If you watch as many of President Donald Trump's rally speeches as I do--and I watch them at levels no one has ever seen before--you begin to hear the same lines, phrases and anecdotes again and again.

Watch enough of his speeches and you can predict the next sentence: We were a "dead" country when Trump took over; now we're the "hottest" country in the world. Everybody says so.

And whenever Trump brags about Qatar's gift of a luxurious Boeing 747 jumbo jet for his use as Air Force One, he usually deflects criticism by turning to Sam Snead, the legendary golfer, who, according to Trump, said, "When they give you a putt, you pick it up, say, 'Thank you very much' and walk to the next hole."

And why not? It's "free."

But there's a problem: In golf, if you accept a conceded putt from your opponent, you........

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