After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida

As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home here at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home here at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The president arrived at the Trump International Golf Course on Tuesday morning, just before 10 a.m. ET, following a routine he’s kept nearly every day during an extended Presidents Day weekend visit to sunny South Florida. He returned to Mar-a-Lago about four hours later. Trump left the White House early Friday afternoon and is set to return Wednesday night after delivering a speech to an investment conference in Miami. No matter where they travel, all presidents are accompanied by the trappings of office, so Trump’s frequent visits to Florida are hardly unusual during his first month back in power. But his trip home stands in stark contrast to his strident view against remote work, which is a centerpiece of his efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce. As he signed an executive order last week in the Oval Office, as mass layoffs were reported in agencies across the government, he made clear that he believes federal workers are scamming the system by working remotely. “There’s a whole big, oh, you can work from home,” Trump said. “Nobody’s going to work from a home. They’re going to be going out. They’re going to play tennis. They’re going to play golf. They’re going to do a lot of things. They’re not working.”