Wednesday 14 September 2022 09:08 PM REVEALED Trump toured his golf course in DC because he is planning upgrades - ... trends now
When Donald Trump was pictured at his golf course outside Washington D.C. without his clubs it triggered a wave of speculation that he had picked the open-air venue for a meeting with lawyers and plotters beyond the reach of FBI surveillance.
Online conspiracy theorists fancied they'd spotted a mustachioed former lawyer to the president and a campaigner known for working to overturn the election.
But the fanciful thinking tickled Trump World insiders who said it was nothing quite so exciting: It was a tour of facilities as his company plans upgrades.
'This is probably the funniest story I've heard in years. His family owns and operates golf courses and hotels all around the world,' said a source familiar with the visit.
'They visit the courses a lot.'
Trump even played golf after lunch, he added.
Among the fanciful claims that went viral was one by Michael Cohen, who was once Trump's fixer before a spectacular falling out, who claimed he had been told that the former president was meeting with two lawyers.
Former President Donald Trump drives a cart at Trump National Golf Club with his son Eric Trump on Monday. But their lack of clubs triggered rumors that all was not as it seemed
On Wednesday, a Trump world insider told DailyMail.com it was a tour of facilities as the company plans upgrades to the course just outside Washington, D.C.
Trump said Monday around noon that he was working at his Sterling, Virginia, course near Washington, D.C., and included a link to the property
Yet many with an ax to grind were quick to offer speculation about what he was doing
That led some online sleuths to suggest a mustachioed man in the party was Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer - despite the fact he has now become a TV regular decrying the actions of his ex
