# Gregory Wischer Deputy chief of staff to Interior Secretary [[Doug Burgum]] at the [[Department of the Interior]]. He works on the second Trump administration's construction and beautification projects in Washington, D.C. A September 2026 profile by Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo in *Public Domain* described him as the young political appointee boosting the president's "vanity projects." ## East Potomac In the litigation over the [[East Potomac Golf Links Redesign]], the National Mall superintendent, Kevin Griess, testified on 12 October 2026 that the directive to cut trees on the course came to him from Frank Lands, the [[National Park Service]]'s deputy director of operations. Lands had received it from Wischer. At least 430 trees came down on 10 October. Judge [[Ana Reyes]] had asked Wischer to appear at the 12 October hearing, and he did not. Her restraining order of 13 October requires him, along with the acting Park Service director, Jessica Bowron, to testify at the hearing on 19 October. ## The Reflecting Pool Wischer was the administration's public voice on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation (see [[Reflecting Pool Renovation Timeline]]). On 5 July 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social: "From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior: 'Photo just taken of the Reflecting Pool. As you can see, the water is crystal clear.'" *Public Domain* counted at least 17 Truth Social posts naming Wischer between May and mid-September 2026. ## See Also - [[Doug Burgum]], the Secretary he serves - [[East Potomac Golf Links Redesign]] · [[Reflecting Pool Renovation Timeline]], the projects he has been tied to - [[Department of the Interior]] · [[National Park Service]] - [[Ana Reyes]], the judge who ordered his testimony