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highplainsdem

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3. It isn't a puff piece. It's very clear in explaining that Trump will be destroying a public park with

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:56 PM

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multiple uses, that a champoinship golf course would be threatened by flooding, and that the peninsula the park is on isn't large enough for the grandstands and other structures a championship requires anyway.

The article makes it clear just how bad Trump's plans are, and how his plans are being challenged in court, and how Burgum apparently lied when he gave a very different picture of Trump's plans in May.

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Photos from Trump's golf course tour reveal extensive overhaul of East Potomac [View all] highplainsdem 9 hrs ago OP

And yet another WaPo pro-TACO puff piece. I am glad if it's a real improvement to the course. marble falls 9 hrs ago #1

It isn't a puff piece. It's very clear in explaining that Trump will be destroying a public park with highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #3

Can this be stopped before he starts chopping down trees, or building another ballroom, Bayard 8 hrs ago #2

It's already being challenged in court. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #4

He is going to do it anyway hookaleft 8 hrs ago #6

He thinks he's only president of old retired people who play golf and watch Fox. Initech 8 hrs ago #5

And he wants what he'll treat as his own private golf course just minutes from the White House, so he highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #7

Future 4th Wife LessAspin 8 hrs ago #8

Eeeeeeuw! calimary 7 hrs ago #9

A braying, fucking donkey Aviation Pro 7 hrs ago #10

"tRump spent more than 90 minutes walking..." Jerry2144 7 hrs ago #11

He walked? Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #12

Oh! I missed the part about the cherry trees! Yes I think many were a gift from Japan.... electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #15

Thanks goodness there's nothing more important going on, so he can spend all his time redecorating ! eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #13

Sucking the money out of our struggling national parks for his sickening pet projects! SunSeeker 6 hrs ago #14