{"id":888314,"date":"2026-10-20T01:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888314\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:09","slug":"what-do-dc-golfers-think-about-trumps-plan-for-east-potomac-wtop-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888314\/","title":{"rendered":"What do DC golfers think about Trump\u2019s plan for East Potomac? \u2013 WTOP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                0:48How do golfers feel about changes at East Potomac Golf Links?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2026\/10\/judge-hears-testimony-in-legal-fight-over-trumps-golf-course-renovation-plans-at-east-potomac-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\"> said in a Truth Social post<\/a> on Sunday that the golf courses at D.C.\u2019s East Potomac Golf Links were \u201cterrible and very unsafe,\u201d but that\u2019s not how the golfers see it. Most said the course is in excellent condition and that National Links Trust is doing a great job with maintenance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One man who did not want to be identified told WTOP the park is looking better than it has in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also wants to demolish the existing golf courses and build one new, PGA Championship-level course. Some golfers there said they fear that this will raise costs and ruin the egalitarian atmosphere they cherish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/profile\/preferences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">\u00a9 2026 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"0:48How do golfers feel about changes at East Potomac Golf Links? President Donald Trump said in a Truth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-888314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}