CNN’s war with the President of the United States has taken another odd turn outside of Trump’s Florida golf club. The network originally caught the president playing golf after he had tweeted he was immediately going “back to work” on Christmas. From there, a saga began with a white truck blocking the area where CNN cameras captured the president golfing and the network alleging that it moved along with their cameraman in order to block the view.
Now a new chapter has been added to kick off the new year. Over the weekend, CNN ran a report indicating that new trees have been planted in the area to block the view of the golf course from the outside:
The Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office both denied the allegation that the box truck was used to block them from reporting the president’s golfing habit, with the Secret Service telling CNN that they are “is in the business of protection and investigations not in commissioning vehicles to block the media’s view of the President’s golf swing.”
.@Kevinliptakcnn reports @SecretService saying they did not provide the box truck to block the view of Trump golfing pic.twitter.com/cWv7jtrlC0
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayDC) December 27, 2017
.@danmericaCNN reports @PBCountySheriff did not order the truck obstruct the view. pic.twitter.com/uPtO7RF71I
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayDC) December 27, 2017
There is no statement or comment on the new trees being added to the golf course, but it is another talking point for both sides to waste time on. Supporters of CNN and critics of Trump seem to feel it is ridiculous, while the president’s supporters are quick to claim that CNN is trying to create a conspiracy.
No matter what the truth is in this situation, the president has played an incredible amount of golf in his first year in office. It also probably wouldn’t have been an issue if the same criticism wasn’t heavily shared against President Obama.