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David Kent

RTE's Ryan Tubridy laughs at ridiculous Donald Trump claim as he learns about 'kink-shaming'

Ryan Tubridy has taken a jab at Donald Trump - after the former President claimed he struck a hole-in-one on one of his own courses, with no other proof.

The ex-POTUS released a lengthy statement on Monday night claiming that he struck the perfect shot.

However, this isn't sitting well with a lot of golf fans - who are yet to see any proof it actually happened.

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Trump's statement read: "Many people are asking, so I'll give it you now, it's 100% true. It took place at Trump International on West Palm Beach, Florida, playing 181 yards into a slight wind, which sailed magnificently into a rather strong wind, with approximately five feet of cut, where it bounced twice and into the hole. Beautiful."

But Ryan was less than impressed with the whole situation on Wednesday morning, using his radio show to explain: "So Donald Trump - he plays a lot of golf.

"And at the weekend, he was playing with among others Ernie Els, one of the greatest players of his generation. Anyway, it turns out that Donald Trump hit a hole-in-one. And the first thing people say when they hear something like that is 'no he didn't', and he goes 'yes I did'.

"So people asked: well, do you have any footage of it? And he says, yes, you can look it up. It turns out, they have video footage. Of him collecting the ball from the hole. Okay. Why don't you believe it? Because it's Donald Trump.

"On Monday night, he put rumours of a hoax to rest with this statement, including the line that, while he was playing with several professional golfers, Trump said that 'their eyes are slightly better, but their swings weren't'.

"This is his Moby Dick, he wanted the world to know it happened. If it did, fair play to him, but we live in a skeptical world."

Ryan also explained how he had heard about this 'new thing' - kink-shaming.

"The lads upstairs are quite expert on this idea of 'kink-shaming'.

"And what kink-shaming is is that it's this idea that you can't knock somebody for whatever they're into, whatever they're having themselves.

"Kink-shaming is the latest of the "-shaming" it's kind of like the modern version of the old '-gate' scandals we used to see.

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