Donald Trump ‘banned from playing golf by Secret Service as they fear they can’t protect him from assassination’
DONALD Trump has reportedly been banned from playing golf by the Secret Service.
The top federal agents fear they cannot protect the Republican presidential candidate on the vast fairways of golf courses.
It comes after two attempts on Trump’s life during the campaign – which has already seen drastic changes to his rallies and protection.
Trump has not played golf since the attempt on his life in September – and won’t do so again until after November 5, reports Sky and NBC.
The 78-year-old former president has been told by the Secret Service they are not satisfied he can be well protected enough if he plays.
The agents – who are charged with the protection of presidents, former presidents and candidates – have previously admitted to being overstretched.
Being a keen golfer who owns 18 courses worldwide, the apparent ban represents a major change for Trump.
If he sticks to the ban – it will be the longest he has gone without playing since the pandemic.
Trump reportedly had a conversation with Secret Service boss Ronald Rowe and other intelligence officials about the decision.
It is claimed Trump has a handicap as low as 2.8.
He has golfed at least once a week since he left the White House in 2021 after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden.
And during his presidency is estimated to have played 261 rounds of golf to help himself keep active.
Trump dodged an assassin at Trump International Golf Club last month when suspect Ryan Wesley Routh was seen scoping out the course with a rifle.
He was fired upon by Secret Service agents and fled.
He was later arrested after being pulled over on Interstate 95.
Trump is currently locked in a tight presidential race with his Democrat rival – current Vice President – Kamala Harris.
Poll tracking service 538 currently has Harris enjoying a 2.5 per cent national lead over Trump.
But the margins are so tight in swing states that the race is widely understood to be too close to call.
Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrat rhetoric about him for the heated environment around the election.
It comes as last week a defiant Trump returned to the scene of where he was grazed on the ear by a bullet back in July.
He stood behind a bullet-proof screen and was joined by his pal billionaire X boss Elon Musk.
After returning to the site, Trump pledged never to quit, “not even in the face of death itself”.
He said: “We fought together. We have endured together. We have pushed onward together.
“And right here in Pennsylvania, we have bled together. We’ve bled.”
The former president’s face was left spattered with blood when a sniper’s bullet grazed his ear in the shocking act of violence.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers moments later.
Trump said: “Exactly 12 weeks ago… on this very ground, a cold-blooded assassin aimed to silence me and to silence the greatest movement.
“For 16 harrowing seconds during the gunfire, time stopped as this vicious monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper’s perch.
“But by the hand of Providence and the grace of God, that villain did not succeed in his goal. Did not come close.
“He did not stop our movement. He did not break out our spirit.”