Donald Trump was filmed at the White House on Tuesday 5 May missing a series of short golf putts in front of primary school pupils, setting off a wave of online mockery and renewed questions over his self proclaimed fitness. The clip emerged from a student event in Washington where Trump was promoting the return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
The award is a long running US school fitness programme that Trump is trying to revive as part of a wider push on children's health and exercise. The president, aged 79, has repeatedly portrayed himself as physically and mentally strong, often contrasting his condition with that of political rivals. His decision to step onto a small putting mat on the White House lawn, surrounded by children and cameras, appeared designed as a playful moment. Instead, it produced a viral clip that quickly turned against him.
