golf resorts. brianna keilar is taking a closer look at all this. what happened to the president saying he wouldn t be playing golf? reporter: confounding, kate, he really ever said that. donald trump not playing golf is like donald trump not tweeting. it s just not going to happen. for president trump, golf is more than just a game. it s a way of life. it seems he d rather entertain world leaders like the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, on the links than in the white house, and trump casual, it s not jeans and sneakers. it s khaki pants and golf shoes, even for a visit to tour the u.s.-mexico border as a candidate. in march the president held a meeting with several cabinet secretaries that is, of course, near washington, and spending a 17-day working vacation at his bedminster, new jersey goal cgo. this is not a vacation. meetings. and also, golf. trump in a clear state of play
38-foot putts aren t hard to make especially taking gimmes the trump way. give you a putt within the leather. the length of the leather grip on your putter. he takes putts within a driver. like the long drivers. it s just like, wait a minute. what about that putt you just took? that moment, it s gone. now he s over here tipping greenskeepers, and then over here yelling at people that are building his cart path. it s madness. reporter: also, a lot of fun, though. he is the consummate host, donald trump is, according to folks who play with him. fact actual factually challenged on score claims a handicap low to mid-70s s people playing with him, more like an 80s player. like bringing your ham to a fine restaurant pap good quote. good to see you. thank you. imagine this one moment just walking an the sidewalk when suddenly a jogger run past shoves you directly
with the retweet of unsubstantiated story based on anonymous sources. donald trump retweeting, this is the kind of thing 7 in 10 americans are saying it is a risky way to communicate. david, there s a lot of important messages for the white house in these numbers. is there good news for the president? there is one number in the poll that if you are president you would feel good about. 53%. the majority of americans see the country doing well, see it going in the right direction. that is usually a good barometer, when you ask that, it s a polling question, take the temperature of the country. he s got a majority of americans that think things are going well in the country. what s clear from the rest of the numbers, kate, that is a sentiment americans hold separate and apart from assessing the presidency. great to see you, david,
greeted guests of a wedding saturday at bedminster s clubhouse. all this time on the course president trump for the birdie. reporter: head-scratching considering trump constantly hammered president obama for golfing. everything s executive order, because he doesn t have enough time, because he s playing so much golf. i m going to be working for you and won t have time to golf. i love tiger woods, one of the greats you but i won t be playing golf. if i win this, believe me. i won t be playing much golf. reporter: at this point, obama played golf 11 times. since taking office, trump played golf 48 as of tuesday and counting. in 2012, trump criticized obama for playing mostly with close frenz twe friends tweeting he should play golf with republicans and opponents. that way maybe the terrible gridlock would end. he hasn t taken his own advice.
president. 1 in 4 americans trust most of what they hear from the white house. 1 in 4. and the president s near constant tweeting is part of the problem. 71% of those polled say the president s tweets are a risky way to communicate. we have a lot to break down. let s get to david for more on this. a lot to learn in these numbers, 200 days in. david, break it down for us. yes, indeed, kate. take the 38% approval that you noted and put it in context with predecessors at this stage in their presidency. president trump is at the bottom of the list back to eisenhower in modern day polling. only one other president at this mark in their presidency was below 50%. that was bill clinton in 1993. donald trump is well below that at 38%. of course, we want to see how he is doing with his own party, republicans. look at what we found here. republican that is strongly