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President Donald Trump attempts a surreal return to normalcy one day after inciting a mob of his supporters to unrest, culminating in the first violation of the United States Capitol in 200 years.
On Thursday, he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, as well as a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, a White House official told CNN.
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Trump's attempt to return to normal comes amid the ongoing global pandemic and after an impressive siege that he himself incited, leaving four dead and the Capitol building looted.
Subsequently, some Cabinet members have had discussions about invoking Amendment 25 amid concerns about what could happen before Trump leaves office, various officials are offering resignations, and there are ongoing questions about what went wrong and what happens. later with the presidential transition.
In yet another display of attempted 'nothing happened here' behavior, Trump telephoned the Republican National Committee's winter meeting and briefly addressed a friendly mob of committee members over the loudspeaker without mentioning Wednesday's events. .
However, due to the fact that the Committee is currently an active crime scene after a homemade bomb was found outside the headquarters on Wednesday, Trump was forced to cancel his video address planned for Thursday night.
It was to be recorded with currently inaccessible Committee equipment.
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And on Friday, Trump is expected to head to the Camp David presidential retreat, the White House official said, declining to provide additional details on the purpose of the trip.
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The White House had previously announced on March 6 that Sorenstam and Player would receive the Medal of Freedom on March 23, which was postponed as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the country.
The addition of the late Zaharias to the list of honorees was new.
The player's honor is notable because the golfer embraced apartheid in South Africa, although he later said he was wrong, and told
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last June that he was 'proud' that his mindset had changed.
Its inclusion marks an unfavorable decision, given that the president himself has fomented racial unrest.
Trump, an avid golfer, previously honored Tiger Woods with a Medal of Freedom.
The president has spent 313 days during his tenure at a golf club.
With 13 days remaining in Trump's presidency, the White House has been inundated with applications for the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Thursday's presentation was not included in Trump's public schedule, who instead said Trump would have "a lot of meetings" and "a lot of calls."
Earlier this week, Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to Capitol Allied Representative Devin Nunes and is expected to also honor another member of Congress, Representative Jim Jordan, before leaving office.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.
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