Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting More Trees at DC Golf Course
The Facts
- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday barring the Trump administration from removing or damaging additional trees at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington and required 10 business days' notice before any irreparable change to the park.
- Trump called the ruling "unconstitutional" in a Truth Social post late Monday and said his administration would appeal. He also vowed that the course would still close Nov. 15, arguing the judge "has absolutely no right" to stop the project.
- U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes' 70-page opinion explained that Trump's previous social media posts on the matter conflicted with sworn government testimony and that she "rarely, if ever" had been asked by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to not believe the president.
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The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
A public park belongs to the public, not to a vanity golf project. Chopping down hundreds of trees before a court could weigh in shows why skepticism is warranted. Blowing past court orders and shading the truth in filings forfeit any presumption of good faith. Families squeezed by grocery and health care costs deserve better priorities from the president.
Pro-Trump narrative
Barring even the pruning of a single tree and demanding 24-hour notice for a safety hazard is micromanagement no federal judge has any business imposing. Maintaining a rundown public course sits squarely with the executive branch, not with a courtroom audit of social media posts. Reyes is yet another activist judge who was nominated by a Democrat and should be removed.
