East Potomac Golf, Trump
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The president rolled out a new name for the “broken and dilapidated” golf course after a federal judge took on his administration’s plans to renovate it.
Trump said he has plans to turn a 106-year-old public golf course in Washington DC into a tournament-capable golf course for pros, but local golfers are not happy.
A federal judge has ordered tree cutting halted at the city course as she considers a lawsuit over the legality of the administration’s plans.
Trump’s updated golf course plans appear to extend it further onto public parkland, amid an ongoing legal fight.
In a Truth Social tirade posted just after 6 a.m. ET on Monday, the 80-year-old accused U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, who was nominated to the bench by former President Joe Biden, of being a “crazed lunatic” and possibly “insane” for ordering that construction work on the East Potomac golf course be paused.
The government's tree removal justification centers on a 2019 landscape report.
The president said the government did not need court approval to start work on the public golf course, despite a legal challenge.
The judge said the administration’s argument that the downing of hundreds of trees at the golf course was unrelated to Trump’s renovation plan wasn’t credible.