{"id":193,"date":"2026-06-29T21:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:10:40","slug":"trump-says-dept-of-interior-will-build-golf-course-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Dept. of Interior Will Build Golf Course in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tAhead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump<\/a> has diverted a significant chunk of government resources toward the supposed beautification<\/a> of the nation\u2019s capital. He \u201cfixed\u201d fountains,\u00a0 gilded statues in his favorite shade of gold, and planned self-aggrandizing monuments. Now, with the semiquincentennial only a few days away, it\u2019s clear the president\u2019s year of lavish renovation was more about honoring his ego than honoring the nation. Case in point: his plan to renovate a local public golf<\/a> course despite a pending federal lawsuit<\/a> to block the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just returned from a tour of various Statues, Monuments, Fountains and, most importantly, an old and run down Golf Course located throughout Washington<\/a>, D.C.<\/a>, our Nation\u2019s Capital,\u201d Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Socia<\/a>l, announcing that he plans to break ground on the renovations on September 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe East Potomac Golf Links is a lovely course in need of some upgrades. To call it \u201cdilapidated,\u201d and \u201cvery dangerous,\u201d as the president did in the lengthy post, is a wild exaggeration. Trump toured the property with Tom Fazio, the course architect he\u2019s tapped for the project and whom he\u2019s worked with in the past, Fazio\u2019s son Gavin, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe will build one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World which, importantly, will also be made available to the Public,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cWhen completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, much like his handling of the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the details remain murky. The most popular public course in the D.C. area is currently operated jointly by the National Links Trust, a nonprofit that builds and manages public golf courses across the country. The organization and federal government are currently disputing the Trump administration\u2019s unilateral termination<\/a> of long-term leases National Links Trust held on the three public courses of the region. The effective takeover disrupted an ongoing renovation process at Rock Creek Park Golf, and dismissed over $8 million already invested in improvements to the courses.\u00a0Trump announced that the overhaul of the course will be overseen by the Department of the Interior, of course with heavy input from himself. The proposed cost of the Potomac Links project remains a mystery<\/a>, but if Trump wants PGA tournament standard, one can expect a lot of zeroes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe president also used the post to complain at length about his most recent public works disaster: the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Trump repeated unfounded claims<\/a> that algae bloom and pool liner that had peeled up after a shoddy installation job had been caused by vandals. The president claimed the pool would be in the best condition of its existence by this weekend\u2019s July 4 celebrations, but a clean Reflecting Pool will likely do little to distract from how lame the festivities are shaping up to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tVirtually every major artist that was set to perform at the Freedom 250 \u201cGreat American State Fair\u201d has pulled out of the schedule<\/a> in order to avoid the political poison of the Trump administration. Ten states have declined to send delegations and exhibits to the exposition, which seems to be haphazardly constructed and is generating the same level of excitement as a high school science fair. Major attractions include a ferris wheel, a scale replica of Trump\u2019s planned \u201cArc de Triomphe\u201d (which looks like it was rendered on Roblox), and an above-ground swimming pool<\/a> where one can be baptized in front of an American and Israeli flag. The biggest news story to come of the event so far \u2014 besides the apparently dismal attendance and lackluster attractions \u2014 is a MAGA streamer who was charged with publicly masturbating<\/a> on the mall in front of a group of performers.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump tried to do some damage control on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cDo you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it,\u201d Trump raged Monday morning on Truth Social<\/a>. \u201cAsk yourself this simple question,\u2019DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?\u2019 THE ANSWER IS NO!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s your party, America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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