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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Arwa Mahdawi

Golf for them, grind for us: Trump, Vance and the hellish US holiday divide

Donald Trump holds his golf club in the air and watches his drive, with people and grassy dunes in the background.
Trump has criticised remote workers for slacking off to play golf – although his own rounds, he insists, are different. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty

You know what the problem is with the US? Nobody wants to work any more. People feel entitled to cushy jobs with fat salaries and unlimited holiday time. And by “people” I mean American politicians, who seem to treat public office as an excuse for endless vacations. Because the president and vice-president are technically always on duty, there’s no official holiday policy – and it rather feels as if they are taking advantage of this.

Take the vice-president, JD “OOO (out of office)” Vance. When he’s not inspiring memes or threatening to deport menswear influencers, he always seems to be off on a jolly. So far this year, the man has been skiing in Vermont, shut down bits of Disneyland for his family’s use and apparently raised the water level of a river in Ohio for a kayaking trip. Now, the Vances are summering in the Cotswolds.

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