WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump criticised a judge's ruling that a park in the heart of Washington must remain open to the public, after his administration sought to close it for a golf course renovation.
An avid golfer who owns courses around the world, Trump aims to turn Washington's East Potomac Golf Links, a public course with affordable rates, into a facility capable of hosting major championship-calibre events.
"Why would a judge want to delay taking a terrible and very unsafe golf course, one that is mocked all over DC (and far beyond!), instead of quickly turning it into a great and admired one?" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The US president added that his administration will appeal the "highly destructive and political decision of the judge."
