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

President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the administration has developed a plan to redevelop the East Potomac Golf Links course in Washington, D.C., which has been at the center of a legal battle over his renovation plans.

Trump said that the Interior Department worked with golf course architect Tom Fazio to develop “a plan to build a World Class Championship Golf Course on the site of the current East Potomac Golf Links, located in Washington, D.C.”

“When completed, it will be open to the Public while, at the same time, designed to the Highest Level of Golf and able to hold World Class Tournaments such as the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the Presidents Cup,” Trump said in the post.

He said that the renovations would begin on Nov. 15 and take about 15 months.

The proposed renovation, though, has already been challenged in court by a preservation group and two D.C. residents.

Following Trump’s Truth Social post, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered the administration to inform her whether they still plan to argue that there remains no “final agency action” and that Trump’s plan to rebuild the East…

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