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Washington D.C. judge grills government lawyers after Trump says East Potomac golf course work starts immediately
NPR: Trump said Monday morning that work on the East Potomac golf course would begin immediately, but government lawyers told a judge hours later there is no final plan; a D.C. preservation group has already sued.
Why it matters
The Trump administration's overhaul of Washington's municipal assets is heading for a direct clash with the federal courts. The hearing exposed a gap between the administration's public claims and its actual progress — and the legal fight could decide the fate of the East Potomac Golf Links and the surrounding public park.
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President Trump said Monday morning that work on the East Potomac golf course would begin immediately, NPR reported on Oct. 20 — but government lawyers told a judge hours later that there is no final plan.
On Sunday (Oct. 18), Trump announced on social media that the municipal golf course on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., would close next month for what he described as "restoration work," transforming the three-course complex into a single professional-caliber course, with construction set to begin Nov. 15. According to a rendering he shared, the new course would also eliminate a popular public park and multiuse road around the course, home to some of D.C.'s historic cherry trees.
A D.C. preservation group has previously sued over the renovation plan. The administration is already in hot water with a D.C. District Court judge over the removal of more than 500 trees from the course, which officials described at the time as maintenance rather than part of the renovation scheme. Trump insists his administration has "an absolute right" to renovate the course without approval.
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