Donald Trump spent Sunday morning on the golf course as the US military confirmed a seventh American service member had died in the Iran war he ordered.

Video circulated widely on social media showing the president returning from a round at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on the morning of 8 March 2026; within hours ofUS Central Command announcingthat a soldier wounded during Iran's retaliatory strikes on 1 March had died of their injuries the night before.

The footage, posted to X by the account@PatriotTakes, showed Trump in a golf cart, wearing the same embroidered white baseball cap he had worn just the day before at thedignified transfer ceremonyfor six fallen troops at Dover Air Force Base. Senior Democratic politicians and public figures responded immediately and loudly, turning the moment into one of the war's most charged political flashpoints.

The video showed Trump returning from the course at his own resort on the morning of 8 March 2026. Trump, 79, was not accompanied by his press pool, so the footage captured by observers circulated independently.

Video of Trump golfing this morning as US troops he deployed to the Middle East remain in harm’s waypic.twitter.com/mcU2wsubNr

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries posted a direct rebuke to X within minutes of the footage spreading. 'America is at war, TSA agents aren't being paid and this guy is playing golf,' he wrote. 'Why are House Republicans continuing to support this train wreck? Sycophants.'

America is at war, TSA agents aren’t being paid and this guy is playing golf.Why are House Republicans continuing to support this train wreck?Sycophants.pic.twitter.com/NZIlQKQaS1

California Governor Gavin Newsom posted separately on X, writing: 'He's golfing after bombing children and raising your gas prices.' In a follow-up post, Newsom wrote: 'A 7th American soldier is now dead. But don't worry, Donald Trump is golfing.'

He’s golfing after bombing children and raising your gas prices.https://t.co/6UPg542XJF

A 7th American soldier is now dead.But don’t worry, Donald Trump is golfing.

Source: International Business Times UK