WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there’s a military golf course that he’s never played that he’s eyeing for a major construction project.
Long a favored getaway for presidents seeking a few hours’ solace from the stress of running the free world, the Courses at Andrews – inside the secure confines of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, about 15 miles from the White House – is known as the “president’s golf course.”
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