For 12 weekends in a row, Donald Trump has spent time at a Donald Trump-owned or managed property in what has to be a financial boon for the Trump family. Of course, everywhere Donald Trump goes, gaggles of Secret Service agents, staff and pool reporters follow—many or most of them staying at a Trump property, using taxpayer dollars, directly benefiting Donald Trump and his family. Paying members of these clubs regularly take to social media bragging about access to Trump and his offspring. And now, the official website of the U.S. Embassy & Consultants in the United Kingdom is featuring a glowing article on the “winter White House” that is a barely disguised advertisement:
Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s Florida estate, has become well known as the president frequently travels there to work or host foreign leaders.
The first meeting between Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will take place April 6–7 at Mar-a-Lago, which is located at the heart of Florida’s Palm Beach community.
Trump is not the first president to have access to Mar-a-Lago as a Florida retreat, but he is the first one to use it. By visiting this “winter White House,” Trump is belatedly fulfilling the dream of Mar-a-Lago’s original owner and designer.
When socialite and cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post built Mar-a-Lago — Spanish for “Sea to Lake” — in 1927, she spared no expense. The 114-room mansion sits on 8 hectares of land, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and an inland waterway on the other.
Upon her death in 1973, she willed the estate to the U.S. government, intending it to be used as a winter White House for the U.S. president to entertain visiting foreign dignitaries.
Of course, it doesn’t belong to the United States. It is owned by Donald Trump. The government gave the estate back to the Post Foundation in 1981, Trump purchased it in 1986, opening it as a private club in 1995. It’s clear there is no line between the people’s business and the Trump family business. Never in the history of this country has there ever been a more clear, direct path to corruption of a sitting U.S. president. Never. At every turn, at every property, the possibility of corruption and bribery exists. The only people promoting Mar-a-Lago as the “winter White House” are people with the last name Trump, all of whom stand to profit. The Trump-branded promotion of Mar-a-Lago started before he even took office, when he sent this staged photo of himself at his receptionist’s desk, fake writing his inaugural address.
Meanwhile, let’s take a look at what’s happening at Mar-a-Lago and check in on those working class voters Trump is spending every weekend with in Florida. Via Instagram:
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It's a vibe....
A post shared by Jacob Sipala (@jacobsipala) on Apr 14, 2017 at 3:21pm PDT
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Buona Pasqua 💛
A post shared by Bells (@bellaaddeo) on Apr 17, 2017 at 10:32am PDT
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#MAGA #USA ☆☆☆
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