January 23, 2026

National Treasure: The White House's Dirty Takeover of Public Golf Courses

Golf can be for the people. But politics has come to the tee-boxes of D.C., as Trump literally takes a dump on public courses, with a gilded mission to re-shape the people's fairway — and a historically Black home of the sport — in his own image. Garrett Morrison of Fried Egg Golf explains the rubber-stamp meetings, pimp-my-ride addendums and bros in the ear of a president chasing faux-luxury waterfalls, A.I. logos and... asbestos?

• Read more at Fried Egg Golf: "The National Links Trust's Battle with the Trump Administration, Explained"

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• Previously on PTFO: Why Golf Yalta Explains Donald Trump

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