Here We Mar A Lago Again (Pelosi, Kerry, Schumer, illegal immigration)
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Not hardly. Whatever happened to Camp David? Isn't that where they usually make their agreements? (Or supposed to) Trumps salary doesn't come close to what he owes for security. He should man up and pay the Mara Lago security at least seeing that we are already paying for extra security in New York for his mailorder bride.
Some world leaders might find Camp David more appealing than a gilded private club..
So at the cost of another $3-4 million Donny is once again jetting off to his "Richy Rich" Florida hideaway under the guise of it being a better environment for his upcoming meeting with the President of China. Never mind that the dude doesn't even like or play golf, has closed down hundreds of golf courses in China, and has banned all 88 million of the Chinese communist party from playing golf. But since Donny doesn't do facts guess none of this matters.
To me this just reeks of him doing nothing more than promoting his brand and his club at our expense and dissing a foreign leader in the process. Is there anybody that thinks these talks could not have taken place at the WH or Camp David and achieve a similar result?
Lets see. Trump donates a portion of his salary to the park service and the rest to ?. He raises his membership at Mar-A-Lago to 200k a year was it? Wait a minute. All he needs is two more members to make his whole salary for a year? Hmmm that light bulb must have exploded over his head. I know I'll get the tax payers to pay for my monthly trips so I can woo new members. I'll make a fortune he must have thought. Lets call it the southern white house and maybe promise a dinner with the POTUS? Marketing at it's finest. Very smart. Very 1%. clap clap clap. He's brilliant.
Lets play a game. Which conflict of interest will make Trump richer at our expense. Is it Mar-A-Lago or Trump International in D.C.?
Well I know it won't be Trump Hotel in Azerbaijan. Oh wait, he did earn 2.5 mil. for being "a licensor." Is allowing Anar Mammadov the son of a powerful Azerbaijan oligarch with some possible ties to the Iran Islamic national guard a tad sketchy? Not for the right price I guess. Everything has a price. Too bad his trips to Mar-A-Lago are at our expense. Go Donnie Go. And I don't mean to Mar-A-Lago.
Trump is basically a front man and promoter for his global business empire. Mar A Lago is just one example. To keep his loyal and unquestioning followers brainwashed into believing he is a legitimate President he delivers his " working for the common man" canned speeches and Twitter postings. All of the real work of being a President is delegated to others.
Very rarely did any of them entertain foreign leaders at their homes, this is like the 5th trip and it's not a residence, it's a club.
Aside from the money spent by secret service and Coast Guard he is directly benefitting from the publicity by increasing the value of his home and increased fees from the residents. Then there is the money being spent to maintain a permanent secret service presence in Manhattan.
This is very different than anything else we have seen. You cannot compare the secret service protection required today to 40 years ago, not even close. Go visit one of these areas on the next visit and you will see what's involved.
Mar-a-Lago's original owner, Marjorie Merriweather Post DONATED it (or, at least, attempted to), for use in precisely the way that it IS now being used, by THE FIRST DECENT PRESIDENT WE'VE HAD SINCE EISENHOWER. Post knew how well the estate worked for diplomatic functions. In fact, she WAS a diplomat, and a very smart lady.
I think this is a WONDERFUL way to deepen America's good relations with China.
^^^Are you serious - "that old ugly place?"
Marjorie M Post was generous to donate that property but have you read her biography?
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Originally Posted by RedZin
I think that he's doing this so he can be seen by Xi as sitting there surrounded by opulence, kind of like what Xi would see if he had a meeting with the Saudis.
Trump is more comfortable in dictatorial "splendor."
Doesn't this concern you that this is the exact thing Trump said he would not do -play golf all of the time and travel.
Come on. He's making his supporters look like chumps and they still defend him.
Trump: 'I would rarely leave the White House'
Real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump (R) says he wouldn’t get out much if he wins the Oval Office next year.
“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,” Trump, 69, tells ITK. "I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.”
“You don’t have time to take time off,” Trump adds.
“Yes, I would live in the White House because it’s the appropriate thing to do,” he says.
With regards to Trump's statement I would work all the time.
Trump believes he is working at Mar a Lago. But I can't imagine the cost of shipping all the staff required with regards to a state visit to Mara a Lago. This is unnecessary spending for sure.
80 Days Of Trump - $20 Million in Mar A Lago Expenses
So Donny has bupkus in the legislative achievements he promised the poorly educated, but he has managed to spend $20 million of our money on trips to his richy rich Florida hideaway - in just 80 days!
BO spent 97 million in 8 years on his personal travel and Donny at this rate will be at that number before Santa comes down the chimney in December.
Of course this doesn't even account for our paying for Melania to stay cloistered in her NY tower, or the expense of providing security for his two lame brain entitled sons, to travel the world on our dime, while they rake in the profits for their little crime family.
And today he comes out and announces he's back to the drawing board on a tax plan - guess he forgot how complicated it was!
In the words of his wall street and big business buddies, he is not a good value proposition for America!
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80 Days Of Trump - $20 Million in Mar A Lago Expenses
