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Readers Respond: Does It Matter That Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight?

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On Monday, President Trump is to bestow on Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom. They have long been friendly. They have golfed together and Woods is designing a course for a Trump property in Dubai.

Yet Woods is rare among athletes of black lineage to associate with Trump, who many African-Americans have criticized for sympathetic remarks about white nationalists and condemnations of football players who have knelt in protest of racism and police brutality.

We asked readers how they have felt about Woods in light of his stunning comeback to win the Masters golf tournament and about his relationship with Trump.