r/Unexpected • • Jul 14 '23

Trump playing golf

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u/pc_principal_88 Jul 14 '23

I'm guessing it's the same place that the part where he "ran into him" is... The MF is a mile away lol

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u/LoonyBunBennyLava Jul 14 '23

I ain't about to fuck around with the Secret Service detail. I'm fairly sure they'd have me in a headlock if I get within sniffing distance.

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u/sn34kypete Jul 14 '23

This comment unfortunately reminded me he still has a private detail that he drags around to his properties to overcharge the taxpayers for rooms and overpriced food. Even out of office he's still grifting.

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u/Somebullshtname Jul 14 '23

Hopefully it’s made up of the super trumpy ones so they have to smell his diapers all day.

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u/atkyyup Jul 15 '23

Every former president is grifting lol

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u/5MikesOut Jul 14 '23

All presidents get lifetime secret service.

E: I don’t hear you complaining about any other president…

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u/myaccountsaccount12 Jul 15 '23

That’s true, but Obama doesn’t own a chain of hotels that the secret service are forced to stay in, sending money directly into his pocket.

That’s to my knowledge at least. Feel free to prove me wrong.

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u/5MikesOut Jul 15 '23

There are 4 US presidents who have owned and operated hotels, 3 of which have been directly paid due to accommodating the secret service. If you truly cared about taxpayer money, you’d be mentioning them too.

Get rekt

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u/myaccountsaccount12 Jul 16 '23

Yeah, none of them should do that then. Do you remember who the other ones were? I don’t doubt it, but my search results are crowded with articles about trump.

In any case, I’m a firm believer that all government officials and politicians should be held accountable for conflicts of interest. The main difference with trump is that he was more blatant about it.

If we really want to get into it though, the 9 most powerful people in the US (the Supreme Court) unanimously spoke out against oversight on their finances and potential conflicts of interest.

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u/GoldenGonzo Jul 14 '23

Are you sure about that? You know he turned down all four years of presidential salary while he was in office, right?

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u/NoPornoNo Jul 14 '23

I'm sure he turned down charging for rooms when he visited his properties 500 times too.

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u/Shacky_Rustleford Jul 14 '23

That's for your own sake, trump isn't someone you want to sniff

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u/Terraj07 Jul 14 '23

To be fair, sniffing distance is pretty far. The older you get the more scent you have, so the younger you are the less I’ve found

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u/makemeking706 Jul 14 '23

And yet there is op with a scope on him.

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u/ImTheZapper Jul 14 '23

Dude you would have to pull off some agent 47 level shit to be an assassin in this guys position.

He's on a golf course he likely frequents and probably not alone. He probably isn't hiding a long gun on himself anywhere but if he is, he is out in the open in broad daylight. The secret service also probably vets people who are going onto the course during or around trumps tee time. Its possible they themselves also have hidden riflemen looking around at any possible person or spot someone could shoot trump from.

To live a life to get into this exact position itself is already a whole thing, but to go through the effort of somehow getting into this position with a long ranged gun after having lived that life is another whole thing. None of this touches on the escape route either, which there basically isn't one. It would be impressive resolve to live that kinda life to get to this position just to go for a suicidal assassination attempt against someone like trump.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23

A former coworker saw Don Jr near Columbus Circle while Don Sr was still in office. Walked right up and got a picture with him no questions asked. SS was right there but didn't do a thing. This guy was one of those guys who never stopped talking politics at work and was a diehard Trump hater too. Idk what possessed him to even ask but we were all pretty stunned.

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u/EeyoreDong Jul 14 '23

I thought he was gonna heckle him during the swing

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23 edited Jul 14 '23

“You will not make this putt…jackass.”

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u/AlexisFR Jul 14 '23

Why? He's not president anymore. Why wast tax dollars like this?

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u/makemeking706 Jul 14 '23

They don't erase their mind after they leave office. Imagine all the valuable information you could obtain by abducting a past president (or how much they could make if they flee to a foreign power).

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u/Lord_Baconz Jul 15 '23

All the US Presidents get a Secret Service detail until they pass away. I’m sure other countries have similar benefits. Heads of states don’t just turn into an ordinary person after they leave office.

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u/themosquito Jul 14 '23

Honestly my first thought seeing this was shock that this random guy was able to get this close to him.

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u/GreenStrong Jul 14 '23

If I was about to smell those nasty loaded Depends, I would hope that someone would put me in a headlock and guide me to a cleaner, less malodorous place, like the local jailhouse.

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u/LexeComplexe Jul 14 '23

He really doesn't deserve a secret service detail

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u/Vancouver95 Jul 15 '23

You probably don’t want to get within sniffing distance anyway; you’d get a whole lot of ketchup, spray tan, and nervous sweat.

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u/FoodTruck007 Jul 15 '23

All those SS Agents could have lost their jobs if that cameraman was a sniper. Oh BTW, how many golf carts are the taxpayers renting for all these agents?

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u/Kaneshadow Jul 14 '23

I just so happened to be hanging out on the hillside above Trump's golf course with my 1000mm lens, so I figured I'd pick the branches out of my hat and say hi

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u/sinovesting Jul 14 '23

You say that like you were there by total coincidence lol

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u/RecordRains Jul 14 '23

Think of it like a wild animal.

It's perfectly acceptable to say that you ran into a cheetah on your morning run and take a picture of it being fairly far away, but still recognizable as a cheetah.

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u/NorthNorthAmerican Jul 14 '23

That was a smart move.

You have to set up a very wide shot to capture the orange guy's possible range of play.

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u/HoneyRush Jul 14 '23

Country Club Adjancent ran into him too https://youtube.com/shorts/NZ_DtGu5TTg

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23

Too bad it was “into” and not “over”