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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,896 posts) Sun May 3, 2026, 02:10 PM Yesterday

Trump Seizes D.C.'s Busiest Golf Course for His Latest Tacky Makeover

President Donald Trump is ready to take on his next renovation.

The president is shutting down the busiest public golf course in Washington, D.C. on Sunday so that he can rip it up and turn it into what he envisions as another over-the-top homage to his own power.

The National Park Service will begin landscaping and clearing trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Monday, while the president develops a complete redesign, NOTUS reported.

“This news was a complete surprise to us,” a spokesman for The National Links Trust, the most recent leaseholder of the golf course, told NOTUS. “For the sake of our community and employees, we hope to have clarity as soon as possible. We remain committed to our mission, our community, and working to protect the public golf courses in Washington, D.C. for the benefit of the entire community.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-seizes-d-c-busiest-045729145.html

How is this shit even legal?

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Trump Seizes D.C.'s Busiest Golf Course for His Latest Tacky Makeover (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP

How can he do this? Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #1

Congress is supposed to govern DC... Wounded Bear Yesterday #2

He's going to trumpatize it mercuryblues Yesterday #3

They're saying one thing to the courts while doing the opposite. Eugene 12 hrs ago #4

Jilly_in_VA

(14,553 posts)

1. How can he do this?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 03:52 PM

Yesterday

It's a public golf course, FFS! Eminent domain?

Wounded Bear

(64,518 posts)

2. Congress is supposed to govern DC...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 04:01 PM

Yesterday

This is another overreach by the trump executive.

mercuryblues

(16,500 posts)

3. He's going to trumpatize it

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 04:45 PM

Yesterday

He needs to eat another big Mac with extra cheese

Eugene

(67,220 posts)

4. They're saying one thing to the courts while doing the opposite.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 09:47 AM

12 hrs ago

Preservation group asks judge to block reported Trump plan to renovate DC golf course (The Hill)

The DC Preservation League and two residents initially filed suit against the administration in February. The group’s latest filing asks U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, an appointee of former President Biden, to block the administration from dumping dirt, debris or refuse from the White House East Wing construction project at the course and from taking other steps to renovate it.

Construction crews have for months dumped debris from the East Wing demolition on East Potomac’s white course, with the orange pile sitting in the middle of the layout.

The Washington Post also reported Saturday that a top fundraiser for President Trump is seeking donations for a new nonprofit to fund the renovations at East Potomac, with renderings displaying a redesigned course.

“Despite attestations to the court, the Trump-Vance administration appears to be moving forward aggressively to shut down DC’s largest public golf course to explore another of the president’s pet projects to benefit himself,” Skye Perryman, the president and CEO of Democracy Forward, said in a Sunday release.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5861609-preservation-group-lawsuit-trump-east-potomac/

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