Donald Trump predicted LIV Golf merge with warning to PGA gamers
A Donald Trump tweet from July 2022 has resurfaced following news that the PGA Tour has agreed to merge with LIV Golf. The news comes as a shock following a public rivalry and prolonged authorized battle between the 2 excursions.
Both LIV Golf and the PGA Tour are at present present process an antitrust lawsuit, nevertheless, the news of a merger would imply all pending litigation will finish.
Having been closely concerned with LIV Golf, former US President Donald Trump reacted to the news by way of his personal Truth Social account. Trump posted: ‘GREAT NEWS FROM LIV GOLF. A BIG, BEAUTIFUL, AND GLAMOROUS DEAL FOR THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GOLF. CONGRATS TO ALL!!!’
It’s no shock that Trump is in favour of the merger, having volunteered to host a number of of LIV Golf’s occasions in 2023. What has caught many golf followers off-guard is that the forty fifth US President predicted such an consequence again in 2022.
In a publish from July, 18 2022 Trump mentioned: “All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big ‘thank you’ from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year.
“If you do not take the cash now, you’ll get nothing when the merger takes place, and solely say how sensible the unique signees have been.”
Trump has been closely concerned with LIV Golf because it started in 2022. The 76-year-old hosted two LIV Golf occasions final 12 months at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey and Trump National Doral in Florida.
The former President additionally took half within the pro-ams at each tournaments.
LIV Golf, which is managed by the Saudi crown prince and is backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, has come below heavy scrutiny because it started in June 2022. The news of a merger with the PGA Tour nevertheless is one thing that might carry much more scrutinty to the controversial tour.