PGA Priorities
The president toured several of his renovation projects ahead of Independence Day, and is already planning his next money pit
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump has diverted a significant chunk of government resources toward the supposed beautification of the nation’s capital. He “fixed” fountains, gilded statues in his favorite shade of gold, and planned self-aggrandizing monuments. Now, with the semiquincentennial only a few days away, it’s clear the president’s year of lavish renovation was more about honoring his ego than honoring the nation. Case in point: his plan to renovate a local public golf course despite a pending federal lawsuit to block the project.
“I just returned from a tour of various Statues, Monuments, Fountains and, most importantly, an old and run down Golf Course located throughout Washington, D.C., our Nation’s Capital,” Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Social, announcing that he plans to break ground on the renovations on September 1.
The East Potomac Golf Links is a lovely course in need of some upgrades. To call it “dilapidated,” and “very dangerous,” as the president did in the lengthy post, is a wild exaggeration. Trump toured the property with Tom Fazio, the course architect he’s tapped for the project and whom he’s worked with in the past, Fazio’s son Gavin, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.
