Trump Urges Golfers To Join Saudi-Backed LIV Tour: ‘Take The Money’

Donald Trump called for all golf players to join him in support of LIV Golf in a post on his Truth Social platform Monday afternoon.

The golfer should defect from the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf, Trump wrote.

The Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey will be the site of a tournament next week.

The golfer should be proactive before the inevitable Merger occurs between the two circuits.

The people who stay on the PGA Tour will pay a big price.

The post ended with an apparent LIV Golf recruitment pitch to Australian world No. 2 golfer Cameron Smith, who didn't rule out a jump to the new tour after his British Open win.

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"All of those golfers that remain loyal to the disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable merger with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big 'Thank you' from the officials of the PGA," Trump wrote. If you don't take the money now, you won't get anything after the merger is completed. Good luck to all and good luck to Cam Smith.

Key Background

The PGA of America decided to move the PGA Championship away from Trump's New Jersey club after he made false election fraud claims. In a May Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the PGA has been taking advantage of the players for a long time and that it can change. Jeff Woolson, managing director of CBRE's Golf & Resort Group, told Forbes that Trump turned to LIV Golf because he wanted to become relevant in golf.

9/11 Justice members wrote a letter to Trump asking him to cancel the golf tournament. A group of family members of people who died in the 2001 attacks wrote in a letter that it was incomprehensible that a former president would cast their loved ones aside for personal financial gain. It comes as a surprise that Trump is associated with the Saudi Arabian government, since he suggested in 2016 that the Saudi Arabian government was involved in the 9/11 attacks. The daughter of a firefighter who died during the 9/11 attacks accused President Donald Trump of taking money from the Saudi government.

Tangent

One of the first prominent Americans to join LIV Golf was Donald Trump's golf sponsor.

They joined forces to stick it to the golf course.

The 9/11 families called on Trump to cancel the golf event.