Federal judge blocks Trump's renovations of DC golf course hours before its closure
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Saturday to delay closing a D.C.-area golf course amid President Donald Trump 's push to have the course renovated.
Key points
- Reyes, who has been overseeing combative litigation, said the Trump administration would not be responsible for operating the course while the case proceeded.
- Trump announced in May the course would undergo a "historic renovation" that would prepare it to host major professional golf events.
- District Judge Ana Reyes issued the two-week delay before the East Potomac Golf Links was due to close Sunday for 15 months.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The plaintiffs argue that Trump's plan would change the character of the accessible golf course and make it unaffordable, something the president denies.
The course sits on federally owned land at East Potomac Park and has been part of Washington's public golf scene for more than a century.
Additional details
- Her reluctance to issue orders ended in October, spurred in part by a tree-cutting spree by the administration over a holiday weekend with little notification to the judge or plaintiffs.
- Trump has dubbed the course "Trash Island," doing so as recently on Saturday in a Truth Social post in which he said it is the "worst" course in the world.
- In response, the judge confronted the administration over what she portrayed as deceitful actions over its intentions for the project.
- Trump said the conditions of the course are "very dangerous," adding pictures of what appears to be the course in poor shape.
- "Both points favor granting Plaintiffs’ motion for another temporary restraining order." The park’s redevelopment is one of multiple projects in the nation's capital that Trump has championed to remake the city.
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