Trump plans to redesign D.C.’s public golf course on top of East Wing rubble
The remains of the East Wing of the White House could one day be buried under a golf course designed by the president who ordered its demolition in the first place. As President Donald Trump seeks ...
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The remains of the East Wing of the White House could one day be buried under a golf course designed by the president who ordered its demolition in the first place. As President Donald Trump seeks to physically remake the U.S. capital city to an extent never before seen in the modern presidency, the rubble from the construction site of one of his most visible projects has been trucked to the site of one of the least: a public golf course that sits on a stretch of land in the middle of the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The East Potomac Park Golf Links at Hains Point, currently open to the public, is one of three Washington, D.C., golf courses overseen by the National Park Service that Trump hopes to remodel. But in the meantime, it’s become a dumping ground: Construction workers have been disposing of dirt and rubble from the demolished East Wing there since Trump ordered its teardown last fall. The debris can then be used to fill in the golf course above t