WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: Golfers move along the fairway past the stump of one of the hundreds of trees that were taken down at the golf links at the federally-managed East Potomac Park on November 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump, who called the affordable public course "very dangerous, dilapidated, and unsightly," has wielded the power of his administration to order East Potomac Golf Links and the narrow peninsula it sits on between the Potomac River and Washington Channel, closed starting November 15. Despite an ongoing legal battle over the project, Trump intends to turn it into a championship-level course geared toward professionals, similar to others his family company owns and operates around the world. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)