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Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a post<\/a> on his Truth Social platform early Monday, President Donald Trump said the Interior Department has “an absolute right” to move forward with overhauling a public golf course in Washington, D.C., attacking the judge who is overseeing a legal challenge to the works.<\/p>\n “The United States Department of Interior wants to take a terrible and very unsafe golf course, and make it into a great, safe, and prestigious golf course. They have an absolute right to do so. It’s as simple as that,” he wrote.<\/p>\n “They do not need an approval. Work is scheduled to begin IMMEDIATELY!” he continued.<\/p>\n Trump also attacked Judge Ana Reyes, calling her a “crazed lunatic,” amid his administration’s efforts to disqualify her from the case.<\/p>\n In a Friday court filing<\/a>, the Justice Department said the judge’s “conduct rises to the level of deep-seated and unequivocal antipathy toward the Trump Administration,” citing an earlier tense hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Reyes has since refused to step aside, accusing the Trump administration of taking her words out of context.<\/p>\n “It is easy to weaponize selective quotations to bring a baseless recusal motion,” Reyes wrote<\/a>. “But it is much harder to meet the demanding legal standard against a full record. By any objective measure, the Government fails to meet the standard for recusal. And the Court does not, on its review, conclude it is mandatory.”<\/p>\n