A golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughter has reacted to Donald Trump’s unexpected tribute to her father, saying the references made were a “poor choice of approach” to honoring his memory.
Speaking to the Associated Press news agency, Peg Palmer wears said, “There’s not much to say. I’m not really upset.”
“I think it was a poor choice of approaches to remember my dad, but what are you going to do?” she added.
Wears said she only had fleeting encounters with Trump at functions decades ago, but her father and the GOP presidential candidate, an avid golfer who owns courses around the world, share a basic kinship in terms of “an interest in golf and the love of golf.”
Emotional at times as she recalled conversations with her father, who died in 2016 at age 87, Wears said her father “believed in republican party.”
Wears, who declined to say who she would vote for in the upcoming presidential election, said she would vote in North Carolinakey state, and described himself as an “unaffiliated” voter.
“The people of western Pennsylvania are very smart people and they are very hardworking and they will make their own decisions as I will make mine using all the history and awareness that I have,” Wears said of the upcoming election. “And that’s what I hope people vote with.”
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what my dad would say about something or what’s going on,” Wears said. “We didn’t always agree on things, but he was a quintessential American who believed passionately in this country even when he doubted its direction.”
Earlier at a rally in Latrobe, Donald Trump spent more than 12 minutes celebrating Palmer’s legacy and character, even making a surprising comment about the golfer’s genitalia.
He shared an anecdote about the reactions of fellow golfers when they showered with Palmer, saying, “They said, ‘Oh my God. That’s amazing,” prompting laughter from the crowd. “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that with all due respect to women,” Trump said.
“This man was strong and tough. And I refuse to say it, but when he took a shower with the other professionals, they came out of there and they were like, oh my God,” quipped Trump.
He suggested that the evening would be more enjoyable if Palmer could join him on stage. As the rally continued, Trump shifted gears to discuss his campaign strategies, suggesting that he would begin reviewing his closing arguments against Vice President Kamala Harriswith the election coming up in less than two weeks.
‘Poor choice of approaches…’: Arnold Palmer’s daughter reacts to Trump’s unexpected tribute to golf legend – Times of India
