Trump administration terminates lease for Washington’s 3 public golf courses

Photo: The helipad at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, 60NJ. Also the 18th hole to the course – August 6, 2025. Photo credit: Szeremeta via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (resized). Article by Stephen Groves. AP News – December 31, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington, a move that offers President Donald Trump an additional opportunity to put his stamp on another piece of the nation’s capital. The National Links Trust, the nonprofit that has operated Washington’s three public courses on federal land for the last five years, said Wednesday that the Department of the Interior had terminated its 50-year lease agreement. The Interior Department said it was terminating the lease because the nonprofit had not implemented required capital improvements and failed to meet the terms of the lease. […]

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