"The most intense focus of Trump and the Interior Department seems to be East Potomac Golf Links, the famed course located just south of the White House along the river itself, with each hole offering direct sightlines to the Washington Monument. The 36-hole facility is the closest golf course in terms of proximity to the White House, so it's only natural Trump would assume this means he should fully possess every aspect of it. Its signature course is the Blue Course,"
"In recent years, said course has suffered from drainage problems and has a seawall reportedly in need of extensive repair. These were presumably all items on the National Links Trust to-do list in what was supposed to be a half century contract ... which the Trump administration is now claiming must be addressed by "the end of the month" in order to ward off seizure."
"The National Links Trust seems to have known for a while that Trump has been predatorily eyeing the courses. In what is easily my favorite detail of this story, the organization apparently presented the administration with a proposal recently in which they extremely clearly and pathetically attempted to tee up a grand groveling operation to the President, involving all his favorite things, from a dumb title to the idea of putting Trump on a board alongside prominent golf celebrities."
The Trump administration and Interior Department are concentrating efforts on East Potomac Golf Links, a 36-hole facility immediately south of the White House with sightlines to the Washington Monument. The Blue Course, the signature course, dates to 1918 and now faces drainage problems and a seawall reportedly in need of extensive repair. Those issues were on the National Links Trust's to-do list under a long-term contract, but the administration is demanding fixes "by the end of the month" to ward off seizure. The aggressive timeline could provoke operational failure and enable government access to prized Potomac real estate. The Trust reportedly offered a self-effacing "Make DC Golf Great Again" proposal courting the President's personal interests.
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