唐纳德·特朗普总统周日表示，公共的东波托马克高尔夫球场的工程将于9月1日开始，尽管联邦法官的警告如果行政部门在没有得到批准和事先通知法院的情况下就开始进行重大工程，就会产生“严重后果”。
在一个下雨的周日早上，特朗普参观了他已经委托或计划进行的一些项目。
总统的车队经过白宫附近的拉斐特公园，并绕过阿灵顿国家公墓前的纪念圈，他计划在那里建造自己的墓地250英尺高的凯旋门，和肯尼迪中心，他把他的名字之前法官下令移除.
特朗普声称，他正在推进东波托马克公园的翻新工程，此前非营利组织国家链接信托基金就其在华盛顿公共高尔夫球场的租约提起诉讼。美国政府于去年12月终止了与国家林克斯信托公司(National Links Trust)的协议，称其没有履行维护球场的协议，国家林克斯信托公司对此提出了质疑。
今年5月达成了一项协议，允许该非营利组织随着特朗普的翻新计划的进展继续运营球场。
华盛顿保护联盟的律师警告说，东波托马克的财产将被特朗普政府“夷为平地”，任何人都无法阻止它，理由是快速拆除白宫东翼.
一名联邦法官警告政府，在获得适当的批准并首先通知她之前，不要在东波托马克进行翻新。
美国地区法官安娜·雷耶斯说:“我要再说一次，我不希望出现这样的情况，即有些事情已经发生，然后政府或基金会或推土机公司告诉我，为时已晚，无法采取任何行动。”“如果发生任何类似的事情...会有严重的后果。”
特朗普承诺，该球场将通过公私合作进行翻新和重新设计，将成为该网站上“世界上最伟大的高尔夫球场之一”，并表示将向公众开放。
特朗普表示，这项工作将由内政部负责，高尔夫球场建筑师汤姆·法齐奥(Tom Fazio)负责监督该项目。
他说，新球场将“按照高尔夫的最高标准进行设计，但也要让公众喜欢”，完工后，球场将能够举办大型高尔夫锦标赛，如美国公开赛、莱德杯、PGA锦标赛和其他顶级PGA巡回赛。
特朗普周日加入了内政部长道格·伯根姆、法齐奥和建筑师的儿子加文·法齐奥的课程。
特朗普表示，他此行是为了“研究被称为东波托马克高尔夫球场的破旧、破旧、非常危险和过时的高尔夫球场。”他在自己的社交媒体平台上表示，“在这片神奇的土地上，有水和无与伦比的华盛顿纪念碑景观，我们将建造世界上最伟大的高尔夫球场之一，重要的是，它也将向公众开放。"
特朗普还提供了耗资1600万美元对林肯纪念堂倒影池进行大修的最新情况，称它现在已经“全面使用”，但将再次接受治疗在7月4日之后保持“完美的状态”,并在没有提供证据的情况下反复声称，游泳池中爆发的藻类大量繁殖以及新使用的衬垫似乎从底部剥落是由破坏者造成的。
特朗普写道:“在遭受犯罪、激进的左翼破坏者的巨大破坏后，反思池现在得到了充分利用。”
“就在7月4日之后，当我们将排水来处理这些“动物”造成的损害时，它将再次处于完美的状态。与此同时，它运行良好，非法制造的藻类已经消失，被破坏的草很快就会被取代，”他补充说。
Trump says work will begin on DC golf course despite judge's warning
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that work will begin Sept. 1 on the public East Potomac Golf Course despite afederal judge's warningof "serious consequences" if the administration begins major work without getting approval and notifying the court in advance.
Trump took a tour of some of the projects he has commissioned or plans to on a rainy Sunday morning.
The president's motorcade swung by Lafayette Park near the White House and around Memorial Circle in front of Arlington National Cemetery, where he plans to build his250-foot-high triumphal arch, and by the Kennedy Center, to which he had added his name before ajudge ordered it removed.
Trump's claim that he's moving forward with the renovations to East Potomac Park follow a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit National Links Trust regarding its lease on D.C. public golf courses. The administration terminated its agreement with National Links Trust in December, saying it hadn't lived up to its agreement on maintenance of the courses, which the National Links Trust disputes.
An agreement was reached in May that allows the nonprofit to continue operating the course as Trump's renovation plans progress.
Lawyers for the D.C. Preservation League warned that the East Potomac property would be "razed" by the Trump administration before anyone could stop it, citing the rapid demolition of theWhite House's East Wing.
A federal judge warned the administration that it was not to proceed with renovations on East Potomac before getting proper approvals and notifying her first.
"I'm going to say this one more time, and I do not want a situation where something has happened and then I'm being told by the government or by a foundation or by a bulldozing company that it's too late to do anything about it," U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said. "If anything like that happens ... there are going to be serious consequences."
Trump promises the course, which he said will be renovated and redesigned through a public-private partnership, will be "one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World" on the site and said it will be open to the public.
Trump said the work on the will be built through the Department of the Interior with golf course architect Tom Fazio overseeing the project.
He said the new course will be "designed to the Highest Standards of Golf, but also in such a way that the General Public will love it" and that when it's completed, the course will have be able to host major golf tournaments like the U.S. Open, the Ryder Cup, the PGA Championship and other top PGA Tour events.
Trump was joined at the course on Sunday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Fazio and the architect's son Gavin Fazio.
Trump said his trip was for "studying the dilapidated, worn out, and very dangerous and outdated Golf Course known as East Potomac Golf Links." He said on his social media platform "on this fantastic site, with water and unparalleled views of D.C.'s Monuments, we will build one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World which, importantly, will also be made available to the Public."
Trump also provided an update on the $16 million overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying it's now in "full use" butwill be treated againto be in "perfect shape" after July 4, and repeated claims, without providing evidence, that the algae blooms that erupted in the pool and a newly applied liner that appears to be peeling away from the bottom, was caused by vandals.
"The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country," Trump wrote.
"Right after July 4th, when we will drain the water to treat the damage caused by these "animals," it will again be in perfect shape. In the meantime, it is working well, the criminally made algae is gone, and the grass, which was destroyed, is being replaced shortly," he added.
