--- product_id: 147768665 title: "Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump" price: "€ 32.53" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump **Price:** € 32.53 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - **How much does it cost?** € 32.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming." -- The New Yorker "Golf is the spine of this shocking, wildly humorous book, but humanity is its flesh and spirit." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities surfaces in golf." -- The Ringer Donald Trump loves golf. He loves to play it, buy it, build it, and operate it. He owns 14 courses around the world and runs another five, all of which he insists are the best on the planet. He also claims he's a 3 handicap, almost never loses, and has won an astonishing 18 club championships. How much of all that is true? Almost none of it, acclaimed sportswriter Rick Reilly reveals in this unsparing look at Trump in the world of golf. Based on Reilly's own experiences with Trump as well as interviews with over 100 golf pros, amateurs, developers, and caddies, Commander in Cheat is a startling and at times hilarious indictment of Trump and his golf game. You'll learn how Trump cheats (sometimes with the help of his caddies and Secret Service agents), lies about his scores (the "Trump Bump"), tells whoppers about the rank of his courses and their worth (declaring that every one of them is worth $50 million), and tramples the etiquette of the game (driving on greens doesn't help). Trump doesn't brag so much, though, about the golf contractors he stiffs, the course neighbors he intimidates, or the way his golf decisions wind up infecting his political ones. For Trump, it's always about winning. To do it, he uses the tricks he picked up from the hustlers at the public course where he learned the game as a college kid, and then polished as one of the most bombastic businessmen of our time. As Reilly writes, "Golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a man." Commander in Cheat "paints a side-splitting portrait of a congenital cheater" ( Esquire ), revealing all kinds of unsightly truths Trump has been hiding. Review: A good read - This is a light and breezy read. It can easily be read over a weekend. The writing style is light and breezy, the subject matter is not. This is a truly fascinating look at the 45th and 47th president. It explains so much about the person and the way he acts. Review: Insightful! - The revelation that Trump cheats at golf was not a surprise to me.beacause he lies and cheats about everything else. I have read a number of biographical accounts of Trump's life and this amusing, entertaining and well researched, through many interviews, book ranks with the best of them. I'm 86 and have been playing this game for most of the 70 years since I turned 16, so I was eager to read this account. Reilly does a pretty good job of explaining most of the terms but I will concede that it's much juicier if you have some understanding of the game. Like the author. and many others. I have long believed that you can judge a persons character by observing their behavior on the golf course. Thinking back over the years I can count only 5 golfer I have known of or played with who were inveterate cheaters and perhaps another 3 or 4 who tried to defeat you or any opponent by playing head games, but Trump seem to have out done them all. Fudging a score on a hole by not counting all of your strokes, improving your lie in the rough, or dropping a ball and pretending you had found your ball when you couldn't find the one you were actually playing, are all tricks I have observed, but Trump seems to have sunk even lower. I have never seen a player concede himself a chip shot, pick up an opponents ball when he was't looking and toss it into a trap, or fake hitting a pitch shot, of 30 or 40 yards or so, into the hole by palming a ball and then pretending to retrieved it from the hole. Finally, I agree with one of the other reviewers that the one star reviews are pure fakery, or if you will cheating, because they haven't read it. Take note that none of them seem to be "verified purchasers." ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #37,660 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #12 in Golf Biographies (Books) #28 in Political Corruption & Misconduct #39 in Golf (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,334 Reviews | ## Images ![Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815+vwmGgaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good read *by C***B on July 31, 2025* This is a light and breezy read. It can easily be read over a weekend. The writing style is light and breezy, the subject matter is not. This is a truly fascinating look at the 45th and 47th president. It explains so much about the person and the way he acts. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Insightful! *by T***N on April 23, 2019* The revelation that Trump cheats at golf was not a surprise to me.beacause he lies and cheats about everything else. I have read a number of biographical accounts of Trump's life and this amusing, entertaining and well researched, through many interviews, book ranks with the best of them. I'm 86 and have been playing this game for most of the 70 years since I turned 16, so I was eager to read this account. Reilly does a pretty good job of explaining most of the terms but I will concede that it's much juicier if you have some understanding of the game. Like the author. and many others. I have long believed that you can judge a persons character by observing their behavior on the golf course. Thinking back over the years I can count only 5 golfer I have known of or played with who were inveterate cheaters and perhaps another 3 or 4 who tried to defeat you or any opponent by playing head games, but Trump seem to have out done them all. Fudging a score on a hole by not counting all of your strokes, improving your lie in the rough, or dropping a ball and pretending you had found your ball when you couldn't find the one you were actually playing, are all tricks I have observed, but Trump seems to have sunk even lower. I have never seen a player concede himself a chip shot, pick up an opponents ball when he was't looking and toss it into a trap, or fake hitting a pitch shot, of 30 or 40 yards or so, into the hole by palming a ball and then pretending to retrieved it from the hole. Finally, I agree with one of the other reviewers that the one star reviews are pure fakery, or if you will cheating, because they haven't read it. Take note that none of them seem to be "verified purchasers." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An entertaining read until it turns serious *by D***. on December 11, 2019* My first exposure to the literature of golf cheating was reading Goldfinger in the early 60s. At least his cheating was subtle. The first ¾ of this book is an entertaining account of transparent absurdities which Trump undertakes to claim supremacy in both playing golf and owning golf courses. The underlying premise is "As in golf, so in life." Not being a golfer, I have no evidence to challenge this. Along the way, it gives an interesting account of earlier presidents' attitudes towards golf and also does a good job in explaining the established ethics of golf to readers like me, who are non-players. So far, so good. Alas, the author turns serious towards the end. The final chapters lay out a charge sheet for Trump's obsession with golf having impaired the execution of his office. I have little doubt that the author has good grounds for the accusation, but this deeply disturbing material is presented in the same light-hearted language as the stories of his overpowered golf cart allowing him to reach his ball and cheat out of sight of his opponents. This latter part deserves a serious essay. It could have been presented in the same book, perhaps as an appendix, but it should not have been presented in terms such as 'Trump wasn't going to screw that up with a travel ban. What if Tiger needs to meet with his concrete guy?' Following that account of why Dubai was exempted for the list of travel ban countries, the author turns to illegal immigrants. We are given 'You ask "Does Trump employ illegal immigrants?" I answer "Did Liz Taylor own a wedding dress?"' Writing like this trivialises very serious accusations. But, let me repeat, majority of the book is a most entertaining read. ## Frequently Bought Together - Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game - Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump](https://www.desertcart.be/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-25*