery, destruction of democracy and pandering to his group of brainless cultists.

Psychopaths don't believe in any god but themselves.


Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

DFW

(60,429 posts)
20. Our biggest problem is:
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:35 PM
2 hrs ago

We have about 40 million Americans who think that is wonderful.

popsdenver

(2,612 posts)
17. My guess is
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:57 PM
2 hrs ago

that he and the republican party will mummify him, and put him on display indefinitely in the Rotunda, in a golden sarcophagus.....

DFW

(60,429 posts)
21. God or golfing
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:38 PM
2 hrs ago

Unless God really is just like Morgan Freeman or George Burns, I don’t know which one I’d find more boring.

Justice matters.

(10,060 posts)
24. ... at the taxpayers expense.
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:46 PM
1 hr ago

Methinks it's missing at the end of the headline (according to me).

angrychair

(12,500 posts)
27. Hahahahaha
Sun May 17, 2026, 09:32 PM
1 hr ago

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha...that is some funny stuff right there.
"Most religious president in history"

Maru Kitteh

(32,005 posts)
30. And yet you will SEE NO PHOTOS of him actually golfing.
Sun May 17, 2026, 10:35 PM
5 min ago

Riddle me that one. There is no evidence of him actually swinging a club since July of 2025. Not one picture. Just some photo ops of an old man riding on a golf cart.

I dare somebody to find me one. You can’t. That’s how sick he is.

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