Trump, an avid golfer who\u2019s been widely accused of cheating<\/a> at the game, said on social media last month that construction work will begin September 1 to turn the East Potomac Golf Links into \u201cone of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n But the popular 18-hole public course<\/a> sits on an artificial island that was created in the late 1800s and has since sunk at least five feet into the surrounding river, according to Mother Jones <\/a>magazine.<\/p>\n \u201cThe island is sinking,\u201d said Rebecca Miller of the non-profit DC Preservation League, which is suing to block the project. \u201cIt’s made of fill dirt, and the waters are rising.\u201d<\/p>\n Ed Stierli of the National Parks Conservation Association, a non-profit advocacy group, also told Mother Jones that when he saw the renderings of Trump’s plan, \u201cOne of the first questions I had was: Are they completely ignoring the landscape here?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, what\u2019s moving forward here is almost a replica of the type of thinking we\u2019re seeing with the Reflecting Pool: An administration ignoring climate, ignoring science, ignoring the Park Service\u2019s own plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s infamous $16 million renovation of the Reflecting Pool, which included coating its basin with \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d sealant, led to algae growth that turned its water bright green and peeling paint that federal prosecutors have acknowledged was the result of a \u201cbotched\u201d job by the contractor.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the National Park Service didn’t immediately return a Wednesday inquiry from The Independent, but the White House said Trump had \u201cbuilt some of the greatest golf courses in the world\u201d during his career as a developer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe President and his extraordinary team will redevelop this decrepit golf course in our nation\u2019s capital to restore its glamour and prestige,\u201d White House spokesman Taylor Rogers said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n The project is the latest in a string of efforts by Trump to remake Washington to his personal taste<\/a>.<\/p>\n They include demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for a massive, gilded ballroom and bunker, with toxic debris from the site dumped on the golf course grounds<\/a>, according to testing conducted for the National Park Service.<\/p>\n Trump also wants to build a 250-foot \u201ctriumphal arch\u201d near Arlington National Cemetery and a National Garden of Heroes with statues of 50 notable Americans.<\/p>\n In addition to the construction projects, Tuesday marked the first anniversary of Trump’s deployment of armed National Guard troops to Washington, which is costing taxpayers an estimated $3 million a day and will continue through Inauguration Day 2029, according to NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/US-President-Donald-Trump-plays-golf-at-Bedminster-before-the-LIV-Golf-Invitational.jpeg\")
President Donald Trump plans to renovate a Washington, DC, golf course on an artificial island that an executive at the DC Preservation League says is \u2018sinking\u2019 (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2282236911.jpg\")
A worker skims algae from the bright green water of in Washington\u2019s iconic Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (Getty)<\/p>\n