Amid Global Economic Turmoil, Trump Lives Royally at Florida Golf Club

Amid Global Economic Turmoil, Trump Lives Royally at Florida Golf Club

While U.S. President Donald Trump was fanning the flames of global economic tension, he himself was enjoying leisure at a Florida golf course. Over the next week, he spent his time dining lavishly with donors, playing golf, and declaring, "This is the best time to be rich," even as markets in the U.S. and around the world were crashing.

Trump’s glaringly tone-deaf behavior reminded many political analysts of Roman Emperor Nero, who famously “fiddled while Rome burned.” Experts describe this ‘royal second term’ of Trump’s leadership as resembling that of a mad king—impulsive, ungrounded in facts, and surrounded by yes-men.

Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella commented,

“Calling for difficult decisions while in a tuxedo at a ballroom or a golf resort—this is the picture of a leader completely detached from the realities of everyday people. It shows either total delusion or selfish sociopathy.”

On April 2, Trump stood in the Rose Garden of the White House, dramatically announcing a new tariff policy and declaring the day as “Liberation Day.” The move overturned longstanding global trade structures—yet insiders revealed the final decision was made just three hours before the event.

As global markets lost trillions of dollars due to economic instability, Trump traveled to Florida’s Doral Resort to attend a Saudi-funded golf tournament. He cruised around the course in a golf cart driven by his son Eric Trump.

Meanwhile, as the bodies of four U.S. soldiers killed in Lithuania were being flown back home, Trump chose to stay at his luxurious Mar-a-Lago club, enjoying a $1 million dinner. He sent the Secretary of Defense to Dover Air Force Base in his place, as if that sufficed.

At one point, Trump proudly declared, “I know what I’m doing,” claiming countries were “desperate to make deals with us” and “chasing me.” Yet the very next day, he backpedaled—announcing that although tariffs on China would increase, other countries would get a 90-day delay.

Political analyst Larry Sabato compared the situation to Marie Antoinette:

“People are starving, and he’s celebrating being golf champion at his own club. Rules don’t apply to them.”

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote,

“Trump is like Shakespeare’s Richard III—a villain, but one who masks it with a kind of dark humor.”

In the end, Trump’s behavior reflects the image of a king detached from reality, intoxicated with power and mockery—ruling his kingdom while the world burns.