Judge cites Trump pressure in rush to remove trees at DC golf course
A judge in Washington criticized the Interior Department for cutting down hundreds of trees at East Potomac Golf Links to expedite a course redesign under President Trump’s instructions, contradicting the department’s own justification. the Interior Department and National Park Service claimed that over 400 trees were removed based on a 2019 Cultural Landscape Report, which indicated that the trees had altered the original link-style character of the course to resemble a parkland. The article also includes promotional content encouraging subscriptions to the Washington Examiner for full news access.
A federal judge in Washington argued that the Interior Department chopped down hundreds of trees at the East Potomac Golf Links in an effort to move quickly on President Donald Trump’s vision for a course redesign, countering the agency’s own reasoning for the removal.
The Interior Department and National Park Service have maintained that they removed more than 400 trees from the golf course in an effort to implement recommendations from a 2019 Cultural Landscape Report, which found that the growth of additional trees on the property has “altered the feeling of the course” to a parkland-style golf course, when it was originally intended as a links-style course.
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