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President Donald Trump railed against the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit challenging his plans to overhaul a public golf course in Washington, D.C. while remaining publicly silent on a historic nationwide air travel shutdown.
In a lengthy Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, Trump criticized U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes for blocking his administration from moving ahead quickly with a renovation of East Potomac Golf Links, a nearly 400-acre public park and course along the Potomac River that the president repeatedly referred to as “Trash Island.”
The president also posted dozens of unflattering photos of the park, which he also did a few weeks prior.
“Trash Island is currently the Worst Golf Course anywhere in the World, but the Department of the Interior is going to make it into the Best Golf Course anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote, claiming the layout was “very dangerous” because the fairways were too close together.
Trump’s focus on his capital building plans comes as he has yet to make a public statement regarding Friday’s nationwide Federal Aviation Administration ground stop — a rare telecommunications failure that halted all U.S. airport departures for more than four hours and led to over 9,000 flight cancellations.
