Trump announces plans to renovate D.C. golf course amid legal battle

President Donald Trump said on Truth Social Sunday that his administration has a design to rebuild East Potomac Golf Links in Washington as a public championship course, with work starting Nov. 15 and lasting about 15 months. He said the Interior Department developed the plan with course architect Tom Fazio, and that the finished layout could host events such as the U. S. Open and the Ryder Cup. He described the existing course as old and dilapidated, according to NBC News.

The announcement lands in the middle of a lawsuit brought by a preservation group and two D. C. residents. Federal Judge Ana Reyes responded by ordering the government to say whether it will keep insisting that no final agency action exists. Justice Department attorneys had previously characterized the championship idea as hypothetical, and National Park Service officials told Reyes days earlier that, apart from posts by Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, they had seen no formal proposal.

Reyes had already barred further tree removal through Oct. 26 after hundreds of trees were felled, saying she was furious.

Summarized by PolitiKool from NBC News’s reporting. Read the full story at NBC News →