Heightened Security At Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Is Costing Him Customers

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2005 file photo, the entrance of Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla. Donald Trump received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm ... FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2005 file photo, the entrance of Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla. Donald Trump received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) MORE LESS
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Though President Donald Trump’s businesses are benefitting from his time in the White House in some respects, Trump’s presidency is costing the family some business at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach Florida, according to a Friday Washington Post report.

Trump uses Mar-a-Lago as his “Winter White House,” resulting in heightened security at the resort. The time-consuming, inconvenient security process that has prompted some former clients to stop using the resort for banquets, according to the Washington Post.

At least seven nonprofits have decided against returning to Mar-a-Lago for events this coming winter, the Post reported. This could lead to the club’s slowest season for charity events in nine years, according to the Post.

Read the Washington Post’s full report here.

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  1. Heightened security my ass. It’s people/associations whose members simply wouldn’t attend because Trump revolts them.

  2. The Trump Disorganization riding Dear Leaker’s coat tails to bankruptcy court … again. This is the kind of “winning” i can get to like :stuck_out_tongue:

  3. Avatar for cd cd says:

    scammers gotta scam, I am sure the Predisent will find some way for people who actually pay taxes (i.e. not the rich) to pick up the slack, and probably a little buffer to pad the wallet, since he is the Prez and all

  4. Trump will just write off the estimated missed bookings as a business loss. I’m sure it will amount to the most money EVER lost by a President, in history!! Like a billion dollars!!

  5. I was gonna say…

    Where’s the evidence that it’s security related? Plenty of non-profits dropped him before he won the election, because they didn’t want to be associated with stuff he said…

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