Four Trump Organization golf courses vandalized
Four Trump Organization golf courses, including one at President Trump’s Bedminster, NJ, residence, were vandalized with slogans critical of the administration etched into putting greens. Police have a suspect in custody.
Nine greens at Trump courses in Ferry Point, Hudson Valley and Westchester — all in New York — and Bedminster were damaged in similar acts of vandalism, according to a person familiar with the incident.
“We take all acts of vandalism very seriously and would like to thank local law enforcement officials for their efforts,” the Trump Organization said in a statement. “The individual responsi- ble is in custody and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
Robert Wolf, a spokesman for Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., said his office is investigating an incident at Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, NY.
The Trump Organization didn’t disclose when the damage occurred or whether the president, who stays at Bedminster was present when the vandal struck.
The Secret Service referred a question about the incident to local authorities in Westchester, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
White House communications director Hope Hicks said she wasn’t aware of the incident.
The vandalism of the golf courses targets some of the president’s favorite Trump Organization properties — he has visited his clubs 57 times since his inauguration. He’s repeatedly claimed on social media that the courses are among the best in the US, and in July spent a weekend observing the US Women’s Open Championship at the course.
Vandals hit Trump’s golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., in March, causing about $20,000 in damage by cutting into the fifth green, the Los Angeles Times reported.