Trump has a long history of silencing his critics.

George Conway's Anti-Psycho PAC is trolling Trump hard, even at his own golf courses!

Rick Reilly, one of America’s preeminent sportswriters and a member of the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump (2019).

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.

Reilly reveals 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.

Donald Trump played a round of golf at during his visit to Ireland but ran into difficulty on the 18th hole of Doonbeg golf course.

2024: Nondisclosure agreements let bad behavior go unchecked. That's why Trump loves them.

Trump has a long history of silencing his critics voices. Voters should demand to know whether the politicians who ask for their support silence their own workers.

Are the Trump White House Nondisclosure Agreements Enforceable?

A few weeks after he was elected president of the United States, Donald Trump decided he would require his White House staff to sign non-disclosure agreements (aka NDAs) — just as Trump Organization employees and Trump wives were required to.

Although Trump was advised that NDAs for federal government employees couldn’t be enforced, White House counsel Don McGahn drafted a watered-down version. Rumors are that the NDAs would cover Trump aides not only during their White House service but also “at all times thereafter.”

While White House staffers have various confidentiality obligations — maintaining the secrecy of classified information or attorney-client privilege, no past President has asked White House staffers to sign NDAs. A former Obama administration official said nondisclosure agreements were not used under President Barack Obama.

Similarly, no nondisclosure agreement can prevent you from talking to the police because that violates public policy. The White House NDAs are probably unenforceable because (1) White House staff work for the federal government, not the president personally; so (2) White House staffers are protected by the First Amendment. The courts have long recognized that apart from classified information, government employees have a First Amendment right to speak.

There may be enforceable non-disclosure agreements in which executive-branch agencies bar whistleblowing employees from revealing the details of their settlement negotiations with the government, but the Trump White House NDAs are far broader.

In short, White House staff work for the federal government, not for the President, and cannot be broadly gagged with private NDAs.

What do you think? Is there any harm in signing an agreement that isn’t enforceable? Should the President ask his staff to keep secrets?

Not all contracts are enforceable, even when they are knowingly and freely entered into by the parties. For example, you cannot contract to become someone’s slave. A contract to hire a hitman will never be enforced by a court.

Standing in the atrium at Trump Tower in New York City in the wake of his criminal conviction in late May, former President Donald Trump had this to say about gag orders, more politely known as nondisclosure agreements or confidentiality provisions:

“So we have an NDA, nondisclosure agreement. It’s a big deal, a nondisclosure agreement. Totally honorable, totally good, totally accepted. Everybody has them. Every company has nondisclosure agreements. … And most of the people in this room have a nondisclosure agreement with their company. … Totally legal, totally common. Everyone has it.”

Trump is not entirely wrong. Researchers estimate that at least a third of all American workers are bound by NDAs, though the number is likely much higher. We sign them on the first day of work; we sign them as part of a consulting agreement; we sign them to volunteer; we sign them on our way out the door in exchange for severance or a letter of recommendation or a separation package; we sign them as part of a settlement agreement.

What’s worse is that too many of us are not even aware of what we sign and the rights we have given away, because these silencing mechanisms are buried deep in onboarding documents, employment contracts or separation agreements ‒ wrapped in legal language to convince us that we are simply required not to disclose proprietary information.

Except that, increasingly, these agreements define proprietary information not only as trade secrets but also as all manner of illegal and toxic behavior, from sexual misconduct to discrimination to retaliation.

Judge Issues Victory for Jessica Denson, Permanently Frees All 2016 Trump Campaign Workers From Illegal NDAs.

As the star of "The Apprentice," he enforced NDAs that, according to a former producer, covered up deeply misogynistic, sexist and racist behavior, including Trump’s alleged penchant for using the N-word to refer to a Black contestant.

2016: The assault allegations against Donald Trump, recapped.

The woman, who had filed suit earlier this year under the pseudonym Jane Doe, had alleged that Trump and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein had raped her in 1994, when she was a 13-year-old aspiring model.

Doe named Trump and Epstein as defendants in the suits and says they knew she was well under 17 — the age of consent. “I understood that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein knew that I was 13 years old,” she wrote.

Trump’s accuser asserted that while she was exploring a modeling career in 1994, she attended a series of parties at the Manhattan home of prominent investor Jeffrey Epstein. She alleges that during those parties the real estate mogul tied her to a bed and raped her. She also claimed Epstein raped her during that series of gatherings.

Katie Johnson's full testimony of 2/11/16.

This week she abruptly canceled a plan to speak publicly about the allegations, and another attorney, Lisa Bloom, cited “numerous threats” against her client.

David Pecker has been hiding Trump’s dirty laundry for years. The former National Enquirer Publisher's role in buying and suppressing negative stories to protect Trump, his friend, was described in federal court papers in 2018.

Trump wasn’t the only one worried about Epstein’s potentially loose lips. Wolff claims Steve Bannon, then the former president’s chief strategist, “repeatedly” called Epstein up.

At least 26 women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct since the 1970s.

Step back into the 1990s, when Sean “Diddy” Combs and Donald Trump were both kings of the New York nightlife scene.

Before politics and business took center stage, these two were regularly spotted at the city’s hottest events and exclusive parties. From celebrity-studded birthday bashes to high-profile charity galas, Diddy and Trump’s early bond was built in the heart of Manhattan’s elite circles.

But with Diddy’s recent indictment making headlines, his early connection with Trump is once again under the spotlight. Watch as we dive into the glitzy world they shared—complete with luxurious parties, bold fashion, and iconic moments that defined New York’s social scene in the 90s—and explore how these high-flying days now stand in stark contrast to the serious legal challenges they both face today.

Trump Delivers Creepy New Message to Women Voters.

Trump’s own history using gag orders against women goes back decades, long before he entered the political arena. He used them to silence both of his former wives. He used them against a former Miss Universe contestant. He used them during his time running the Trump Organization.

Trump to Women: "I Will Be Your Protector" & Mark Robinson’s Wild Porn Messages | The Daily Show

Desi Lydic rounds up shitty male politicians' insulting appeals to female voters: from Trump's claims of being their protector despite taking away abortion rights, to Ohio Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno's dismissal of post-menopausal women's commitment to abortion access, to N.C. gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson's salacious porn-forum comments about his sister-in-law. Plus, Dulcé Sloan joins to make Josh Johnson answer for every man. #DailyShow #Trump #MarkRobinson

Former President Donald Trump cast himself as a “protector” of women at a Pennsylvania rally Monday evening and claimed that American women won’t be “thinking about abortion” if he’s elected. (what could be more ominous sounding than that statement?)

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.