Trump Scraps Lease For DC Golf Courses in Bid to Take Control
Mike McCartin, one of the co-founders of National Links Trust, plays at Rock Creek Park golf course in Washington.
Photographer: Barry Svrluga/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has terminated a contract to run a trio of public golf courses in Washington, DC, setting the stage for the president to overhaul their operation as he moves to put his stamp on the nation’s capital.
The National Links Trust, the nonprofit that runs the courses, said a 50-year lease signed in 2020 was ended. The trust said, in a written statement, that it is devastated by the decision and will halt work on its renovation of the Rock Creek Park course. The statement said the nonprofit is holding out hope that they can reach a new arrangement going forward.