I have always felt it was important for presidents to engage in some form of leisure time.
I do remember that GWB was on vacation in the 6 weeks leading up to 9-11, and was on vacation during Katrina.
I agree. The hypocrisy is the cons trying to defend trump's golfing by saying it's "different" from Obama's golfing.
WASHINGTON — During his daily briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer insisted that President Trump uses his time on the golf course productively.
Spicer’s comments came in response to a question from Yahoo News noting that Trump has visited the golf course at least 10 times since taking office eight weeks ago, even though for years he criticized former President Barack Obama for golfing. Most of Trump’s time on the links has been spent at the courses he owns in Florida, including a trip last weekend.
Spicer said there were “two things” to point out in response to the question. First, he pointed out that Trump took Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a golf weekend in Florida last month.
“You saw him utilize this as an opportunity with Prime Minister Abe to help foster deeper relationships … in Asia and have a growing relationship that’s going to help U.S. interests,” Spicer said of Trump. “How you use the game of golf is something that he’s talked about.”
Before taking office, Trump wrote a series of tweets attacking Obama for golfing.
“Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter,” Trump wrote in October 2014.
“President Obama should have gone to Louisiana days ago, instead of golfing. Too little, too late!” Trump exclaimed in the summer of 2016, after floods hit the state.
In addition to golfing recreationally, Obama sometimes was joined on the course by other political figures, including Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and former British Prime Minister David Cameron.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-defends-president-trumps-golf-habit-and-argues-its-different-than-obamas-214751080.html