Trump plan will destroy DC's 'oldest grove of cherry trees' for golf practice: report

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 8, 2026 · 3m

Trump’s Golf Course, and the Quiet Theft of Public LandThe Reported PlanThe Washington Post says Donald Trump’s East Potomac Golf Links redevelopment would erase Washington’s oldest grove of cherry trees, the last survivors of Japan’s 1910 gift, to make room for a practice facility. The plans shown in photos from Trump’s Sunday tour reportedly go far beyond what the government had said publicly, and the grove does not appear in the plans. A federal court hearing is set for Thursday.Who Actually Has PowerThis is not a mystery story. The institutional power sits with the president, the White…