Trump Tariffs, The Art of the Deal & the first US Golf Major of 2025
In another day of chaos Trump rolled many of the tariffs he had only just imposed while amplifying the trade war with China that the US has been engaged in for a while.
The timing may not have been accidental. On Thursday the first US golf championship of 2025 at Augusta starts (until Sunday). Since he came to Office in January Trump has spent a good deal of the time playing golf, on courses he owns at the expense of the US taxpayer.
Since 2022 golf in the US has been split between the traditional PGA and the Saudi funded LIV. Some key players have signed up for LIV including Trump favourite Bryson DeChambeau.
The two come together for the Masters golf but Trump has repeatedly said that he can do a deal that will reunite the two golf tours. So far no deal has happened and while LIV has some golfing stars, it attracts little in the way of spectators and media interest compared to the PGA.
Now Trump has adjusted his tariffs he is presumably free to watch the golf. He is not thought to be a member at Augusta (whose membership list is secret anyway) and the Guardian suggests that the organisers would prefer it if the next few days were a Trump free zone. We shall see..
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