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Trump golf course could cost up to $49 million, documents show
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Key Points:
- President Donald Trump’s plan to build an 18-hole championship golf course in East Potomac Park, Washington, DC, is estimated to cost between $20 million and $49 million, according to a National Park Service document reviewed by CNN.
- The National Park Service plans to start soliciting bids for the project in January 2027, while the Department of Interior has awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. for e-design services.
- Trump, who proposed the project in May, has criticized the current course as “dilapidated” and vowed to create one of the world’s greatest golf courses that remains open to the public, despite ongoing legal challenges and public backlash.
- Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Jared Huffman, have expressed concern over the project’s transparency and requested detailed documents from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum by September 30.
- Bulldozers have recently been seen on the golf course grounds amid lawsuits aiming to halt the project, though the Interior Department claims the work is routine maintenance.
