The possible Donald Trump connection to the Florida state parks scandal [View all]
Years before revelations of a secret plan to add golf courses to state parks would rock Florida politics, a clue about how it could unfold was dropped during a dinner conversation in a hotel suite in Washington, D.C.
The event: A private dinner of Republican political donors. The guest of honor: Then-President Donald Trump.
In video footage released in 2020, Trump can be heard chatting with Jack Nicklaus III, the grandson of famed golfer Jack Nicklaus who would later play a part in the now-dashed plans to build a golf course in Florida’s Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Around the dinner table, Trump and the grandson discussed how the elder Nicklaus was barred from designing courses for five years because of a non-compete clause with his former company.
Trump appeared to sympathize, referencing the golf legend’s age by saying: “At 78, five years is a long time.” The president added: “You don’t want to waste five years.”
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2024/12/10/florida-state-parks-jack-nicklaus-desantis-donald-trump-golf/
The connection is a bit sketchy, but it might lead to TFA's more direct involvement in the plan to build golf courses in Florida state parks.
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