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The washington post sources a white house official who says theyre sick and tired of seeing freedom caucus members on tv and that, quote, this has been brewing for a while. adding, our view is -- >> theyve only been in the white house for 50 days, 60 days. its been brewing for a while? you could impeach bill clinton on a tuesday and he would go golfing with you on a wednesday because he knew a vote was coming up on friday. >> yeah. >> that is what you need in a leader. >> our view is theres noth...

Trump at mar-a-lago down in palm beach. >> apparently the chient nienesr wanted to have a more informal outing. big fancy club. golfing goes on down there. he met with the japanese leader there. this will be a tough conversation. it hasnt been exactly on good relationship that this president established from the get go with the chinese leader. had to sort of walk back this idea of recognizing china and pledge that the united states would recognize the one china rule and donald trump has also tal...

Just want to stay in the white house and make great deals. whos going to leave? >> okay, that was president trump when he was campaigning talking about president obama playing golf. that was in 2011 and 2016. president trump has tweeted 26 times about president obama playing golf too much. trump paid for golf. we paid for obamas travel so, then we pay for his golf. i dont have to read them. however, since taking office the president has visited his golf course 13 times. how is this not completel...

Business part of the government, or the government part of his business. >> you know, im a good golfer, believe it or not. >> reporter: its also presenting a big pr problem. when barack obama was president, no one was more critical of his time spent golfing than donald trump. >> he played more golf last year than tiger woods. >> reporter: when louisiana flooded, the candidate famously went after the chief executive for going golfing before going to the flood zone. >> and honestly, obama ought to...

Cooperation coming. >> heres what robert gets into in this article. >> you go into great detail about stephen bannon and his pursuit of economic nationalism. is there any doubt in your mind that bannon is the intellectual driver behind the presidents agenda? >> theres no doubt and hes achieved a mind meld with the president that goes beyond. he works late in the life. has no social life much like the president himself. other than golfing and yelling at you guys on the tv has no known hobbies. i ...

Business. >> you know, im a good golfer, believe it or not. >> reporter: its also presenting a big pr problem. when barack obama was president, no one was more critical of his time spent golfing than donald trump. >> he played more golf last year than tiger woods. >> reporter: when louisiana flooded, the candidate famously went after the chief executive for going golfing before going to the flood zone. >> and honestly, obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> reporter: and c...

And he doesnt want to allow any refugees in the country. this is a moral failure by the president. >> i want to move on now. theres so much to dis caucuss. this is former trump talking about obama golfing. >> obama played 250 rounds of golf. he played more golf last year than tiger woods. he plays more golf than people on the p ga tour. golf, golf, golf. learning how to chip. learning how to hit the drive. i want more. i love golf. its one of the greats. im going to be working for you. i dont ha...

Now, a very large number of them are refugees fleeing the violence in south america. this is an astonishing kind of moral failure by the president. >> i want to move on now because theres so much to discuss. this is president trump talking about the former president obama golfing. >> obama, it was reported today played 250 rounds of golf. he played more golf last year than tiger woods. this guy plays more golf than people on the pga tour. golf, golf, golf, more, more. learning how to hit, learni...

He has spent 21 of 68 days visiting trump branded properties. by comparison obama -- and that ease because trump also targeted obama for being captain vacation. he played golf more than 300 times. his first round didnt come until late april of his first term. so the point is trump is on pace there to go much more. but it doesnt matter. lets discuss what the real issue is. who cares? presidents golf. but it is where hes golfing and what goes on now that it is common custom to show up at mar march...

They assureded us -- secret service and a variety of others, i dont have their titles in front of me, that they had done an investigation and there was no classifieded information they were looking at at that time. that if the president had moved slightly, they could have gone to a classified setting. he could have been in classified communications, but they told us the pictures they were looking at were of the prime ministers father who was golfing at some point and so, they walked us through t...