Trump min­gles with golf super­stars at LIV Golf Mia­mi

Trump mingles with golf superstars at LIV Golf Miami

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump was spot­ted hang­ing out with var­i­ous golf super­stars on Sun­day who were attend­ing an event at the Trump Nation­al Doral Mia­mi hotel.
The pre­sump­tive Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee made his appear­ance just before the final round of the day. Among the golf­ing icons in atten­dance were Bub­ba Wat­son, Antho­ny Kim, and Bryson DeCham­beau; LIV Golf CEO Greg Nor­man was also present for the event.

Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, cen­ter, greets peo­ple as he vis­its the dri­ving range ahead of the final round of LIV Golf Mia­mi, at Trump Nation­al Doral Golf Club, Sun­day, April 7, 2024, in Doral, Fla. Look­ing on at back­ground right is Trump’s son Eric Trump. (AP Photo/Rebecca Black­well)

Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, cen­ter, pos­es for a pic­ture with golfer Ian Poul­ter, right, ahead of the final round of LIV Golf Mia­mi, at Trump Nation­al Doral Golf Club, Sun­day, April 7, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Black­well)

Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump signs an Amer­i­can flag-themed sou­venir from his golf club for a young sup­port­er, sec­ond left, dur­ing the final round of LIV Golf Mia­mi, at Trump Nation­al Doral Golf Club, Sun­day, April 7, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Black­well)

Trump was joined by his son, Eric Trump, dur­ing his vis­it to the golf course.
The for­mer pres­i­dent is no stranger to the world of LIV Golf, which host­ed three of its 14 tour­na­ments at Trump cours­es in 2023 in Flori­da, New Jer­sey, and Vir­ginia. Trump has also seem­ing­ly defend­ed LIV Golf on social media despite con­tro­ver­sy gen­er­at­ed over the pro­fes­sion­al golf­ing tour.
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The con­tro­ver­sy relat­ed to LIV Golf stems from its fund­ing from Sau­di Ara­bia, which has a Pub­lic Invest­ment Fund with over $2 bil­lion invest­ed in the sport. Sau­di Ara­bia has been great­ly crit­i­cized due to its pos­si­ble con­nec­tions to the Sept. 11 ter­ror­ist attacks as well as the mur­der of Wash­ing­ton Post jour­nal­ist Jamal Khashog­gi.
Trump’s vis­it to Sunday’s LIV Golf event comes a day after he raised over $50 mil­lion for his cam­paign, which was almost dou­ble what Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s cam­paign col­lect­ed last week. The for­mer pres­i­dent also brought in almost $66 mil­lion last month, com­pared …