On Saturday, a video surfaced of Donald Trump on a golf course. At the end of the clip, a voice makes one request: “Please don’t film.” The request came on the same weekend gas hit a wartime high of $4.39 a gallon.
The clip itself is brief. Trump swings, the cart moves and at the very end someone notices the camera and makes their feelings known. The timing, however, was not working in anyone’s favor.
At the end of the video you can hear someone asking, “please don’t film.”
Trump doesn’t want voters knowing he is golfing while grocery and gas prices remain high. pic.twitter.com/K1paeOnTVG
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) May 3, 2026
According to Did Trump Golf Today, Trump has now spent 106 of his first 467 days back in office on the golf course, at an estimated cost of $148 million to taxpayers. That works out to roughly 23% of his presidency spent on fairways and greens.
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There’s also the archive.
The contrast with his own previous statements is well documented. Trump spent years attacking Obama and Biden for golfing while Americans struggled, with archived posts that have since been republished with some frequency. “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf,” Trump wrote in 2014.
Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2014
The national average rose more than 30 cents in a single week to reach $4.39 on Friday, with some stations in California and the Northeast already at $5.
When asked whether prices would be lower before November’s midterms, Trump told Fox News: “I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be, it could be. Or the same. Or maybe a little bit higher. But it should be around the same, I think this won’t be that much longer.” The answer covered most available outcomes without committing to any of them.
As for policy, movement has been limited.
The administration has taken some steps, including an EPA waiver allowing higher-ethanol E15 fuel to be sold starting May 1 and plans from Energy Secretary Chris Wright to bring more diesel to market. Neither move is projected to produce meaningful relief before November.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise attempted a different approach on CNBC Friday, claiming Americans were paying nearly $6 a gallon two years ago. Host Joe Kernen interrupted him. “When were we paying $6?” Kernen asked.
According to AAA data, the average price in late October 2023 was $3.53, nearly 80 cents lower than the current average. Scalise continued anyway. The claim, however, was not supported by any available data.
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