Trump says he will ignore judge's order blocking golf course takeover, will appeal

Publication date: 2026-10-27

Trump Vows to Ignore Judge's Order on Golf Course Takeover

President Trump loudly announced his plans to ignore and appeal a judge's order blocking his planned takeover of a public golf course in Washington, D.C., calling the decision "time-consuming, unnecessary, expensive, and unconstitutional."

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes extended the order barring the Trump administration and the National Parks Service from cutting down more trees at the golf course while the lawsuit remains active. The order also requires the administration to give 10 days' notice before making any "irreparable modification" to any "forms or features" on the property.

This got Trump ranting and raving on Truth Social late Monday night.

"JUDGE ASKS FOR NOTIFICATION AS PUBLIC GOLF COURSE PROJECT, IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS BUILT. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO APPEAL THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL REQUEST," he wrote. "We believe this Project is totally 'as of right,' and that the judge does not have the Constitutional Right to 'ask for or receive notices,' which are time-consuming, unnecessary, expensive, and unconstitutional. We will immediately appeal this decision."

He went on to claim he must ignore the court ruling due to "wayward" balls on the golf course.

"To have to give advanced notices to a judge who has no expertise in Golf, Architecture, Landscaping, Construction, or anything else having to do with building such a World Class Project, is not fair, appropriate, or Constitutional," he continued. "In its current form, the Course is extremely dangerous to play, in that the narrow and nondescript fairways are far too close together, leading to a constant barrage of people being hit with wayward shots, and the echoing throughout the air of the word, 'FORE!' The judge has absolutely no right to hold up this very important and beautiful Project."

This latest crashout comes just over a week after Trump called Reyes a "crazed lunatic" after she lambasted the Trump administration for giving her last-minute notice that it would start cutting down trees in the park. When Justice Department attorney Marissa Piropato argued the government's actions over the weekend were "not a renovation," Reyes called her excuse "preposterous," "doublespeak," and "completely beyond the pale."

While East Potomac Golf Links was already slated for renovations, Trump's federal takeover of the project—which aims to turn the once beautiful and accessible course into a massive property to host championship golf tournaments—has been a complete legal mess.

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Donald Trump Jr. Went on Hunting Trip With Russian Oligarch

Donald Trump Jr. went on a remote hunting trip in Mongolia with Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

President Donald Trump's oldest son spent two days traveling with Kremlev in August. A guide told the outlet that during the trip, Trump Jr. killed one Altai argali, an endangered sheep valued for its large horns. News of the hunting trip follows a bombshell report that Kremlev dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on Trump Jr.'s wedding in May.

Kremlev is president of the International Boxing Association, which is financed by Gazprom, a Russian state-owned energy company. Kremlev has extensive ties to Putin: The Russian president has positioned Kremlev as a central figure in the sports betting industry and chosen one of his companies to run the national lottery. In 2023, Putin nationalized Russia's largest car dealership company—and Kremlev promptly became its owner. Kremlev is also involved in a sports education organization called Healthy Fatherland, which has been sanctioned by Ukraine for allegedly abducting and relocating Ukrainian children.

After the trip concluded, Trump attended dinner with Mongolia's President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. A government spokesperson posted on social media that the two had discussed relations between the United States and Mongolia, as well as potential business opportunities. The post was removed soon after, and Trump's spokesperson claimed it was an informal meeting where they discussed the outdoors. Khürelsükh's spokesperson said, "They did not discuss politics or official visits."

Trump's spokesperson separately stated that the first son has "a personal friendship, not a business relationship," with Kremlev. But intelligence experts warned the Financial Times that the relationship still posed a major risk.

"It really doesn't matter if people have the most above board intentions," Holden Triplett, who served as counter-intelligence director on the National Security Council during Donald Trump's first administration, told the outlet. "The moment the Russian security and intelligence services figure out someone has a relationship with anyone of high value, they will try to weaponize that."

