Donald Trump has come under fire recently for his ties to a golf tour funded by Saudi Arabia, a departure from his previous claims about the Saudi Arabian government's involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Trump is playing at the golf pro-am event.
The new golf circuit backed by Saudi Arabia is being hosted by Trump at his country club in New Jersey.
Several groups representing those who lost family members in the Sept. 11 attacks have condemned the "blood money" financing of LIV Golf, and have criticized President Donald Trump.
The founder of the 9/11 Justice group, which ran a viral ad this week condemning Trump, tore into the former president during a Friday interview with CNN, accusing him of putting money over America.
After he responded to the protests by saying that nobody had gotten to the bottom of 9/11, Trump came under fire.
The Saudi government has been accused of using the tour as a way to whitewash its poor human rights record. The Saudi government has been accused of being involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, despite early criticism focusing on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Laden. The Saudi government has not been implicated in providing direct backing to the 9/11 attacks, a theory backed by several 9/11 activist groups and previously supported by Trump, though documents released by the FBI last year provide details on two of the hijackers' interactions with a Saudi government employee. The hijackers were mostly Saudis.
Dennis McGinley told CBS News that Trump hosting the event in Bedminster is a kick in the gut, a ripping open of the wound again.
According to an analysis by Forbes, the four highest-paid golf players in the world over the last year are LIV Golf defectors Phil Mickelson,Dustin Johnson,Bryson DeChambeau andBrooks Koepka.
Trump claimed that nobody was at the bottom of 9/11 when asked about his ties to Saudi Arabia.
Trump has forgotten he used to blame the Kingdom for 9/11.
The world's highest-paid golfers are shuffled around.
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