One of the tensest showdowns between the Trump administration and the federal bench in Washington, DC, came to a head on Monday in a marathon court hearing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul a public golf course that has been the subject of months of litigation.

Trump early Monday doubled down on his plan to close and renovate the golf course in Washington, DC, saying construction would begin “IMMEDIATELY” despite a judge’s order to provide three days’ notice ahead of any construction.

The government does not "need an approval" to move forward with the building, according to a post made by Trump on Truth Social.

"We're going to start working right away! He stated, "The final product will be world-class and bring revenue and great prestige back to D.C."Trump was still furious about it at the end of the day.

"Trash Island," Washington, D.C., the moniker for the dilapidated and broken golf course that is the subject of frivolous litigation in the United States Court System, before a judge who seems not to want Greatness for our Capital or our Nation (but who knows?), has been badly managed for so many decades that it is a completely nonviable and unsafe Project," the president wrote on Truth Social just before midnight.

His strategy "will turn Trash Island into an Island of Beauty and Success," he declared.

However, as golfers and preservationists try to prevent the president from altering the public park, Trump's plan to renovate the East Potomac Golf Course is already the focus of a legal battle.

In comparison to some of the other major legal disputes of Trump's second term, the lawsuit could seem insignificant. However, the lawsuit has drawn the attention of a number of senior Justice Department lawyers, who have attempted to defend the activities of government officials supervising the course and to differentiate them from the president's public declarations of his goals on the grounds.

The case is being overseen by US District Judge Ana C. Reyes, who last week issued an order requiring the government to give at least three days' notice before making any "irreparable modification" to the course.Reyes frequently argued with Associate Attorney General Stan Woodward, the third-highest senior Justice Department official, about the information she was requesting from the administration. Since last Monday, the main focus of the lawsuit has been the administration's removal of more than 400 trees from the park earlier this month with less than a day's notice to the court.