Read more about Trump's ties to Kremlev: Republican Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls for Probe Into Trump Jr.

DOJ Charges James Comey for a Third Time

The Trump administration has just charged James Comey for a third time.

The Department of Justice alleged that the former FBI director leaked national defense information 10 years ago, according to court filings made public Monday. The DOJ claims that Comey was the source of national security information that ended up in a 2016 New York Times report.

Prosecutors filed a "waiverless criminal information" in Washington, D.C., federal court, allowing them to bring charges without an indictment and extend the 10-year statute of limitations to get one. Comey vowed to fight any charges in a video he posted Monday.

"It would almost be funny if it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to. Nothing's changed with me, I'm still innocent, I'm still not afraid of these people, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary," Comey said, adding that prosecutors waited too long to bring the charges.

President Donald Trump still holds a grudge against Comey over the FBI's investigation into ties between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. He fired Comey in 2017, and in Trump's second term, the DOJ tried to indict the former director for allegedly lying in a 2020 congressional hearing, only for that case to fall apart because the prosecutor was improperly appointed.

Later, federal prosecutors charged Comey for somehow trying to threaten the president's life with a social media post of seashells on a beach spelling out "86 47." The government argued that Comey used "86," a slang term meaning "get rid of," to say "kill" and used "47" to mean Trump, the forty-seventh president of the U.S. That case remains pending.

The new charges came just hours after a judge ruled that Comey's daughter Maurene, the former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was wrongfully terminated in July 2025, and ordered the DOJ to reinstate her with back pay. No reason was given for her dismissal, although her last name may have been a factor.

Read about the Comey family: Judge Hands Trump Massive Loss Over James Comey's Daughter

Ramaswamy Struggles to Book Venues Amid Backlash Over Attack Ad

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is struggling to book venues in his home state just days before the midterms, amid growing backlash to his unreasonably cruel attack ad against Democratic opponent Amy Acton.

Two Ohio restaurants—Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen and The Old Dog Ale House & Brewery—have canceled events with the Ohio Republican Party featuring Ramaswamy after he released and then doubled down on his advert featuring Acton's mother, Donna Arthur. An event the party was supposed to host on Tuesday now lists "to be announced" as the location.

The ad features Arthur accusing her daughter of lying about how she was raised. But Arthur lost custody of Acton after her husband, Cledith "Bud" Arthur, was arrested for raping Acton when she was just 12 years old. Bud skipped bail and left town with Acton's mother, who stayed married to him until his death. Now she is being platformed by Ramaswamy, calling her daughter who survived years of sexual abuse a liar on camera.

That cruelty is negatively impacting Ramaswamy's campaign. An anonymous Ohio Republican even told Zeteo that they were "getting calls that people don't want him there." Other venues that hosted Ramaswamy over the weekend have been flooded by one-star reviews on Google.

Aside from the restaurants, Ramaswamy has been rebuked by every living governor of Ohio, Democrat and Republican, for the ad—which has continued to run. Former Republican Governor Mike DeWine said that it was "wrong" to run the ad last week and urged the Ramaswamy campaign to take it down.

Even still, Ramaswamy, President Trump, and Vice President JD Vance have continued to defend the decision to run the ad, while Acton's brother Philip Stearns lambasted the campaign last week.

"It's not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at twelve years old from our birth mother's husband into a political talking point," Stearns said. "After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy's rapist until he died. This desperate, disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core—a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants."

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Cleveland Plain Dealer Breaks Policy to Endorse Acton

Vivek Ramaswamy's dirty political schemes are making history.

The Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee's boorish ad campaign against Democratic candidate Dr. Amy Acton has inspired one of Ohio's oldest newspapers, Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, to break company policy in Acton's favor.

The paper had stated a few months ago it would not make political endorsements, including in the governor's race. But on Sunday, its editorial board published a [statement](https://www.cleveland.com/open/2026/10/we-c...

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