At Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, the price for joining the ‘winter White House’ has doubled

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-trumps-mar-a-lago-club-the-price-for-joining-winter-white-house-just-doubled/2017/01/25/b0ad2f6c-e33f-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?utm_term=.53bf28c10c45

"President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida has doubled its new-member fees to $200,000 due to growing interest since the election, a major spike that is already drawing criticism that the president is profiting off his rise to the White House."

I say build a wall to separate Trump's rooms from the rest and make Mar-a-Lago pay for it.
After all, why should the taxpayers support the additional burden of Secret Service security at a public building. They're making money off it they should pay for it. Ditto for Trump Tower.

I bet Donald would buy a house pretty quick if he was on the hook for the estimated extra $2 billion the Secret Service says it'll cost because he want's to live in public buildings.

 

After Trumps recent actions to increase pollutions and end any effort to stop climate change, it will be under water in a few decades anyway.

 

No conflict of interest there. (facepalm)

 

As part of Trump’s pledge to separate his business from his presidency, his son Donald Jr. has been named the official director of the club, according to a Florida business filing on Monday.

The club once charged new members $200,000 for initiation fees but greatly reduced them, to $100,000, during the recession. The club’s more than 400members must also pay $14,000 a year in dues.

Seems they just returned the fees to pre-recession levels... Again from your link.

 

Raising fees? Damn you capitalists, damn you all to hell!

 

Specially raising them to previous levels.. I guess in the past somehow they knew Trump would be in the White House.

 

Yes. I've even heard of super mega rockstars (Springsteen comes to mind) charging people ridiculous amounts to come and see them in the flesh. How do they get away with it?

 

Thank you. Facts always have a way of exposing the hypocrisy of "the narrative".

I'm not sure membership in his private club is something any of us could afford, so people trashing Trump over the price is silly. Might as well complain about the price of a Bugatti Veyron.

But I will remind everyone Trump's very EXCLUSIVE club was the first in the area to allow jews and blacks to join and has been that way for 20 years.

PS: Trump personally insisted blacks and jews should be able to join. He did so over the concerns and complaints of many rich and powerful people. But many on the left call him the racist................

 

Do you have evidence for the statement in your first statement?

You state that Trump personally insisted but only after the concerns and complaints of those giving him money

 

So what?

Nobody takes the fig leaf of Trump "separating his business from his Presidency" seriously. I doubt that even you really believe it.

Trump has peddled his a$$ from the day he was born, and the people he's bringing in to the government view it as a license to steal (much as Cheney's oil patch friends did).

 

More perception > facts nonsense eh?

Facts matter you writing it off as "so what" while pathetic seems to be the current trend.

 

Are they paying that price with your money or something? I mean, if they're not then who cares? If someone wants to spend $200K to join the Winter White House then that's their choice and is no concern of yours.

 

In about 600,000 years, yeah. It's all America's fault, too.

 

He's sating Trump did it anyways despite complaints and concerns from the rich and powerful. In other words, if you don't like it, don't join. I don't have proof, but you read the poster's response out of context.

I'd like to see a link to it as well, so maybe it will shut some of these race hustlers up.

 

I believe he separates his businesses from his presidency, but I don't expect any prejudiced partisan hacks to. He's been all about helping this country since he was inaugurated. I know it tears his stark opposers up inside, but in the coming years, even you'll be happy. Unless you depend on government assistance and such.

 

Now? Now you're concerned about the price of security a president? Wasn't it you who for years suggested that asking mr Obama to reduce his carbon footprint by reducing his travel entourage was akin to racism? Laughable.

Just as a reminder, the "white house" is a public building. Most venues to which a president is asked to appear are "public buildings"

So, how about this. If, now, you are asking for the protection of the US President to be scaled back, does that make you racist?

 

he should be allowed to profit from the presidency because he's not accepting a salary from the taxpayer.

also his private property is insured, so he can move the club more inland if Florida is flooded by global warming and pollution.

 

Six days in and already Trump is raking in $billions in ill gotten gains lol! This is why his supporters don't pay any attention to what the MSM says about him.

 

1. You might want to do a little research about Trump's law suit agains the city of Palm Beach. Here's a Tampa Bay Times (liberal newspaper) written at the time - http://www.tampabay.com/news/politi...h-castle-and-his-30-year-fight-to-win/2254128
( sending the town council copies of "Guess who's coming to dinner" was a nice touch )

2. A prime example of reading what you want to see instead of the actual words. I never said he did so AFTER the objections of others. He did so IN SPITE of the objections of others.

I realize a certain faction gains power (and personal value) from calling Trump a racist. (And facts seem to be of little consequence) But if it takes re-phrasing my words to make you feel OK, then so be it. Anyone who can actually read and write English can see through your ruse.

 

Perception?

You're the one drinking the Trump kool aid.

Trump has made no serious effort whatsoever to separate his Presidency from his business interests, and has defiantly insisted that he doesn't have to.

His feeble gestures have been ridculed by eithics experts, lawyers and poltiical leaders all across this country.

It would be bad enough if only perception was involved. Even politicials with a modicum of gravitas work hard to prevent the perception of being for sale.

Trump not only doesn't bother with that, he openly peddles himself and his private business interests.

The man is a complete whore.

 

Absolutely wrong!

First of all, not accepting a salary does not exclude any public servant from the duties of public service or the obligation to separate the public's interest from one's own.

Second, contrary to your supposition, the taxpayers are spending millions every day, in security, housing transportation and all the trappings of the Clown Prince's reign.

To be so blind as to posit that the man you voted for should be able to peddle his own interest ahead of or in place of the interest you voted for him to serve is downright unbelievable!

This is not a third world kleptocracy.

But if the Trumpsters have their way, and their leader keeps behaving like this, it will be.

Trump has been for sale every day of his life, and his new advisors and cabinet officials are lining up at the Federal trought.

And you're the one paying for it!

 

And if you had read that article it states:
"But Trump undercut his adversaries with a searing attack, claiming that local officials seemed to accept the established private clubs in town that had excluded Jews and blacks while imposing tough rules on his inclusive one."

So Trump used the fact that some established private clubs excluded Jews and blacks just so that he could get restrictions imposed on his club removed. He accused council members of racism just because some established clubs excluded Jews and blacks which had nothing to do with his planning application. There were no planning restrictions imposed stating that he could not allow Jews and blacks in. The article says nothing about the club being "the first in the area to allow jews and blacks to join". Your article also has the quote "Wyett, who is Jewish, said he would hear Trump talk with pride about Mar-a-Lago’s nondiscriminatory policy, but wondered if it was a business strategy: “Was he smart enough to realize that Palm Beach is about 40 percent Jewish and he was not going to attract the old guard anyway?”. There were no "concerns and complaints of many rich and powerful people"

Money is more important to Trump than his racism. Including using charity donations to pay the fine imposed on the private club - he stole from one charity to pay a private expense

 

As part of Trump’s pledge to separate his business from his presidency, his son Donald Jr. has been named the official director of the club, according to a Florida business filing on Monday

Again... From the article... Facts> perception.,...

 

new money is the lesser evil to old money because they are driven by the principle of money, while old money is driven by the principle of hate.

President Trump is described as 'new money', or hated by the people of 'old money'.

 

This is so fun to read. It just screams: "I deserve an answer dag nabit...."....

Can we safely say you never said that about a Clinton? How about John Kerry while he was peddling catsup around the globe for his wife? I doubt it.

So, continue to cry out loudly into the void.