If Trump fells 430 trees in the middle of a golf course, do they make a sound?

In attempting to turn a public space in DC into an enclave for elites, Trump is moving the US capital closer to Graceland

When is a tree not a tree? When it's an obstacle to a par-3. If a tree falls in the middle of a golf course, does it make a sound? Yeah, probably. I wasn't there, but I have to assume, based on my limited knowledge of the laws of physics.

What I do know is that Donald Trump's crusade to clear more than 400 trees for the purposes of redeveloping East Potomac Golf Links into a championship-level course isn't happening. For now.

Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist