The President says redevelopment will begin immediately at the historic public course, where a judge has temporarily halted tree removal.

One of the tensest showdowns between the Trump administration and the federal bench in Washington, DC, came to a head on Monday in a marathon court hearing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul a public golf course that has been the subject of months of litigation.

A rather prosaic golf course tucked in a corner of the National Mall has become the center of Washington politics as President Trump pushes for a "world-class" makeover and derided the judge