Trump gripes about remote work while on another extended trip to Florida
President Donald Trump took time away from golfing to speak to a group of billionaires at the Saudi Public Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, during which he complained about remote work.
“All federal employees must once again show up to work. It’s a new phenomenon. You know, since COVID. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. “You can’t work at home. They’re not working. They’re playing tennis, they’re playing golf, or they have other jobs, but they’re not working or they’re certainly not working hard. You could never build a company or a country with that,” he said.
One of Trump’s first edicts was to issue a memo demanding all federal workers to return to the office while he went … golfing.
Since then, Trump’s itinerary has included trips to the Super Bowl, a publicity stunt at the Daytona 500, and a lot more golfing—all at taxpayers’ expense.
It isn’t surprising. While billionaire Elon Musk is busy dismantling U.S. administrative functions, Trump is picking up where his first administration left off: spending time at his many estates and playing a lot of golf.
During Trump’s first go-around, his golf habit set historic records in costs to the U.S. taxpayer, and it looks like he’s on track to break that record. So far, it has been estimated that Trump’s golf game has cost Americans around $10.7 million, with Trump heading to the golf course at least 10 times in his first 31 days in office.
As for the federal workers who haven’t been fired or placed on administrative leave, research shows that remote work benefits both workers and employers. There is also evidence that women and minority groups are negatively impacted the most by a lack of remote or hybrid work options.
But as long as Trump’s golf game isn’t affected, why would he care?
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