East Potomac Park Golf Course

We're quite fortunate in a state, aren't we, where the, one of the biggest issues that we've got to complain about or, uh, discuss, I should say, is, um, tree lopping in the pa- in the Adelaide Parklands.

Um, there's a, a East Potomac Golf Course in, uh, Washington DC, uh, where they've been busily lopping trees.

Uh, we could be living in Trump land.

[laughs] Oh, please.

We're quite fortunate in a state, aren't we, where the, one of the biggest issues that we've got to complain about or, uh, discuss, I should say, is, um, tree lopping in the Pa- in the Adelaide Parklands.

Um, there's a, a East Potomac Golf Course in, uh, Washington, DC, uh, where they've been busily lopping trees.

Uh, we could be living in Trump land.

[laughs] Oh, please.

So over the weekend, park staff just cut down hundreds of trees at the...

You probably know it, Michelle, living in, in DC, at the East Potomac Golf Course, uh, that he says he's gonna, only he alone can fix.

With, with Tom Fazio-

Yeah.

US District Judge Ana Reyes wrote in part, quote, "The court concludes on this limited record that government officials raced to undertake the tree management plan because President Trump demands haste on his redesign, and not because of some newfound zeal to implement a small part of a seven-year-old report." Yikes.

The judge's opinion reinforced the restraining order she issued on Tuesday, barring the government from removing any more trees at the East Potomac Golf Links through October 26th.

The government says the tree-cutting stems from a 2019 cultural landscape report that recommended thinning vegetation and restoring the course's historic links-style character, and not Trump's plans to remake it into a championship level course.

The construction around the capital continues.

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A federal judge has ordered a halt to tree cutting at Washington's historic East Potomac Golf Course until October 26th, escalating a legal dispute over plans to renovate the public property.

Judge Ana Reyes said the government must give the court and plaintiffs advance written notice before making further major changes to the course.

The order follows the removal of hundreds of trees and a dispute over whether officials gave sufficient notice before proceeding with the work.

Let's keep moving on.

Judge demands that President Trump and administration, um, stop by the East Potomac Golf Course tree removal.

What's going on with President Trump?

Well, in his effort to, uh, you know, redesign and, uh, do a makeover in, uh, in DC, um, he's, he wants to redesign the East Potomac Golf Course.

This is a old famous municipal golf course.

Um, but, you know, like people do, you-- there might be some criticisms of this course, or maybe it could be redesigned or, uh, you know, done in some different ways.

Let's keep moving on.

Judge demands that President Trump and administration, um, stop by the East Potomac Golf Course tree removal.

What's going on with President Trump?

Well, in his effort to, uh, you know, redesign and, uh, do a makeover in, uh, in DC, um, he's, he wants to redesign the East Potomac Golf Course.

This is a old famous municipal golf course.

Um, but, you know, like people do, you-- there might be some criticisms of this course, or maybe it could be redesigned or, uh, you know, done in some different ways.

Mature, healthy trees.

In violation of court instructions from the, uh, c- cutting those trees down at the East Potomac Golf Course in DC.

If you think that was an atrocity, wait until you see what may begin to happen at any minute now on tribal lands in Arizona's Sonoran Desert in the administration's insane drive to build border fencing anywhere and everywhere, even where none is actually needed.

A guest will be joining us momentarily to discuss that and the destruction in Big Bend National Park to also make way for another wholly unnecessary border wall through those pristine lands where the government is supposed to be protecting, not destroying them.