In another clip to surface on social media \u2013 prompting immediate allegations that it may be fake \u2013 a caddie is also seen dropping Trump\u2019s ball in an ideal position.<\/p>\n
The second video appears to have been taken from inside a building showing Trump rolling up in a cart left of the fairway, with a bunker in front of him and rough to his left. As two caddies walked by, the camera captured one of them stopping, bending down slightly, and appearing to drop a ball in front of Trump.<\/p>\n
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The White House has yet to comment on the veracity of the footage but viewers immediately concluded it was proof of Trump cheating.<\/p>\n
Allegations of Trump bending the rules in golf stretch back years. Most recently, Samuel L Jackson, the Hollywood actor, made allegations after being asked whether he was better at golf than Trump. \u201cOh, I am, for sure,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t cheat.\u201d Another actor, Anthony Anderson, told Late Night With Seth Meyers in 2016: \u201cTrump is a great golfer. I\u2019m not going to say Trump cheats. His caddie cheats for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked whether he saw Trump cheat with his own eyes, Anderson replied: \u201cOh yes, several times. Several times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Further claims, also denied by Trump, were also raised in a book, Commander in Cheat, by Rick Reilly. \u201cAt Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back on to the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: Pele,\u201d Reilly writes in the book.<\/p>\n
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Telegraph Sport has spoken to one leading golf agent, who claims that on the first tee, Trump likes to quote the late professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero: \u201cI cheat in business, I cheat in love, I cheat in golf.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe laughs when he says it and is clearly quite proud of it,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
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Caddies at Winged Foot Golf Club nicknamed the US president \u2018Pele\u2019 as they saw him kick the ball back onto the fairway so many times – PA\/Jane Barlow<\/p>\n
As Andersen pointed out, he is also well known for getting his caddies on side, invariably employing the same bagmen at his different venues. Suzann Pettersen, the former Europe Solheim Cup captain, played with Trump in his first term.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe cheats like hell\u2026 so I don\u2019t quite know how he is in business,\u201d she said. \u201cThey say that if you cheat at golf, you cheat at business. I\u2019m pretty sure he pays his caddie well, since no matter how far into the woods he hits the ball, it\u2019s in the middle of the fairway when we get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Trump boasts that he has won more than 20 different club championships and, in this sense, these clips are ultimately harmless because he is not playing in official competition while on this trip to the UK. But it will still upset the sport at large.<\/p>\n
When the footage went viral, Reilly, who says he has known Trump for more than 30 years and has played with him on several occasions, provided a fine line in deadpan humour, posting on X: \u201cWell I\u2019m just personally very disappointed in him.\u201d<\/p>\n