Overview
- The formal default notice sets an end-of-month cure deadline and could return Rock Creek, Langston and East Potomac to federal control.
- The White House is preparing for a government-led redevelopment, signaling a possible shift away from the current operator.
- President Trump has floated a new East Potomac course designed by Tom Fazio and labeled Washington National Golf Course, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- National Links Trust disputes it is in breach, citing years of permitting work since the 2020 lease and ongoing renovations including a multiyear Rock Creek project.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called the facilities “in total disrepair,” as trucks move soil from the White House East Wing demolition to East Potomac to help raise the site above the floodplain.