Trump says D.C. golf course construction will start next month

President Trump said Sunday that construction on a historic Washington, D.C., golf course will begin next month, despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation of the East Potomac Golf Links course."I am pleased to announce that the Department of the Interior, under the auspices of Secretary Doug Burgum, and in conjunction with famed Golf Course Architect, Tom Fazio, has developed a plan to build a World Class Championship Golf Course on the site of the current East Potomac Golf Links, located in Washington, D.C.," Mr. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.The president, who did not acknowledge the court challenge in his post, said that while the new golf course would remain open to the public, it would also be designed to host tournaments like the U.S.

Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup. He also billed it as a "tremendously positive" economic opportunity for D.C. that would "create many jobs."Mr. Trump described the current course as an "old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect … with falling, dangerous, and disease infested trees, and, importantly, a collapsing and hazardous seawall." He said the site "was famous for no trees" originally but has since become "overgrown, dysfunctional, and unsafe."Mr. Trump said construction will begin Nov. 15 on the course, which will be