Courts · 10/13/2026
Tree Cutting Draws Judge’s Rebuke at Golf Course Trump Wants Remade
Trump wants to remake a Washington, D.C., golf course, but his administration’s tree cutting has drawn a federal judge’s anger.
Why it matters
The rebuke puts the administration’s tree cutting under judicial scrutiny at a golf course the president wants to remake.
- ★Trump wants to remake the Washington, D.C., golf course.
- ★His administration felled trees on the course.
- ★“I’m furious,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told a Justice Department lawyer.