Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort Ordered To Evacuate As Irma Barrels Toward Florida

This Friday, March 11, 2016, file photo, shows the Mar-a-Lago Club, owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Fla. Hurricane Irma is likely to test President Trump's longtime boast that ... This Friday, March 11, 2016, file photo, shows the Mar-a-Lago Club, owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Fla. Hurricane Irma is likely to test President Trump's longtime boast that his Mar-a-Lago mansion can withstand any storm. And if history is any guide, the smart money this weekend will be on the house. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) MORE LESS
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The islands and low-lying parts of Palm Beach County in Florida were ordered to evacuate Friday because of Hurricane Irma, an area that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

More than 100,000 Palm Beach residents were told to evacuate Friday, the Miami Herald reported. All of Florida is under a state of emergency and several other counties are under mandatory evacuation. The hurricane is expected to make landfall in south Florida on Saturday.

Several of Trump’s properties may be impacted by Hurricane Irma. Mar-a-Lago, which Trump has repeatedly visited since becoming President, is located just off the ocean in Palm Beach.

The President also owns three golf courses in the counties that have been forced to evacuate and an 11-bedroom mansion in St. Martin, which experienced widespread devastation when Irma hit the island earlier this week.

“We are closely monitoring Hurricane Irma,” a Trump Organization spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday. “Our teams at the Trump properties in Florida are taking all of the proper precautions and following local and Florida State Advisories very closely to ensure that everyone is kept safe and secure. We continue to send our thoughts and prayers to victims of Hurricane Harvey and are praying for those that are in the path of Hurricane Irma.”

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  1. Mar-e-Coli could use a good cleaning…

  2. Sometimes you get what you wish for.

  3. Well, this could be a problem. He’ll go to FL after the storm hits, of course, but he’ll be more concerned about his own properties than he will be about anyone else’s.

    I wonder who got selected to stay behind at these properties to monitor the situation (they’ve done something similar at the Hemingway house on Key West, but she volunteered).

  4. I’m guessing the pending tax-payer funded aid package to re-build Mar-e-Coli will come in somewhere over $ 1 billion.

    Even more if there is water or wind damage.

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