Although former President Donald Trump’s plans in 2007 to build a mausoleum with four obelisks on his New Jersey golf course were rejected by city officials who called the plan “sleazy,” he eventually got around to using his property at the Trump National Golf Club as a family tomb. More than 15 years ago, Trump began planning a family cemetery on his Bedminster, New Jersey, property. The project’s size and design have changed over the years, but this month his ex-wife Ivana became the first person known to be buried on the property. Originally, Trump’s plans for the mausoleum — where he would eventually be buried — included a 19-foot-tall classical-style stone structure to be built at Trump National Golf Club, which has two courses, local news site NJ.com reported in 2012. The mausoleum would include “four imposing obelisks surrounding its exterior and a small altar and six domes inside,” according to NJ.com. But after meeting opposition from city officials who called the plan “overwhelming and gaudy,” Trump floated the idea of redesigning the structure as a “mausoleum/chapel,” the Washington Post reported. Plans for the large-scale mausoleum were eventually scrapped, and Trump proposed several other redesigns of the cemetery, including a 284-lot section of the golf course with burial plots available for purchase. No such cemetery has yet been built, but the presence of burial grounds on the golf course property could provide tax breaks to the business. Ivana Trump was laid to rest on the property earlier this month in a modest grave in a grassy area behind the first hole of one of the courses, “not far from the main clubhouse,” the New York Post reported. She died after a fall at her Upper East Side home on July 14. Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster is currently home to the LIV golf tournament, which recently faced controversy over its funding by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
