{"id":358058,"date":"2026-07-03T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-to-renovate-dangerous-dc-public-golf-course-ex-manager-calls-claims-ridiculous\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:22","slug":"trump-to-renovate-dangerous-dc-public-golf-course-ex-manager-calls-claims-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-to-renovate-dangerous-dc-public-golf-course-ex-manager-calls-claims-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to renovate \u2018dangerous\u2019 DC public golf course. Ex-manager calls claims \u2018ridiculous\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/a7AdONyjLW8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump to renovate \u2018dangerous\u2019 DC public golf course. Ex-manager calls claims \u2018ridiculous\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7AdONyjLW8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration terminated nonprofit National Links Trust\u2019s management of three public Washington, DC, golf courses, at the end of 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Now President Trump is saying he is shutting down the East Potomac public golf course to transform it into a venue that can host professional golf tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Manu Raju profiles the course and discusses the tradeoffs involved with Trump\u2019s plans with his Inside Politics panel. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 President Trump tours East Potomac Park golf course, promises renovation<br \/>\n0:57 Why is the President so obsessed?<br \/>\n2:53 National Links Trust co-founder on East Potomac course&#8217;s suitability for PGA events<br \/>\n4:40 Manu Raju plays East Potomac course<br \/>\n7:25 &quot;I think that is totally ridiculous&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #Golf #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration terminated nonprofit National Links Trust\u2019s management of three public Washington, DC, golf courses, at the end of 2025. Now President Trump is saying he is shutting down the East Potomac public golf course to transform it into a venue that can host professional golf tournaments. CNN\u2019s Manu Raju profiles the course and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-358058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump to renovate \u2018dangerous\u2019 DC public golf course. Ex-manager calls claims \u2018ridiculous\u2019 | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Trump to renovate \u2018dangerous\u2019 DC public golf course. 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