US president Donald Trump is facing renewed criticism after a video from his Scotland golf trip appeared to show his caddy dropping a ball behind him mid-round, sparking fresh allegations of cheating.<\/p>\n
The clip, circulated widely on social media, has reignited long-standing claims about the president\u2019s behaviour on the golf course.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump working hard to bring down grocery prices,\u201d joked one caption, linking the viral moment to his campaign rhetoric. Another user commented, \u201cFor the morons that think Trump doesn\u2019t cheat at golf\u2026 watch his caddie here.\u201d The phrase \u201ccommander in cheat\u201d soon began trending.<\/p>\n
The former president has frequently been accused of manipulating play, with past claims from actor Samuel L. Jackson and pro golfer Suzann Pettersen. Journalist Rick Reilly\u2019s book Commander in Cheat documents several such incidents, including caddies nicknaming Trump \u201cPele\u201d for allegedly kicking balls back onto the fairway.<\/p>\n
The video arrives amid a controversial \u201cworking trip\u201d in Scotland, where Trump also announced an EU trade deal alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump has golfed on at least 45 of his 189 days in office this year, drawing criticism for skipping key national events, including the return ceremony for fallen soldiers. The Secret Service has reportedly spent over $600,000 on golf-related expenses at his properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US president Donald Trump is facing renewed criticism after a video from his Scotland golf trip appeared to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,26131,755,85,26134,26135,26133,26132],"class_list":["post-26896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-donald-trump-golf-cheating","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-trump-caddy-video","tag-trump-golf-controversy-commander-in-cheat","tag-trump-scotland-golf","tag-trump-viral-golf-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}