Trump golfs one day after hosting pardoned pal Paul Manafort at Mar-a-Lago


PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Trump golfs one day after hosting pardoned pal Paul Manafort and Mike Pompeo at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser

  • Trump was spotted golfing on Sunday at Trump International in West Palm Beach
  • It came a day after he hosted a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser attended by Paul Manafort
  • Trump pardoned Manafort, his former campaign chair, on tax fraud conviction in December
  • It is believed to be their first chance to meet since Trump issued the pardon for Manafort

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Donald Trump has been spotted golfing again, hitting the links a day after hosting Paul Manafort at a high-dollar fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump was seen playing a round with a trio of unidentified men on Sunday at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida.

On Saturday night, Trump hosted a ‘Lincoln Day Dinner’ at his Mar-a-Lago clubhouse to benefit the Republican Party of Palm Beach County.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, thought to have his own presidential ambitions, delivered the keynote, and Manafort and former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross were also spotted in attendance.

It’s unclear whether Trump and Manfort found time for a sidebar, but it is believed to be the first chance that the two men would have had to meet since Trump pardoned Manafort in December.

Donald Trump has been spotted golfing again, hitting the links a day after hosting Paul Manafort at a high-dollar fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump has been spotted golfing again, hitting the links a day after hosting Paul Manafort at a high-dollar fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump has been spotted golfing again, hitting the links a day after hosting Paul Manafort at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago

Trump was seen playing a round with a trio of unidentified men on Sunday at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida

Trump was seen playing a round with a trio of unidentified men on Sunday at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida

Paul Manafort at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday

Wilbur Ross

Paul Manafort (left) and Wilbur Ross (right) were spotted posing with a supporter for photos at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday

Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman in the 2016 race, was convicted of tax and bank fraud after getting swept up in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. The 72-year-old had been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison.

Real estate development consultant Jon P. Kaiser posted an Facebook photo showing Manafort posing with fans at the fundraiser.

‘Another wonderful patriot who was so unjustly accused and charged, and subsequently pardoned as it should be, Paul Manafort!’ wrote Kaiser in the caption.

Also in attendance on Saturday night were Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, as well as Reps. Brian Mast and Byron Daniels. 

Since leaving office, Trump has been a regular at Trump International, which is just a short drive from Mar-a-Lago

Since leaving office, Trump has been a regular at Trump International, which is just a short drive from Mar-a-Lago

Trump's golfing partners on Sunday could not be immediately identified

Trump's golfing partners on Sunday could not be immediately identified

Trump’s golfing partners on Sunday could not be immediately identified

The packed cocktail dinner event gave Trump, 74, a standing ovation while the former president stood and waved to around 500 of his supporters. 

Pompeo, 57, and DeSantis, 42, smiled as they clapped for Trump – who had been seated in between them.

‘We love this man!’ said the event’s master of ceremonies James Golden, a radio personality and producer for Rush Limbaugh radio talk show, who is known by his pseudonym Bo Snerdley.

A crowd of around 500 people had gathered at Mar-a-Lago for a cocktail dinner on Saturday night for Lincoln Day

A crowd of around 500 people had gathered at Mar-a-Lago for a cocktail dinner on Saturday night for Lincoln Day

Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini poses with Mike Pompeo during a fundraiser at Mar-A-Lago on Saturday

Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini poses with Mike Pompeo during a fundraiser at Mar-A-Lago on Saturday

Also on Saturday, President Joe Biden went golfing for the first time of his presidency.

The Democrat hit the links Saturday at the Wilmington Country Club – just a 10-minute drive from his Greenville home.

Joining Biden for the round in a mostly sunny Delaware was Ron Olivere, the late Beau Biden’s father-in-law, and Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti.

At the same point in Trump’s presidency, he had already been golfing 19 times. Since leaving office, Trump has been a regular at Trump International, which is just a short drive from his Mar-a-Lago compound. 

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