Congrats Donald: Notorious golf cheater, brags he won two tournaments at his own club

Rick Riley, author of “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump”, joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Donald Trump’s impressive news that he won two golf tournaments over the weekend at his very own golf club! 

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>>> THIS WEEK, DONALD TRUMP PROUDLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WON TWO OF HIS OWN TROPHIES IN HIS VERY OWN GOLF COURSE IN A SINGLE WEEKEND. WOW. NEVER MIND WHAT RICK RILEY TOLD US ABOUT TRUMP AND HIS GOLF GAME IN 2019 THAT AT THE GOLF CLUB,

CADDIES GOT SO USED TO SEEING TRUMP KICK HIS BALL BACK ON TO THE FAIRWAY, THEY CALLED HIM PELE, SOCCER PLAYER. AND FORGET WHAT OTHER CELEBRITIES HAVE NEARBY DRY AS A BONE, IN THE END, GOLF IS JUST A GAME BUT THE WAY ONE CONDUCTS

THEMSELVES WHILE THEY PLAY GOLF IS NOT. BECAUSE IF YOU CHEAT LITTLE THINGS, JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU DO WITH THE BIG THINGS. YOU KNOW, THE STUFF THAT MATTERS. JOINING US NOW, THE EXPERT ON THIS MATTER, SO HELP ME GOLF, WHY WE LOVE THE GAME, RICK RILEY

IS BACK WITH US. RICK, MY INTERVIEW WITH YOU REALLY GOT ME THROUGH SO MUCH OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY BECAUSE I THINK HOW A MAN OR WOMAN GOLFS IS HOW A MAN OR WOMAN LIVES. JUST TAKE ME BACK THROUGH WHAT YOU REPORTED IN THE BOOK ABOUT

TRUMP CHEATING AT GOLF. >> WELL, I’VE ALWAYS SAID GOLF IS LIKE BICYCLE SHORTS, REVEALS A LOT ABOUT A GUY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT THIS GUY IS THAT HE CANNOT LOSE. HE HAS TO WIN AND HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO CHEAT.

AND I KNOW BECAUSE I PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM ONCE. HE TOOK SEVEN MULLIGANS, A GIVE ME CHIP-IN. NEVER HEARD OF A GIVE ME CHIP-IN. MORE TOURNAMENTS THAT AREN’T IN THE STATE. HE WON WON IN NORTH KOREA WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO KIM JONG-UN OR WHATEVER HIS NAME WAS.

WON ONE IN FLORIDA. I THINK IT WAS IN YEAR, HE WON A TWO-DAY TOURNAMENT WHEN ONE DIE, HE WAS AT DIAMOND’S FUNERAL, WHATEVER THAT WAS, ONE OF THE TWO DAYS, HE WASN’T EVEN AT THE TOURNAMENT. HE JUST CALLS IN, SAYS, YEAH, I USUALLY BEAT THAT GUY.

GIVE ME THE TROPHY. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHEN I PLAYED WITH HIM, HE GOES YOU KNOW WHAT I DO TO WIN THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS, DON’T YOU? I’M LIKE, PLEASE, TELL ME. GIVE IT TO ME. HE GOES, ANYTIME I BUY A NEW COURSE, I PLAY THE FIRST ROUND

BY MYSELF AND THEN I DECLARE MYSELF THE CLUB CHAMPION. SO THAT’S WHAT KIND OF GUY THIS IS. HE’S NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. HE SAYS HE SAYS 23 OR SOMETHING. HE’S PLAYED IN PEBBLE BEACH. IN THE TAHOE ONE WHERE THERE ARE RULES AND JUDGES AND CAMERAS AND

IN THOSE, HE’S NEVER FINISHED IN THE TOP HALF. SO HE WINS WHEN ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES THAT HE WON IS OUT OF THE CLUB. >> RICK, WHAT IS IT TO OTHER, I MEAN, GOLF IS — I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD, WE DON’T LET HIM

CHEAT AT GOLF BECAUSE IT’S NOT THE ETHOS OF THE SPORT. CAN YOU TALK HOW OUTSIDE THE ETHOS OF THE SPORT IT IS TO CHEAT SO AUDACIOUSLY. >> I DON’T THINK ABOUT POLITICS BUT I KNOW ABOUT GOLF. I’VE COVERED IT FOR 45 YEARS. IT’S NOT A SPORT WHERE YOU

CHEAT. IT’S JUST NOT IN GAME BECAUSE IF YOU’RE 100 YARDS OVER HERE AND I’M 100 YARDS THAT WAY, I TRUST THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FOOZLE IT, KICK IT OR THROW IT AND YOU TRUST I’M NOT GOING TO. THERE’S NO REFS. BUT WITH TRUMP, NOT ONLY DOES HE

KICK IT, CHEAT LIKE A MAFIA THREE CARD DEALER, HE GETS YOUR BALL AND THROWS THAT IN TROUBLE. THERE’S STORIES OF HIM KICKING HIS OPPONENTS’ BALLS INTO BUNKERS BECAUSE WHAT HE DOES, YOU KNOW GOLF CARTS, ALSO GETS A TURBO CHARGED GOLF CART THAT

GOES THREE TIMES AS FAST AS YOURS SO HE’S ALWAYS 200 YARDS AHEAD. THAT GIVES HIM TIME TO CHEAT. ONE TIME IN L.A., WAS PLAYING $50 A HOLE WITH THESE THREE GUYS. HE HITS IT IN THE POND. THEY SEE THE SPLASH. BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, IT’S

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY AND THEY’RE LIKE, WHAT THE F, DONALD, AND HE GOES MUST HAVE BEEN THE TIDE. >> NOT A POLITICAL QUESTION, A GOLF QUESTION. DOESN’T IT TAKE SORT OF ENABLERS TO LET SOMEONE CHEAT? DOES THE SPORT USUALLY PURGE OUT

A CHEATER OR JUST SORT OF ROLL ITS EYES AT SOMEONE LIKE HIM? >> WELL, WHAT I’VE ASKED PEOPLE HOW DID YOU LET HIM CHEAT? HE’S CHEATED AGAINST TIGER WOODS? AGAINST DUSTIN JOHNSON. WHEN I ASK THEM WHY DID YOU LET HIM CHEAT AND TAKE THE 20 BUCKS,

THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. I WANTED MY OWN STORY ABOUT TRUMP CHEATING. >> THAT’S AMAZING. >> IT’S FREAKING AMAZING. AND SO THAT’S NOT HOW WE DO IT IN GOLF. THAT’S WHY I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED TO SEE MY HERO, JACK NICKLAUS, AT MAR-A-LAGO LAST WEEK FOR THIS PHONY FAKE AS