Trump Ditches Work Early for Another Golf Weekend

As states reel from devastating storms and wait for FEMA relief, Trump will check out early for his New Jersey golf club

J.D. Wolf
May 23, 2025

Despite a packed national agenda and ongoing controversies swirling around his administration, Trump is once again cutting his workday short to prioritize personal leisure. According to the official White House press pool daily guidance and media schedule for Friday, May 23, the former president has just one official event, a closed-press signing of executive orders, before he heads out of Washington by mid-afternoon.

By 3:00 PM, Trump is scheduled to leave the White House en route to his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he’s expected to spend the weekend, far from the responsibilities of governance.

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This latest early exit underscores a long-standing pattern: when the going gets tough, Trump gets golfing. As Americans grapple with economic uncertainty, legal chaos, and international instability, Trump appears more concerned with tee times than tackling the nation’s challenges.

Once again, the public is left asking: who is really leading the country, and from where, when the president clocks out before most Americans finish lunch?