Sometimes when President Donald Trump is requested to weigh in on one thing horrible which may implicate his involvement, he waves it off by claiming he doesn’t “know much” about it. However, apparently, he simply made an exception to that rule.
Throughout a White Home press convention within the Oval Workplace Monday, a reporter requested Trump what he thinks about MAGA’s new ick, er, “it couple,” Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump, per a video printed by The Related Press.
Vanessa Trump is the ex-wife of the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. The previous couple tied the knot in 2005 and share 5 youngsters. In 2018, she filed for divorce.
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In response to the very urgent query about Woods becoming a member of Trump’s prolonged household, the president appeared happy that the legendary golfer was becoming a member of his clan.
He additionally revealed he knew about their relationship properly earlier than the couple made it official on Instagram late final month.
“They broke up quite a while ago, which to me was very sad because I think they’re both great,” Trump stated of Vanessa Trump and his son. “Tiger actually called me a few months ago… and he told me about it. And I said, ‘Tiger that’s good. That’s good.’ I’m very happy for both. Let them both be happy.”
Trump additionally couldn’t assist however point out that he has a “special, very good relationship with Tiger,” whom Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019.
“I’ve played golf with him a couple of times over the past month,” Trump stated. “And he’s a fantastic guy and a fantastic athlete.”
However a love of golf isn’t the one factor Trump and Woods might bond over — they may additionally gush about their love of dishonest on their companions.
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Trump’s infidelity is fairly properly documented, being that it was on the middle of his hush cash trial. Woods was uncovered as a serial cheater in 2009, after he crashed his SUV into a hearth hydrant close to his Orlando house, and his ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, ran to the SUV with a golf membership and bashed in one of many car’s home windows.
At first it was assumed Nordegren inflicted additional harm to her husband’s automotive with the intention to save him, however her motivations had been doubtless very completely different looking back.
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After the accident, it was reported that Woods had an affair with a lady named Jaimee Grubbs. After Grubbs very candidly confirmed she had a sexual relationship with Woods, six different ladies got here ahead as properly, prompting Woods to admit publicly about his infidelities. In consequence, Woods’ golf profession was stilted for fairly some time, and he and Nordegren received a divorce in 2010.
