President Joe Biden couldnât resist paying a sardonic compliment to his 2024 election rival Donald Trump on Sunday after the Republican bragged about being awarded not one but two trophies at his own Florida golf club.
The former president excitedly announced on his Truth Social platform that heâd âWON BOTHâ the Club Championship Trophy and Senior Club Championship Trophy at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. âCongratulations, Donald,â Biden wrote in an X post alongside a screengrab of his political opponentâs brag. âQuite the accomplishment.â
Trumpâs post about his stunning achievement at the par 72 course also noted the quality of his competition. âA large and golfing talented membership, a GREAT and difficult course, made the play very exciting,â he wrote. âThe qualifying and match play was amazing.â He added that it was his âgreat honorâ to receive the trophies at an awards ceremony at the club, where a âlarge and distinguished groupâ would be in attendance. âVery exciting, thank you!!!â Trump added.
Biden was not alone in mocking Trumpâs gloating, with others likening it to former North Korean dictatorâs Kim Jong Ilâs purported round at a Pyongyang course that included a mind-blowing five holes-in-one, while others questioned the probability of a 77-year-old fairly winning the specific trophies handed to Trump.
The former president has previously boasted of similar triumphs at his other clubs. âI am pleased to report, for those that care, that I just won the Senior Club Championship (must be over 50 years old!) at Bedminster (Trump National Golf Club), shooting a round of 67,â he wrote in on Truth Social last August. Acknowledging that some people might think his score âsounds low,â he assured skeptics that many âpeople watch, plus I am surrounded by Secret Service Agents.â âNot much you can do even if you wanted to, and I donât,â he wrote, presumably referring to cheating. âFor some reason, I am just a good golfer/athlete - I have won many Club Championships, and it is always a great honor!â
Trumpâs score in that round, as Mediaite highlighted at the time, was eight strokes better than six-time major winner Phil Mickelson managed on the same course just two weeks earlier, an astonishing achievement even ifâas the report notedâit was likely that Trump had not been playing from the same tees as Mickelson and other course changes may have made it easier âfor the everyday players.â
The presumptive Republican nominee, undoubtedly a strong golfer who was criticized for spending so much of his presidency on fairways, has faced multiple accusations of outright cheating by others who have played with him.
Heâs been accused of faking his score during a round with Tiger Woods, lying about the number of club championships heâs won, and regularly having his ball moved into better positions by caddies and even Secret Service agents, according to the Associated Press.
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya said he caught Trump engaging in âunbelievableâ cheating during a round at the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles. Rock Star Alice Cooper, discussing the âworst celebrity golf cheatâ in a 2012 interview, answered: âI played with Donald Trump one time. Thatâs all Iâm going to say,â according to The Washington Post. Trump denied having ever played with Cooper, adding: âThatâs a terrible thing to say about people, especially me.â