{"id":27071,"date":"2025-07-28T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27071\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:48:08","slug":"caught-on-camera-donald-trump-cheats-at-golf-in-scotland-netizens-say-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27071\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught on camera: Donald Trump cheats at golf in Scotland; netizens say, \u2018Of course!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump is currently in Scotland as his family\u2019s business prepares for the August 13 opening of a new golf course bearing his name in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire. The Aberdeen area is already home to another of his courses, Trump International Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said upon arrival on Friday evening that his son <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/eric-trump-hints-he-could-run-for-us-president-when-donald-trumps-term-ends-11751122802480.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Eric Trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eric Trump<\/a> is \u201cgonna cut a ribbon\u201d for the new course during his trip.<\/p>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s one incident reportedly from a Trump course near Turnberry, that has trumped Trump&#8217;s visit to his homeland and his love for golf this time \u2013 allegations of cheating at the game.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/melania-met-trump-through-epstein-social-circle-trump-biographer-michael-wolff-drops-bombshell-claim-11753629553117.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melania met Trump through Epstein social circle? Author drops bombshell claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A viral video on social media shows the staff at a golf course handling a golf ball near a sand trap, which the US President then putts. This sparked accusations of Trump cheating at his favourite sport.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is not the first time Trump has been accused of manipulating his golf game. Believe it or not, there is an actual book on it titled \u201cCommander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump\u201d by Rick Reilly.<\/p>\n<p>Watch video here:<\/p>\n<p>Also Read | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/thailand-confirms-ceasefire-talks-with-cambodia-trump-takes-credit-says-reminds-me-of-india-pakistan-top-updates-11753574636279.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand confirms ceasefire talks with Cambodia, Trump takes credit<\/a>Here&#8217;s how netizens reacted to the cheating allegations:<\/p>\n<p>Social media users weren&#8217;t surprised by the viral video of Donald Trump allegedly cheating in a golf game, and the first of their reactions was a simple, \u201cOf course!\u201d The netizens also joked about how he&#8217;d just blame it on former US President <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/donald-trump-trolls-barack-obama-with-oj-simpson-meme-as-russia-probe-origins-face-renewed-scrutiny-11753559891505.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Barack Obama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course he did,\u201d said an unsurprised user. \u201cSuper on brand,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p>A user claimed, \u201cCon man gonna con,\u201d to which another added, \u201cNever not cheating \u2013 in golf, on wives, in business, on taxes, in elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not even cheating for him anymore\u2026 that\u2019s his everyday life,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother FLAWLESS game, Mr. President,\u201d quipped a user. \u201cHe can never play fair, not even at the sport he\u2019s supposed to excel,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only skill he got is LYING!\u201d exclaimed a user.<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cThe only way he wins anything\u2026CHEATING.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder how much the guy gets paid for tossing the ball? Let\u2019s pay more to hear how it all went down. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a wonderful story!\u201d a user joked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMust be one of those balls they just pops up and wow you hit pretty good, it would\u2019ve been great if it was a live tournament and it happened on tv,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>A user joked, \u201cI&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll say Obama did it.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019ll just blame Obama. And they\u2019ll believe it,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/world\/donald-trump-eu-s-ursula-von-der-leyen-to-meet-sunday-as-tariff-deadline-looms-what-to-expect-11753590358837.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump, EU chief to meet Sunday as tariff deadline looms. What to expect?<\/a>Donald Trump in Scotland<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump will be in <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/donald-trump-front-page-take-a-look-at-the-front-page-that-went-viral-as-trump-arrived-in-scotland-11753517421139.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scotland<\/a> until Tuesday, July 29, and plans to talk trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has brushed off questions about potential conflicts of interest, arguing that Trump&#8217;s business success before he entered politics was a key to his appeal with voters.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers called the Scotland swing a \u201cworking trip.&#8221; But she added Trump \u201chas built the best and most beautiful world-class golf courses anywhere in the world, which is why they continue to be used for prestigious tournaments and by the most elite players in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump is currently in Scotland as his family\u2019s business prepares for the August 13 opening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[26304,64,63,11967,8503,26302,2490,755,26303,5505,85,26301,3349],"class_list":["post-27071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-allegations-of-cheating","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-barack-obama","tag-cheating-allegations","tag-commander-in-cheat","tag-donald-trump","tag-golf","tag-golf-cheating","tag-golf-courses","tag-sports","tag-trump-international-scotland","tag-viral-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27071","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=27071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}