The Washington Monument looms in the background as a golfer tees off at East Potomac Golf Links in May.
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President Donald Trump’s plans to tear up East Potomac Golf Links and the surrounding park are far more than just the latest obsession of a chief executive looking to put his mark on the nation’s capital.

His proposed makeover of the municipal course into a championship-level course threatens an understanding between the federal government and the residents of the Washington, DC, area that has held for generations and could have massive implications for all Americans.