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Debris from the White House’s demolished East Wing, which was reduced to rubble to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned $300 million ballroom, is reportedly being hauled to a Washington golf course the president has shown interest in refurbishing.
Trucks were seen carting away loads of dirt from the East Wing demolition site on Friday, then depositing them at East Potomac Park, an island course along the Potomac River, The Washington Post reported.
A source familiar with the project confirmed to the newspaper that the dirt “will be used to form mounds at the nearby public golf course.” The nearby
USA Today reported the same and captured video of an alleged East Wing debris drop-off at the East Potomac Golf Links.
The White House’s East Wing construction rubble was taken to East Potomac Golf Course. It was reported that the rubble will be used to create mounds on the golf course.Read more: bit.ly/4oa2tXA
— USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) 2025-10-24T18:30:31Z
Journalist Martin Austermuhle visited the course, reporting that multiple workers confirmed to him the dirt was from the East Wing site and “used to create new terrain on the course.”
A… scoop? Multiple workers tell me that dirt from the demolition of the East Wing of the White House (to make way for Trump’s new $200 million ballroom) is being trucked to the north end of the Hains Point golf course. It will then be used to create new terrain on the course. pic.twitter.com/emetxUvhIV
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) October 22, 2025
The revelation comes two months after Politico revealed Trump was eyeing a refurb and rebrand of the course. The idea reportedly began as a staffer’s suggestion, which Trump embraced by autographing a rendering of a golden logo like those of his private clubs. The redesign proposal included a new name: the “Washington National Golf Course.”
The East Potomac site is operated under a 50-year lease signed in 2020 between the National Park Service and the nonprofit National Links Trust. The course has remained open to the public under that agreement.
