In a few weeks of work, the renovations, nearly 3,000 square feet of space seem to be updated in Trump’s preparations for the vast and post-White House life, according to his response did not appeal to Trump’s aesthetics. Trump was also annoyed with other property renovations, the source said, not just in the living quarters.
“He wasn’t happy about it,” the source said, noting a very loud, one-sided conversation with club management.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNN.
It was Melania Trump and her interior decorator Tham Kannalikham who picked up a lot of details about the renovation, though not the Mar-a-Lago staff, a fact Trump was well aware of.
This is not the first time the president’s personal tastes have clashed with his wife’s. According to another source familiar with the president’s reaction after the visit, Trump was not even thrilled with some of the decorative updates from First Lady’s second project, Camp David.
A Mar-a-Lago source noted that Trump was annoyed with the way he saw some of the renovations this week and asked him to remove the pieces of decor, which contain abundant amounts of white marble and black wood. They were immediate.
If his last trip to Florida as president had a tough start, according to club sources, Muddy appeared with Trump spending more time behind closed doors than usual, mingling as much as he normally does with club members and senior White House staff. And not to communicate, many of whom have joined them in the last few years.
“Vibe is off,” said another source at Mark-a-Lago this Christmas, compared to previous ones.
Trump’s predicament that he will sign a big Covid-19 relief package or even a federal funding bill is a game of guessing whether his day will be good or bad, or indifferent. Trump initially agreed to sign the bill on Christmas Eve, according to a source familiar with the president’s schedule, but did not pick it up at the last minute. On Sunday, Trump finally signed off for a walk to dinner at the nearby Trump International Golf Club.
Changes in the club
Although he has largely ignored the scourge of Covid-19 in the country, making a few comments in recent weeks and adopting a possible back-to-back approach as tens of thousands of Americans become infected every day, Trump has not been able to avoid the effects of the coronavirus. In their favorite sanctuary of Mar-a-Lago.
The week between Christmas and New Year is usually a winter season and some longtime members of the Mar-a-Lago have been avoiding the club.
“It’s just too big a risk, it’s not worth it,” said a member who chose not to travel to Florida this year.
Although some densely populated areas and abundant people live, there is another member who is currently in contact with people in Mar-a-Lago.
“People are going to dinner as usual,” the source said, adding that “there is very little respect for the epidemic.”
In the Beach Club area by the pool, there is so much crowd during the day that guests argue about the chairs available.
On Monday, the Florida Department of Health released new figures for the test positivity rate. Palm Beach County was 10.38%, the highest since Nov. 30 and up 8.42% since Dec. 15. The state considers anything above 5% to be risky.
Palm Beach Winter said regularly that they have heard of parties, events and fundraisers and table-hoping dinner-time rituals in affluent homes, going from table to table and exchanging kisses and halos, but it has disappeared. The mask-wearing order for businesses, establishments, public spaces and rest restaurants in Palm Beach was extended to January 20 in Palm Beach County and includes Mar-a-Lago, although it has not been complied with in the best way possible.
The Mar-a-Lago “scene”, as it were, largely involves the Trump holding court while it is in residence. Club members and their guests prefer to stumble upon the President of the United States at a buffet in a room room or at a party. At the wedding in Mar-a-Lago on Monday night, Trump made a surprise appearance, entering to greet and greet the groom, according to someone who entered.
New Year’s Eve party
The failed Mar-a-Lago Black Tiny New Year’s Eve party, attended by Trump and his family every year and which gives away thousands of tickets to guests, is set to take place on Thursday night, a Mar-a-Lago member said. Who has heard the buzz that at least 500 reservations have been confirmed. What is unclear is whether the presence will follow coronavirus reduction guidelines. Earlier this month Turning Point USA, a rogue student group, party members shouted the need for masks and social distance, photos of the event showed hundreds in the Mar-a-Lago roomroom.
The president is allowed to go to a small batch of familiar faces to entertain and spend his time during this trip to Florida. There are no foreign leaders to host, as happened many times during his presidency, and most of the senior staff of the West Wing who usually join the trip are not there.
On Sunday, Trump did not dine with the first lady, and instead ate dinner at a table with his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Gilfoil, according to a witness who told Trump to put a popcorn on his table from Roger Stone. Bye, one of his long-running cronies whom the President pardoned less than a week ago. Stone entered the club wearing a “Trump 2020” face mask.
Trump’s most frequent activity – and relief – is his morning golf, vacation entertainment rounds, so millions of Americans have forgotten this year because they heed warnings about the spread of coronavirus.
On Tuesday, heading to the golf course, the president had time to tweet back about the state of affairs in Washington, D.C., where politicians are scrambling to get eleven-hour financial aid to Americans facing economic depression.
Trump tweeted, “The Republican leadership just wants a path of minimal resistance.” Our leaders (not me, of course!) Are pathetic. “
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