Golf-mad Trump is cancelled at Augusta - that has got to hurt

Think about it. TSF is NOT a member in many prestigious golf clubs, e.g., Tuxedo, Shinnecock, National, Maidstone, etc. -- because nobody wants to associate with him.

Given the club’s historic connection with the office of POTUS, and Trump’s infatuation with the sport, you might have thought that The Donald and Augusta might be acquainted in some way, if not formally as a member then as a guest with an open invitation to play whenever he has a slot in the diary.

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By preference, background, habit and milieu, if not temperament, Trump is every bit as elite as those he disdains in the execution of power. Augusta membership would represent for him the ultimate validation, conferring upon him status a level above that of the Oval Office. But he is not elite enough for Augusta. Nope, and that has got to hurt.

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Augusta National is old money, it represents a stately vision of America, a place that exists, like Plato’s realms, only as an abstraction.

Outwardly, it wears its wealth and power responsibly, it values honesty, integrity, manners. Yes, there are all sorts of contradictions associated with great wealth, secrecy and altruism, but the benevolence is real for those who benefit from the club’s many charitable, educational and community investments.

And, importantly, in this era of era of wild instability, Augusta National stands as a bulwark against Trump’s economic and cultural vandalism. The club is not only saying no to him, it has cancelled him. In this arcadian corner of America, at least, Trump does not exist.

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