A US judge recently refused to block Donald Trump’s plans for contentious renovations to a golf course in Washington, DC, making a comparison to a famous fictional bureaucrat.
“I don’t want to be the overseer … I’m no Amy Poehler,” District Judge Ana Reyes said, referring to the actress who played middle manager Leslie Knope on the hit sitcom Parks and Recreation.
But it is the President who appears on a mission to transform the local environment through a slew of building projects in and around the capital, recalling his pre-politics career as a New York City real estate developer.
Many of the planned developments have stirred local opposition, with critics noting a pattern of them featuring Trump’s name or likeness, fuelling allegations that they are vanity projects.
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