STERLING, Va. – President Donald Trump is in his private Virginia golf club, while Hurricane Dorian is about to threaten the southeast coast.
Trump took a helicopter on Saturday from the Camp David Presidential Retreat in Maryland to his Virginia property.
When leaving the White House on Friday, the president had hinted that he would spend Saturday at Camp David with experts overseeing what became a powerful Category 4 storm.
He said he would return to Washington on Sunday to attend an information meeting at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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This Thursday August 29, 2019, an image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station while it was devastating the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico. Happily, with little damage to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Dorian turned to the United States, with forecasters warning him that he would draw energy from the warm, clear waters that he would come closer. (NASA via AP)
Stores do not have bottled water while residents purchase supplies in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian in Doral, Florida on Thursday, July 29, 2019. The US National Hurricane Center says Dorian could hit the coast of Florida this weekend as a major hurricane. (AP Photo / Marcus Lim)
Buyers are preparing for Hurricane Dorian at Home Depot on Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson)
On the empty shelves Costco is marked with a sign indicating that the retailer is currently empty of water before Hurricane Dorian on Thursday August 29, 2019 in Davie, Florida. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson)
On the left, National Hurricane Center director Ken Graham watches Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talk about Tropical Storm Dorian in front of the National Hurricane Center on Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Miami. (AP Photo / Lynne Sladky)
This GOES-16 satellite image taken on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 14:20 UTC and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Dorian, right, moving over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The US National Hurricane Center said Dorian would become a potentially devastating Category 3 hurricane before hitting the American continent late Sunday or early Monday between somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia. (NOAA via AP)
Customers wait in long queues at Costco on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Davie, Florida, while they're catering before Hurricane Dorian. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – AUGUST 30: People walk toward their boat through a flooded parking lot at the Haulover Marine Center before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian on August 30, 2019 in Miami Beach, Florida. The rising tide was at the origin of the high tide, which could cause additional problems, as Hurricane Dorian arrives in the region in the form of a possible Category 4 storm along the coast of Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Miami Beach, Florida – August 30: Weston Rice passes through a flooded parking lot as he prepares to throw his jet ski into the water at the Haulover Marine Center before the arrival of the boat. Hurricane Dorian on August 30, 2019 in Miami Beach, Florida. The rising tide was at the origin of the high tide, which could cause additional problems, as Hurricane Dorian arrives in the region in the form of a possible Category 4 storm along the coast of Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
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The White House has not made any immediate comment on how the president would spend his time at the golf club.
Trump must return to Camp David later on Saturday for a hurricane briefing.
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