Viral Clip Shows Caddie 'Helping' Trump At Scotland Golf Course, Internet Calls Out Cheating

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The video shows the caddie discreetly dropping a ball into a more favourable spot near a bunker, after which Trump steps out and plays from the seemingly improved position
Donald Trump is no stranger to controversies. The United States President, who played 18 holes amid tight security at Turnberry, the golf resort he owns on Scotland's rugged coast, has once again found himself under the internet's scanner—this time over a video that appeared to show him cheating at the game.
The now-infamous clip, widely circulated on platforms like X, appears to show a member of Trump's entourage—his caddie—discreetly dropping a golf ball into a more favourable spot near a bunker, while Trump arrives in his golf cart, The Independent reported. With a quick glance, the President steps out, lines up, and plays from this seemingly improved position. The manoeuvre, performed almost casually by the caddie, immediately drew sharp-eyed viewers to cry foul, with phrases like 'commander in cheat" trending.
Social media users were quick to react. 'LMAO for the morons that think Trump doesn't cheat at golf and wins all those club championships fair and square…watch his caddie here," one user jeered, while another quipped, 'Trump working hard to bring down grocery prices"—a tongue-in-cheek reference to his campaign promises. Some pointed out the seamlessness of the caddie's move, wondering how often such 'tricks" might occur on courses owned by Trump himself, The Week reported.
According to the Hindustan Times, this isn't the first time Trump's golf game has faced scrutiny. Renowned sportswriter Rick Reilly, who wrote the book 'Commander in Cheat", has long alleged that Trump can't accept defeat on the course, recounting his own games with Trump where rules were bent so regularly that 'a gimme chip-in" became just another part of play.
Earlier, film actor Samuel L Jackson had accused Trump of cheating during a round of golf they supposedly played together. When asked who the better golfer was, the Pulp Fiction actor confidently replied, 'Oh, I am, for sure. I don't cheat."
In response on social media, Trump clarified that he had never actually played a round with Jackson.
Meanwhile, even as the President enjoyed his rounds, protests rumbled across Scotland, with demonstrators in Edinburgh and beyond decrying his visit and questioning the British government's engagement with Trump during a tense time for UK-US trade relations, CBS News reported.
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