Trump: Gays should not be allowed to marry because putters are too long. Wait, what?

With all the news surrounding the demise of Osama bin Laden on Monday, a big announcement by Donald Trump got lost in the shuffle. In an interview with Bloomberg News on Sunday morning, hours before Navy SEALs made mincemeat of Osama in Pakistan, Trump announced that he had decided to run for President “in my mind.” The New York Times: A top aide, Michael Cohen, said he could still change his mind and nothing was official. So that’s cleared up.

But Trump wasn’t done. In an interview with The Times on Monday, he launched into his views about same-sex marriage. Proving once again that the best defense against Donald Trump is just sitting back and letting him talk.

At one point, he compared his opposition to the legalization of same-sex marriage to his reluctance to use a new kind of putter.

“It’s like in golf. A lot of people — I don’t want this to sound trivial — but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive,” said Mr. Trump, a Republican. “It’s weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can’t sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.”

If Trump were a racehorse, he would have been put down by now. First President Obama took the wind out of his sails by releasing his birth certificate. Then Trump was roasted at the White House Correspondents dinner on Saturday by both Seth Meyers and Obama, and has been the butt of jokes on late night talk shows ever since. After all of that, does he really want to describe gay marriage by referencing the shortness of his putter? He’s gone from being the 1976 Jimmy Carter of this race to the 1978 Billy Carter.

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After roasting, Trump reacts in character [The New York Times]
Trump: Gay People Should Not Be Allowed To Marry Because These New Golf Putters Are Terrible [Huffington Post]