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“Just talking to the president”: Woods reportedly called Trump prior to DUI arrest

In newly released bodycam footage, the golf great tells police he was "talking to the president"

Published April 2, 2026 7:20PM (EDT)

Tiger Woods reportedly called Donald Trump shortly before the legendary golfer was arrested for DUI.

Woods was involved in a car accident in Jupiter, Fla. on Friday. In footage shared earlier this week, Woods told officers that he was briefly distracted by his phone before he clipped the trailer of a vehicle in front of him. Several pills were discovered in his pocket. Woods was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI and refusal to submit to a lawful test. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.

TMZ shared police bodycam footage from the scene on Thursday that showed Woods talking into his cell phone away from officers. “Thank you so much. All right. You got it. Bye,” Woods said into his phone as an officer approached. 

Walking back toward the crash with an officer, Woods said he was “just talking to the president.” Trump commented on the crash shortly after it happened, speaking to reporters outside of Air Force One. The president called Woods “a very close friend of mine.”

“I feel so bad. He’s got some difficulty — there was an accident, and that’s all I know,” Trump said. “He’s an amazing person, an amazing man. But some difficulty. I don’t want to talk about it.”

Woods is dating Trump’s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump. Vanessa Trump has five children with Donald Trump, Jr., to whom she was married from 2005 to 2018.

Watch the bodycam footage below:

Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump from the scene of his rollover crash, before he was arrested for DUI.Here's the video. pic.twitter.com/U1yDWzNfKZ — michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) April 2, 2026

Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump from the scene of his rollover crash, before he was arrested for DUI.Here's the video. pic.twitter.com/U1yDWzNfKZ

— michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) April 2, 2026

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