Rick Reilly: ‘Donald Trump will cheat you on the golf course and then buy you lunch’
The sports writer says Donald Trump’s golf antics reveal a lot about the President and leave him terrified for the United States’ future
Reilly, the former Sports Illustrated columnist, has written a book called Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump. It’s rattling good fun which also depicts the startling duplicity of the president as a golfer. “You’re mostly laughing,” Reilly says, “but at times you’re crying – how did this happen? As a golfer he really offends me. Cheating? Hate that. Driving carts on greens? Hate that. Wearing old dockers two sizes too small for him? Give me a break. Kicking your ball so often the caddies call you Pelé? I so hate that.
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PAR FOR THE COARSE (December 10)
(with apologies to Hank Williams)
My golfin' cart
I drive on greens
and then I cheat
by any means
I kick my balls
it's what I do
my golfin' cart
can flatten you
When water falls
(I call it rain)
it hits the ground
I am insane
I flush the john
(the Brits say “loo”)
my golfin' cart
will stop the coup
My golfin' cart
cannot be beat
it goes so fast
it helps me cheat
Impeachment's dumb
I'm tellin' you
Co-in-cid-ence
Nadler's a Jew?
When water falls
(I call it rain)
I flush the john
to watch it drain
I wave bye-bye
to my poo-poo
then flush again
it's what I do