It’s official. Brittany Lincicome’s fears are about to be realized, as President Donald Trump is expected to upstage the LPGA Tour stars playing in this week’s U.S. Women’s Open by showing up Friday afternoon at the course he owns and that is hosting this week’s major championship.
Donald Trump will attend the U.S. Women’s Open as protests begin at Trump Bedminster
As advertised, the three-ring circus will set up the big top at the U.S. Women’s Open, as President Donald Trump tweets his intention to attend the major at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., amid anti-POTUS protests.
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Update: President Trump has arrived at a rainy Bedminster course.
And one individual is working to ensure his personal box overlooking the action is squeegee’d.
Fresh from delivering his most recent sexist comments to France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, the president will touch down at Trump National in Bedminster, N.J., in the middle of protests aimed at the USGA and LPGA for staging the crown jewel of women’s golf at a course owned by a man with “a long and well-documented history of sexual assault and sexual harassment,” according to the co-founder of the feminist group organizing the dissent.
“More than a dozen women have come forward to state that Trump sexually assaulted them,” UltraViolet’s Shaunna Thomas said in a statement responding to Trump’s Friday morning tweet announcing his imminent arrival. “Trump himself was caught red handed proudly boasting of this behavior on the infamous Access Hollywood tape. Let’s be clear: By choosing to hold this tournament at Trump’s course, the USGA and the LGPA are endorsing Trump’s behavior. That is not only shameful and outrageous, but it is a huge disservice to the golfers who are playing this weekend.”
In the tape Thomas cited, Trump is heard bragging about sexually assaulting women. He will become the first sitting president to attend the Women’s Open, which, conveniently, is taking place at his unofficial summer White House.
The controversial leader of the free world will touch down at Trumpminster on the same day that UltraViolet and other women’s groups will stage a variety of demonstrations against a man who continues to demean and objectify women at all levels of society.
Lincicome may have missed Trump’s announcement since she quit Twitter this week after pushback for voicing her apprehension that an appearance by the tourney host could overshadow play on the field.
“Hopefully, maybe, he doesn’t show up, and it won’t be a big debacle, and it will be about us and not him,” Lincicome told the Chicago Tribune two weeks ago.
While Mike Davis told GolfChannel.com on Wednesday that his association “would certainly welcome him,” according to Randall Mell, the USGA executive director refuted rumors that Trump would present the trophy to the winner on Sunday night. At least we have that going for us, though that will surely not be enough to mollify the protesters.
“The USGA and LPGA could have made a clear and unequivocal statement against sexual assault by moving this tournament,” Thomas said. “Instead they chose to embrace the man who is a walking talking example of a sexual predator. Shame on the USGA. Shame on the LPGA. This is a stain on your brand that will not wash away.”
