9/11 families slam Trump and LIV golfers as ‘cowards’ for taking Saudi money – Henry Club

The families of 9/11 victims have slammed Donald Trump and LIV golfers as “cowards” for failing to admit they are solely taking part in a Saudi-funded tournament for the money.

9/11 Justice’s Brett Eagleson, whose father John died in the attack on the World Trade Center, told reporters that his attempts to appeal to golfers taking part in the cash-rich LIV tournament that started at Trump Bedminster National Golf Course in New Jersey on Friday had been ignored.

“When I think about (my father) and I hear thousands of other stories about true heroes that day and I see these golfers dodge questions, put their head in the sand. Not want to… address our issues and just say ‘golf is for the greater good’ or ‘I’m doing this for my family’. Well my dad went to work that day to provide for his family and he got blown away.

“If we can’t get a golfer to at least look us in the eye and tell us they are doing it for the money and they don’t give a s**t about the atrocities of Saudi Arabiathey’re cowards.” Mr Eagleson said.

Juliette Scauso, whose father Dennis Scauso was one of 343 firefighters killed on 9/11, accused high-profile players Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson — and Donald Trump — of turning their backs on their country for a few hundred million dollars.

“We 9/11 families would trade any amount of money in the world just to see our loved ones again, just to have one last hug, one conversation, one more round of golf.”

This week, 9/11 Justice released an advert savaging Mr Trump for holding the a Saudi Arabian-funded golf tournament 50 miles from Ground Zero.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Tuesday, Mr Trump appeared unconcerned about the families’ objections.

“I don’t know much about the 9/11 families, I don’t know what is the relationship to this, and their very strong feelings, and I can understand their feelings,” he said.