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By Alice Gibbs
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President Donald Trump has hit back at the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit that is blocking his plans to renovate the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington D.C.
On Monday, federal Judge Ana Reyes agreed to extend an order blocking the administration's plans to renovate the site, including enacting a temporary injunction that bars the government from removing or damaging any additional trees at the site.
It also states that the administration must give 10 days' notice in writing before making any "irreparable modification" to any "forms or features" of the course while the lawsuit is active.
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But Trump hit back on Monday, saying that the judge does not have the constitutional right to "ask for or receive notices," and that the East Potomac Golf Course site will be closed as scheduled on November 15 for renovations.
"We believe this project is totally 'as of right,'" the president said in a post on Truth Social. He added that Reyes' request to receive notices before renovations take place "are time-consuming, unnecessary, expensive, and unconstitutional," and that the administration would "immediately appeal this decision."
East Potomac was already undergoing a long-planned historic rehabilitation as an affordable public golf facility when the Trump administration intervened in the arrangement in 2026. The administration is now pursuing a much larger Tom Fazio-designed championship course, setting up disputes over federal parkland, historic preservation, environmental review, cost, and public access.
Trump has maintained that renovations to the course are essential, saying on Monday: "in its current form, the course is extremely dangerous to play."
He claimed that "narrow and nondescript" fairways are too close together, leading to "a constant barrage of people being hit with wayward shots."
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