Below the belt: Trump’s vulgar comment about the dead golf star

At the appearance in the town of Latrope, Pennsylvania, Trump said of the athlete who died in 2016: “Arnold Palmer was a man through and through – and I say that with all due respect to women. When he showered with other professionals, they would come out and say, “Oh my God. This is incredible. ”

The comment, which apparently referred to the size of Palmer’s genitals, caused an uproar. Trump himself probably realized that he had gone a bit too far with his comment, adding a short time later: “I had to tell you the part about the shower because it was true. And we want to be fair.”

Palmer was one of golf’s first stars
Palmer is a household name in the US – a mixed drink made from iced tea and lemonade is named after him. Palmer started his career in the 1950s. Together with other stars such as Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, he made golf popular among a wide audience in the 1960s.

“New dimension of vulgarity”
The New York Times wrote of Trump’s performance: “Trump reaches a new level of vulgarity.” At the same meeting, Trump also called Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in the Nov. 5 presidential election, a “shitty vice president.”

Harris responded to the statement in a TV interview: “The American people deserve something much better.” The President of the United States must set a standard – ‘not just for our nation, but for the standard we stand for as a nation. must determine the world’. Trump’s behavior demeans the office of the president, the 60-year-old said.