The renovation, at the center of a lawsuit over environmental and historic preservation concerns, is one of the projects Donald Trump is ​pursuing to reshape landmarks in the US capital. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: A US judge extended on Monday a court order blocking President Donald Trump's plans to renovate a historic Washington golf course where she had deemed the removal of trees "inexcusable".

The renovation, at the center of a lawsuit over environmental and historic preservation concerns, is one of the projects Trump is ​pursuing to reshape landmarks in the US capital.

"The court still does not speak for the trees," US District Judge Ana Reyes said in her order filed in the district court for the District of Columbia, adding, "It speaks only for the rule of law."