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His back swing after saying he would be getting back to work, or is it much ado about golfing? well look at the facts so you can decide. directv has been rated number one in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like pre-shaken sodas. having their seat kicked on an airplane. being rammed by a shopping cart. sitting in gum. and walking into a glass door. but for everyone else, theres directv. for #1 rated customer satisfacti...

President spent about five hours today at the trump international golf resort not too far from here. we heard from the white house a little bit after he got there, that he was playing with two pga golf stars and also with a republican senator from georgia, david purdue. perhaps an indication that there may have been work being done on the golf course. the white house never confirms when the president is golfing or who hes golfing with even when he goes over to his properties. today was a rare ex...

Spend -- i want to be accurate and fair about this. he does not spend much time doing the job. >> and ari, its even worse than that. look, we all knew that president trump or candidate trump was lying when he says obama vacations all the time. and you can actually work. there were times that bush was maybe actually working at crawford ranch when he wasnt clearing brush. but we see trump only golfing. and then he is golfing at resorts that the taxpayers are paying for. on top of that, he is engag...

Where he profits from the visit. theres a lot of money in renting golf carts, rooms, et cetera. whats your defense. >> back when people complained about president obama golfing, other conservatives, other republicans, my response was, hey, what do you want him at work. for all you people who do not like president trump, surely you dont want him working instead of playing golf. i rather he do that than legislative where his phone, usually. and is the only one that i knew of that flew around in hi...

Little birdie to tell us when hes gone golfing. >> president trump for the birdie. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. new york. >> silly game. never liked golf. im richard quest. "early start" is next for viewers in the united states. for everybody else in the world ill be back in a moment in the "cnn newsroom."

Any administration dating back to eisenhower. >> tell us about what the president -- the president has been golfing. we know thatch. yesterday actually cnn got some exclusive video of the president youre looking at right now. you can tell that it takes a little bit of effort because the white house doesnt really want us to see this. were shooting through trees. you can see that. you can see that right there. but today cnn was trying to get a shot, sara, and what happened? >> reporter: well, that...

Year the success. >> the base of our party is so pleased with the president right now. i just cant imagine anyone running against a record like this, and this is just the first year. imagine where well be next november. >> well, the president isnt the only one touting the tax plan. republicans reportedly are planning a mega marketing push to sell the unpopular tax plan. prominent republicans are speaking out this holiday break. senator susan collins of maine wrote an op-ed telling constituents n...

Trillion in funding. the question is, can he get democrats to come on board, particularly in an election year where democrats may not be encouraged to do anything to help this president? pam? >> yeah, thats a serious consideration. and, ryan, yesterday cnn shot video of the president golfing. any sign of him doing that again today? >> reporter: well, this is kind of a silly back and forth thats happening between the news media and the white house. we did have a location on public property where ...

Mar-a-lago, because people get to rub elbows with the president. hes turning it into a marketing toole for a his own profit. >> okay. hold on, let me bring in -- does that make you uncomfortable, scott? >> look, i think of all the things going on in this world, its one of those issues that the most ardent trump haters likes to bring up, but i think the average person doesnt fixate on it. we elected a president knowing he was in the luxury hotel business. what did we expect? the man loves hotels ...

The president golfing at another trump property. he spent 110 days as president at one of his properties. >> is it surprising that he says one thing and does something different, no. look, we knew he was going to be this way. we knew he was going to frequently play golf. and look, i for one think that he can get a lot done out on the golf course. our oftentimes hes out there talking with members of congress and others -- >> alice, come on. >> look, im just saying he does things differently than ...