内政部长道格·伯格姆认为，对东波托马克公园及其所在的华盛顿特区公共高尔夫球场进行大规模翻新，是联邦政府的必要举措，因为特朗普总统重新开发该土地的计划正面临日益激烈的法律挑战。“全国有这样的例子，著名的高尔夫球场，高尔夫球手们会知道，”伯格姆周一在福克斯新闻节目中表示，他将总统的愿景与南加州托雷派因斯和长岛贝奇佩奇州立公园等大型锦标赛场馆进行了比较。
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum argued a major renovation of East Potomac Park and the D.C. public golf courses that sit on the property is a necessary move by the federal government, as President Trump's plans to redevelop the land face an intensifying legal challenge. "I mean, there are examples of this around the country, famous golf courses, which golfers would know," Burgum said Monday during an appearance on Fox News, comparing the president's vision to major championship venues like Torrey Pines in Southern California and Bethpage State Park in Long Island.
“所有这些球场都举办全国性锦标赛，并享有国际声誉。但它们是公共所有的球场，为当地居民提供低价，而这正是我们在这里要做的，”内政部长继续说道，并认为政府的一项优先事项是“保持公共高尔夫”。特朗普已盯上华盛顿特区中央海恩斯角的这处房产数月，并在周末发布了一张图表，展示了由著名高尔夫球场设计师汤姆·法齐奥设计的18洞锦标赛级球场计划。
"And all of these are courses that hold national tournaments and have international claim. But they're publicly owned courses with low prices for the people that live in that immediate area, which is what we would do here," the interior secretary continued, arguing a priority of the administration is "maintaining that public golf." Trump has eyed the property at Haines point in central Washington, D.C. for months and over the weekend posted a graphic showing plans for an 18-hole championship length course designed by leading golf course architect Tom Fazio.
多年来，东波托马克一直拥有一个18洞球场和两个面向年轻及初学者的短洞球场，以及一个练习场和俱乐部。该公园每天还被数千名骑自行车者、步行者和慢跑者使用，他们使用的步道将作为总统计划的一部分被取消。特朗普周末的宣布是在过去几天里，尽管法院下令停止该地的工作，数百棵树（包括每年吸引数千名游客前往华盛顿特区的樱花树）已被从该地移除之后发布的。
For years, East Potomac has been home to one 18-hole course and two shorter courses catering to younger and beginner golfers, plus a driving range and clubhouse. The park is also used daily by thousands of bikers, walkers and joggers who use paths that would be eliminated as part of the president's plans. Trump's announcement over the weekend came after hundreds of trees, including cherry trees that bring thousands of tourists to D.C. every year, were removed from the property in recent days despite a court order halting work there.
政府的重新开发计划正面临当地保护团体和华盛顿特区高尔夫球手的法律挑战，他们主张总统在联邦公共土地上非法进行施工。东波托马克是国家公园系统的一部分。
The government's redevelopment plan is facing a legal challenge from local preservationist groups and D.C. golfers who argue the president is illegally carrying out work on federal public land. East Potomac is park of the national park system.
“但现在，这个高尔夫球场已经——我们已经拆除了两英里长的破损围栏。我们围着墙修了海堤，那东西就像潮汐盆地一样，”伯古姆在福克斯节目上露面时说。“而且，你知道，那些树，有哈定、柯立芝和其他人——还有塔夫脱——在19世纪一十年代和二十年代这个球场建成初期在这里打球的照片。当时球场上几乎没有一棵树。全都是总统。背景里是华盛顿纪念碑。”
"But right now, this golf course is got — we've taken out already two miles of broken-down fence. We've got the seawall around the wall, and the thing is like the tidal basin," Burgum said during his appearance on Fox. "And it is a, you know, the trees, there's pictures of Harding and Coolidge and others that were — and Taft — golfing on this course in the early 19, the teens and the 20s when this course was made. And there was barely a tree on the course. All of it's presidents.
“所以，清除一些这样的危险树木，是在把这个球场恢复到它建成时的历史原貌，”这位部长继续说道。“但这是一个公共球场。它可能成为美国最好、价格最低的球场。这就是国家公园管理局的意图。我们期待着手推进这件事。”特朗普多次表示，他不需要批准就可以在下个月启动这个项目，并直接攻击美国地区法官安娜·雷耶斯，称她“疯了”，因为她斥责了政府律师，原因是案件仍在诉讼期间就已在东波托马克进行施工。
And it's the Washington Monument in the background." "So doing some getting rid of some of these hazardous trees is restoring it back to its historical nature when this course was made," the secretary continued. "But it's a public course. It could be the best course in America with the lowest prices. That's the intention of the National Park Service. And we're looking forward to getting going on that.”Trump has repeatedly said he does not need approval to begin on the project next month, and attacked U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes directly, calling her “insane,” for admonishing government attorneys over the work done being at East Potomac while the case is being litigated.