Trump Says Return of Sports Essential for Country’s ‘Psyche’
- President phones into broadcast of charity golf skins game
- Doesn’t want half-filled stadiums or spectators in masks
Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler walk on the 15th hole during the TaylorMade Driving Relieve Supported By UnitedHealth Group at Seminole Golf CLub in Juno Beach, Florida, on May 17.
Photographer: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Donald Trump said that the return of professional sports was essential for the “psyche of our country” as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.
The president promised robust virus testing for athletes and spectators as he called into the broadcast of a charity golf event on Sunday.
“The athletes will be tested very carefully,” Trump said during the skins game, which saw PGA professionals Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, and Matthew Wolff tee off, and maintain social distance, to benefit front-line health care workers. “And the people who want to go will be tested very carefully.”