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. The $8.5 million in capital improvements the group says it has invested is more than what the Interior Department says it owes in rent. “We are fundamentally in disagreement with the administration’s characterization of NLT as being in default under the lease,” National Links Trust said in its statement. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementEast Potomac Golf Links on Hains Point has played a part in one renovation overseen by the president. It’s unclear whether Trump has ever golfed at any of the courses managed by National Links Trust.

Source: CNN January 01, 2026 13:04 UTC