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Commander in Cheat How Golf Explains Trump

Rick Reilly

NEW YORK TIMES "Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming."

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Pod Save America

A book by Rick Reilly from Sports Illustrated was mentioned to illustrate that Trump's fans find his golf exploits humorous, while others find them annoying, as it is believed that he is dishonest about his athleticism.

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Rick Riley from Sports Illustrated. It's a closing.

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Episode: Trump's Pump and Dump (feat. Sen. Raphael Warnock)

A book by Rick Reilly from Sports Illustrated was mentioned to illustrate that Trump's fans find his golf exploits humorous, while others find them annoying, as it is believed that he is dishonest about his athleticism.

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Rick Riley from Sports Illustrated. It's a closing.

Rode a whole book about Trump cheating at golf.

The MeidasTouch Podcast

The book was cited as detailing Donald Trump's lifelong habit of cheating at golf, with hosts referencing specific anecdotes about score‑inflating and false championship claims. Both Rick Riley and Ben Meiselas highlighted it as documentation of this behavior, using it to illustrate Trump's consistency in cheating despite his public assertions of always winning.

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It was described as detailing Donald Trump's tendency to cheat at golf, including instances of him altering scores and claiming wins he didn't earn.

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He cheats like a mafia accountant. He cheats crazy, cheats whether you're watching or not. He cheats whether you like it or not.

He tried to cheat Tiger Woods in a match and Tiger hits it like this. He hits two balls in the water, doesn't count either, and pretends that he almost tied Tiger Woods.

So it doesn't matter who he is. He has to be the winner.

But what really bothers me is that he's told, he told people on the campaign trail, I don't know if you remember this, but he said, I'm a winner. You got to vote for me because I've won 18 club championships.

He said this three or four times and that's against the best players in the club. But I knew he was lying because he told me how he does it. Whenever he opens a new course that he buys, he plays the first round by himself and calls that the club championship, puts his name on the wall.

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It was mentioned as documenting how Donald Trump has been known to cheat at golf throughout his life, which is in contrast to his claims of always winning at his golf tournaments.

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someone by the name of Rick Riley wrote a book called Commander in Cheat which documents how Donald Trump is known to cheat at golf his entire entire life so it just goes to show you at least he's consistent

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