{"id":209705,"date":"2026-03-28T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209705\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:46:08","slug":"president-trump-feels-badly-after-tiger-woods-dui-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209705\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump feels ‘badly’ after Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump appeared upset as he addressed the arrest of his longtime pal, Tiger Woods,<\/a> who was briefly jailed following a rollover crash in Florida, but defended the golf champ, calling him \u201can amazing person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got some difficulty. There was an accident, and that\u2019s all I know,\u201d Trump told reporters after arriving in Miami Friday evening. \u201cVery close friend of mine. He\u2019s an amazing person. Amazing man. But some difficulty<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President then added, curtly: \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has for decades enjoyed a close relationship with the 15-time major champ. In May 2019, during his first term in office, Trump presented Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a>, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor. Woods is also currently dating the President\u2019s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, who was previously married to Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played golf together.<\/a> We\u2019ve had dinner together,\u201d Woods said of his friendship with Trump in a 2018 interview. \u201cI\u2019ve known him pre-presidency and obviously during his presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Golfer<\/p>\n

AP Photo\/Jason Oteri<\/p>\n

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jason Oteri)<\/p>\n

The crash occurred on Friday around 2 p.m. not far from where Woods lives in Jupiter Island, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said in a press conference Friday.<\/p>\n

The golf superstar was apparently attempting to a pass a pressure cleaner truck<\/a> at the time, eventually swerving in a\u00a0 bid to avoid a collision. He was unsuccessful however, and his vehicle clipped the back end of the truck\u2019s trailer, Budensiek said.<\/p>\n

Woods\u2019 car then rolled onto its driver\u2019s side and he crawled out.<\/p>\n

Police later said Woods showed signs of impairment on the scene<\/a>. While he passed a breathalyzer test, he was still charged with DUI after refusing to take a urine test, which carries an additional charge. Authorities suspect the \u201clethargic\u201d golfer was under the influence of medication.<\/p>\n

\"ThisThis handout photo provided by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows Tiger Woods, in Stuart, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)<\/p>\n

No drugs or alcohol were found in his vehicle.<\/p>\n

Woods was taken into custody, and he was released on bail late Friday night, hours after the crash.<\/p>\n

He is facing charges that include DUI, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test after declining a urine test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump appeared upset as he addressed the arrest of his longtime pal, Tiger Woods, who was briefly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,114,5741,115,99,56260,110],"class_list":["post-209705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-national-news","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-snyde","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}