RTÉ Sport Reporter
The walls have been closing in on Donald Trump since he egged on his red-capped goons to attack the Congress last Wednesday.
The Big Tech oligarchs have moved swiftly, and in apparent unison, to cut off the President from his internet fanbase.
After 11 and a half years of breathless, scattergun activity, @realDonaldTrump, the most famous Twitter account in history, is silent. The moderators appear determined we shall never see its like again.
But nothing could have hurt more than the news that his most loyal of constituencies was turning on him.
The New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman tweeted yesterday that Trump was gutted to hear the news that the 2022 PGA Championship was moving out of his course in Bedminster.
The PGA of America has severed ties with outgoing US President Donald Trump after its membership voted to move the 2022 PGA Championship from its planned host course of Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. The new venue will be announced shortly.
It was a bold decision as years of planning had already gone into the event and it is sure to lead to a legal challenge from Trump and his organisation. Bedminster was named as host in 2012 and has spent considerable time and money to prepare for one of golf’s most prestigious titles.
But after Trump’s role in last week’s insurrection and the subsequent storming of the Capitol by a mob that resulted in death and destruction, many former Trump supporters are scurrying for cover. The president is also facing possible charges.