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They ran a breathless piece about hot dogs at the 11th hole and made it sound like a scandal, but the reporting simply confirms what insiders have long whispered: the president insists his entourage and Secret Service be treated to the club’s famous frankfurters, and the club has, at times, billed the agency for those orders. This is the nugget of the Forbes investigation that set off a social-media feeding frenzy.
According to people quoted in the reporting, the chef is summoned, carts are loaded, and the motorcade of agents and staff get a mid-round snack—then the club charges the Secret Service for the tab, apparently after the club opened an account for the agency. The logistics are mundane, but the press delighted in framing it as a symptom of everything they dislike about a president who both owns clubs and plays there.
Forbes also counted the visits: roughly 165 of the first 600 days of his return to the White House were spent at one of his properties, adding up to more than 1,400 hours on course during the period examined. That stat will inflame critics who have already decided that time on a golf course equals abdication of duty. The number is notable, but it’s a fact, and it’s the sort of data the media loves to weaponize without context.
If you step back, this entire episode exposes the media’s priorities more than the president’s. Reporters who can’t pry themselves away from a hot-dog narrative refuse to treat the American people like adults—ignoring policy wins, the economy’s resilience in the face of global shocks, and the serious threats at our border and abroad. For hardworking Americans, whether a president orders a sausage is petty; the real question is whether he’s delivering results and defending our country.
Presidents have always had leisure and security needs, and many of the modern occupants of the Oval Office have taken time on the links; Mr. Trump happens to own courses and restaurants, which makes the coverage taste different to those who despise his success. Forbes’ wider reporting about his golf holdings underscores that his clubs are businesses that generate real revenue, which is exactly why the story reads like a cross between business reporting and moral grandstanding.
The proper conservative response isn’t to cheerlead every minute of presidential life, but to demand fairness and perspective from our media. If the outrage machine wants to count hours, then let them catalogue Congress’s own absences, federal bureaucrats’ endless vacations, and the sprawling partisan investigations that cost taxpayers far more. The American people deserve sober coverage about policy, spending, and security—not performative fury over condiment logistics.
So yes, call out conflicts when they exist and enforce the rules; but don’t let the left’s moral hysteria distract from the real fights that matter to families, job creators, and the security of our nation. We should expect ethics and transparency, but we should also reserve our indignation for genuine corruption, not hot dogs served on the 11th tee.
