The Trump administration on Tuesday terminated a lease agreement with a nonprofit organization to oversee three public golf courses in Washington, D.C., clearing the way for President Donald Trump to continue remaking the nation’s capital.
The lease, a 50-year agreement signed five years ago between the National Links Trust and the National Park Service, gives the trust responsibility for Rock Creek Park Golf, East Potomac Golf Links and Langston Golf Course. The lease was also intended to give the trust fund funding to make improvements to the courses.
The administration reportedly believes the improvements took too long and therefore the trust failed to honor the lease.
“The National Links Trust is devastated by the Trump administration’s decision to end our 50-year lease with the National Park Service,” the National Links Trust said in a statement. “Since taking over management of the Rock Creek, East Potomac and Langston courses five years ago, NLT has consistently complied with all lease obligations as we work to ensure the brightest possible future for public golf in Washington.”
The trust said it had invested more than $8.5 million in course-related projects, but those projects would now cease.
For its part, the Interior Department said in a statement: “The Trump Administration is proud to do the work for the American people and to partner with others who share the same goal. »
Trump, who owns more than a dozen golf courses around the world, has put his stamp on the Washington region since taking office in January. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was recently renamed The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts. Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a new ballroom, and he suggested that the new stadium planned for Washington’s commanders be named after him.
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