Trump nominates a hospitality executive {Scott Socha} to lead the National Park Service

[riversedge]

Damn damn damn

Trump's nominee to lead the National Park Service, Scott Socha, helped run a company that claimed trademark ownership over historic place names at Yosemite—many rooted in Indigenous history—then sued the NPS over name use, costing taxpayers millions.

Now he wants to run the agency? Disgraceful.

— Laiken Jordahl (@laikenjordahl.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T23:43:41.827Z

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

https://apnews.com/article/national-park-service-nomination-scott-socha-607e510eda4f57e3277505f95c6ae89f

Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)


By MATTHEW BROWN pdated 6:14 PM CST, February 12, 2026


President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that holds extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.

The nomination of Scott Socha late Wednesday follows widespread firings within the Park Service as part of efforts by Trump’s Republican administration to sharply reduce its size. The administration also has faced blowback for the removal or planned removal of national park exhibits about slavery, climate change and the destruction of Native American culture.

Administration officials have said they are removing “disparaging” messages under an order last year from Trump. Critics accuse it of trying to whitewash the nation’s history.

Socha is a president for parks and resorts at Delaware North, which describes itself as one of the world’s largest privately owned hospitality and entertainment companies, with more than $4 billion in revenue in 2022. The company provides hospitality services in at least six national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Shenandoah, said spokesperson Cait Zulewski.

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Trump last year proposed cutting the Park Service’s $2.9 billion operating budget by more than $900 million. Park supporters and former employees said that would effectively gut the agency........................

[Swede]

1. Trump takes glee in trolling the left.

He searches for the worst possible person to fill the job, then nominates them.