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Claim:
A video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump swinging a golf club, missing the ball and then picking up the ball off the tee.
Rating:
Rating: Fake
A rumor that circulated online in mid-June 2025 claimed a video authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump swinging a golf club to hit a ball on a tee, missing the ball completely and then picking up the ball and moving along.
For example, on June 20, Aaron Parnas — a popular user who provides social media users with breaking news alerts — posted the video to his more than 300,000 Threads followers with the caption, “Donald Trump tries to hit the golf ball, misses, then tries to pick up the ball before anyone notices.”
An X user also posted the clip on the same day, receiving more than 1.2 million views as of this writing. The post (archived) read, “Watch closely, Trump completely misses the ball and then tries to grab it off the ground before anyone notices. Trump spends all that time on the golf course and is still one of the worst golfers in the country, it’s absolutely hilarious.” Others (archived) shared (archived) the same video (archived) on Facebook (archived), Threads (archived), TikTok and X (archived).
Sources:
Beall, Joel. “LIV Golf’s 2023 Schedule Includes Former PGA Tour Stops, Trump Sites and Season-Ending Saudi Arabia Event.” GolfDigest.com, 23 Jan. 2023, https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-2023-schedule-trump-saudi-arabia.
“Donald Trump Talks 2024 Presidential Election Bid at LIV Golf Tournament.” YouTube, WUSA9, 25 May 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADUgSPvXRs.
Updates:
June 20, 2025: We updated this story to add a statements Parnas and X user @Tarquin_Helmet.
