With Islamic State militants delivering one “strategic setback” after another in the Middle East and the news late last week that the U.S. economy not only ground to a halt in the first quarter, but actually shrank at a 0.7% annual rate, what’s America’s chief executive to do?
Other than spending six hours on the golf course, of course.
Even as U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter was busy calling for “an immediate and lasting halt” to the Chinese government’s expansion of territorial claims in the South China Sea that threaten to destabilize the area.
His love for golf is well known, but President Obama was enjoying himself so much on Saturday that he couldn’t stop. After playing a normal round of golf — 18 holes — the president decided to play nine more.
In all, according to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller, Obama was on the course for six hours Saturday.
The reaction on social media was scathing, as one user noted sarcastically, a “man’s gotta relax.”
Even if Rome is burning.
Here’s a sampling of the responses from Twitter:
@EmilyMiller Man’s gotta relax when the GDP’s down 0.7%, the ME is on fire,and there’s trouble brewing in the South China Sea. @LibertyLynx
— Tim (@AspiringThrawn) May 30, 2015
@camdenmike I stopped counting after he played 200 rounds. It was too much work !
— Emily Miller (@EmilyMiller) May 30, 2015
@EmilyMiller @tuumapomm You know,..President doesn’t have better things to take care of…not like the world stability is…in trouble
— Guy (@theman_guy) May 30, 2015
@EmilyMiller. ISIS..smISIS, who cares? As long as we can have our fun!
— Veggiegirl (@veggie911) May 30, 2015
@markknoller Would be nice if he put as much effort into defeating ISIS as he does lowering his golf score. #SecurityMatters
— Jon McPhalen (@JonMcPhalen) May 30, 2015
@markknoller Must be cool to be king.
— Deborah Matthews (@DeborahMatthew1) May 30, 2015
@markknoller This Man is Unbelievable!! November 2016 can’t come fast enough!!
— mary christie (@peaceischrist) May 30, 2015
@markknoller he have a basketball game at 6pm?
— Jacalore (@Jacalore) May 30, 2015
@markknoller @jaketapper Only 27 holes before getting run off by rain? Wow, even the weather is racist.
— Stephen Cromwell (@NewProtectorate) May 30, 2015
@markknoller “Yeah, I’m the Prez so I don’t worry about rain. My Marine gets awful wet, though.” ☔️ pic.twitter.com/XINlIpXN5p
— Tom Kattman (@TomKattman) May 31, 2015
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