Immediately before the court battle, Donald Trump publishes new plans for his golf course

One day before a new court hearing in the dispute over a golf course in the US capital Washington, President Donald Trump presented his plans for a redesign. On Sunday he published a visualization on the online service Truth Social that shows far-reaching changes to the current design of the East Potomac golf course.

Among other things, the planned 18-hole course on an island on the Potomac River will obviously no longer be surrounded by paths in the future. So far, cyclists and anglers have often been found around the facility. The golf course, which has been in operation for more than a century, is “old, broken, dilapidated,” Trump wrote. There are “falling, dangerous and disease-infested trees” on the site. The wall on the banks of the Potomac is collapsing and is “dangerous.”

According to Trump, work on the new project is scheduled to begin on November 15 and last 15 months. Once the work is completed, the golf course will be designed in such a way that internationally important tournaments can be hosted there, Trump wrote.

At the beginning of last week, US federal judge Ana Reyes thwarted Trump's plans for a redesign and banned further deforestation on the site after the felling of hundreds of trees. This order is valid until Monday next week. Reyes accused the US government of informing about the plans just a day before the fellings. She ordered that Trump's administration must provide three business days' notice of any further "irremediable changes" to the East Potomac Golf Course. Environmentalists raised the alarm after around 500 trees were felled on the site.

A new hearing is scheduled for this Monday. According to Reyes, representatives from the US Department of the Interior will comment on the case. The ministry is responsible for the site and is carrying out the planned renovation of the historic, public facility. Trump's administration has accused Reyes of "hostility" toward the administration and demanded her resignation.

Trump is a passionate golfer. Since returning to the White House in January 2025, the former real estate developer has already launched several construction and renovation projects to leave his mark on Washington. According to his own statements, he wants to help the capital, which was neglected by his predecessors, regain its splendor.