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Trump Just Installed a Room-Sized ‘Golf Simulator’ in the White House

According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump just had a new “golf simulator” installed in his personal quarters at the White House.

The golf simulator cost about $50,000 and allows Trump to play rounds of golf at courses around the globe by hitting a ball into a large video screen.

The system replaced an older version that former President Obama had installed in the White House, two people told the Post.

A White House official told the newspaper that Trump personally paid for the game and its installation. The official added that Trump has not used the system during “Executive Time” since it was installed.

Trump has fired back at accusations that his large amounts of executive time mean he is not fully engaged during the day, writing on Twitter recently that he is in fact a very hard worker.

“The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative,” he wrote. “When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President…..”

Trump frequently departs the White House to hit the links at the many golf courses he owns across the United States, including his courses in Virginia, New Jersey, and Florida.

While Trump has played golf or visited his clubs well over 100 times since becoming president, he stayed in the White House during the record-long government shutdown during the past several weeks, with the exception of a brief trip to Iraq to visit US military personnel.

Shortly after the government shutdown ended, Trump took a trip to his golf club in Florida, Mar-A-Lago.

This video shows what the simulator looks like:

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