Perhaps it was appropriate that, a day after President Trump announced his extraordinary tariff revolution, LIV Golf enthusiastically greeted him to this Doral resort that he owns and that, this weekend, will host the latest $25 million event.
Trump landed in his Marine One helicopter on a helipad by the ninth fairway on Thursday evening and the mood in the air was palpably that of belligerence as significant figures on the breakaway league extolled their own idea of isolationism and going it on their own.
If this is the week for the big statement, then LIV Golf is determined to prove that it has the potential to be an historic triumph if and when the mooted deal with the PGA Tour is finally called off.