US EditionTrump administration terminates nonprofit’s control over DC golf courses in possible takeover bid
Interior Department cites lease violations to end National Links Trust's management; nonprofit disputes claims and will keep courses open while halting renovations, reports say $8.5 million invested.
- The Trump administration terminated a 50-year lease with the National Links Trust for managing three public golf courses in Washington, D.C.
- Interior Department officials alleged the group failed to implement required capital improvements, a claim the nonprofit denies.
- The move potentially allows Trump, who owns golf courses worldwide, to influence the future management of the D.C. public courses.
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thesportsleader.comTrump administration ends golf lease in DC; is takeover next?
The Trump administration on Tuesday ended a lease agreement with a nonprofit to oversee a trio of public golf courses in Washington, D.C., potentially clearing the way for President Donald Trump to continue to remake the look of the nation's…
Donald Trump Ends 50-Year Golf Deal in D.C. Signaling Bigger Is Coming
For months, a quiet storm brewed over who should run Washington D.C.’s three municipal golf courses between the Donald Trump Administration and the National Links Trust, which signed a 50-year deal to oversee the courses. Now, Trump has finally dropped the hammer with a shocking and sudden legal move by officially ending that 50-year deal to manage this historic municipal golf landscape. This massive shift signals that a much bigger and bolder v…
Trump administration terminates nonprofit’s control over DC golf courses in possible takeover bid
The Trump administration is terminating a nonprofit’s management of three public Washington, DC, golf courses, in what may be the latest effort to put President Donald Trump’s stamp on local institutions.
Trump’s latest target in Washington? Public golf courses
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration this week canceled a lease held by the nonprofit National Links Trust to oversee three public golf courses in Washington, a fresh opportunity for the president to put his stamp on a part of city life. In a letter to NLT on Tuesday, Trump’s Interior Department said it was terminating the 50-year-lease the group received in 2020 to run the golf courses. The agenc…
National Park Service Terminates Leases on Public DC Golf Courses
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration this week terminated the leases of the public golf courses in the nation’s capital. East Potomac Golf Links, Rock Creek Park Golf, and Langston Golf Course were leased by the National Park Service to National Links Trust, a nonprofit. In a statement, National Links Trust said it is “devastated” by the end of the 50-year leases that were signed in 2020 and that it has “consistently complied with all lease oblig…
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