The facts
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes questioned the Trump administration’s claim that tree-cutting at East Potomac Park was unrelated to the planned redevelopment of its public golf course. During a Monday hearing, Reyes stated there was “no universe” in which the events coincidentally happened at the same time. The judge had previously ordered the project paused through at least October 26, criticizing a large-scale tree removal that occurred over a holiday weekend with minimal notice to the court and plaintiffs. On Sunday, Trump announced a 15-month closure of the golf course beginning November 15. On Monday, he indicated that work would commence immediately. Plaintiffs have requested that Reyes extend the pause, arguing that the ongoing work is causing irreversible damage to the park. The Associated Press reported on the hearing and the ongoing legal dispute.
Our take
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes looked at the Trump administration's claim that hacking down a bunch of trees at East Potomac Park had fuck-all to do with Trump's precious golf course redevelopment plans and did what any sane person would: she laughed in their fucking faces. There is 'no universe,' she said, where these two events just *happened* to coincide. No shit, Your Honor. It's like a kid with chocolate smeared from forehead to chin claiming the missing cake just vanished into the ether. The sheer gall of these pricks is the story here. They waited for a holiday weekend, gave the court and everyone else the most microscopic of head-fakes, and then brought out the chainsaws. That's not project management; that's the tactic of a coward who knows his plan is so transparently shitty it can't survive sunlight for a single business day. And what's the masterstroke that followed this arboreal war crime? Trump, the human hemorrhoid in charge of this clown show, announces a 15-month closure starting in November, then turns around the very next day and says 'nah, fuck it, start now.' It's the organizational equivalent of a drunk guy trying to parallel park a semi-truck using only the horn. The plaintiffs are begging the judge to keep the pause in place because this hack-and-slash operation is doing irreversible damage. You think? When your guiding philosophy is 'fuck the trees, my putt-putt course needs more water features,' of course you're leaving a scar on the earth. Judge Reyes already paused this dumpster fire once. Here's hoping she slams the door on it for good and tells these greedy, landscape-raping bastards to go try their bullshit somewhere else. Like maybe a mirror, so they can finally see the absolute cunts they've become.
