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It will be approximately 23 degrees of heat when Donald Trump lands at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Palm Beach International Airport in southeastern Florida.
At that point, Trump has one hour left as president. The black bag with the nuclear codes is still around. But exactly at 12 o’clock the codes are deactivated and the military escorting “the most important portfolio in the world” return to the capital.
A close circle of employees often fly in with the president during his shaky last hours, to make the trip less lonely. Obama’s staff did so on the recommendation of George W. Bush’s staff.
Trump’s travel company will likely be small. After the assault on the Capitol, many close associates have distanced themselves. “I am very disappointed in the president,” financial adviser Larry Kudlow said the other day as he prepared to leave the White House.
But the children and grandchildren will likely fly with Trump. Like President Dan Scavino’s former golf caddy, who worked as Trump’s Twitter manager at the White House before the account was permanently removed after the coup attempt.
Like Stephen Miller, the architect behind Trump’s tough immigration policy, who will likely continue to work for Trump, a sign that his political ambitions are not over.
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The president and his small entourage depart from Andrew’s military facility in Maryland, southwest of central Washington, Wednesday morning.
The capital Trump is leaving behind is a disturbing destination: a militarized zone. Tall barbed wire riot fences surround the Mall green zone, a beautiful park with white monuments to the triumphs of American history.
Like military pomp and circumstance, Trump turned National Day into a display of American fighter jets flying in formation over the White House and the Lincoln Memorial at dusk. Americans love their warriors.
But the mood in Trump’s Washington is not festive. Young National Guard men in furry camouflage uniforms guard every street intersection. It’s grim and cohesive like an after-party that has gone astray, where everyone looks suspiciously at each other from every corner.
What goes on in Trump’s head when Air Force One lowers the wheels and the southwest coast of Florida is punctuated by light clouds? I used to feel joy for the golf courses, which are so close here. But now golf is also a source of anger.
Following the Capilotium storming, PGA Tour management announced that it would cancel the main competition scheduled at the President’s Golf Club in New Jersey. And traveling to Turnberry, Trump’s club in south-west Scotland, is no comfort either. The British Open has announced that they will also cancel a competition there. Of everything that has happened in the past two weeks, the setbacks in the Gulf are among the worst for Trump, those who know him say.
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From Palm Beach International Airport to Trump’s pink Mar-a-Lago castle on the boardwalk, it’s close by. Ten minutes in a limousine. On the bridge to the island from the mainland, there are sure to be supporters standing and reaching out to the car window, a bittersweet reminder of the benefits of the presidency.
Before last fall’s election, when a friend sat next to the president in his limousine, Trump said he could never go back to his old life as a hotel and apartment complex builder. “After this,” Trump said, looking at the cheering voters, “I’ll never be able to order windows again.”
There is a risk that Trump may not even be able to afford to order new windows. Even before the January 6 coup attempt, Trump was in financial trouble. Now the situation has gotten even worse.
Deutsche Bank, Trump’s financial savior in times of need, says it has no intention of funding Trump projects in the future. Trump already owes Deutsche Bank about 3 billion Swedish crowns, money that must be repaid within three years.
Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest brokerage firms that previously rented and rented office space on Trump properties, announced after the storm that it is no longer dealing with Trump companies.
At 12 noon on Wednesday, local time, begins a life dominated by lawyers, those who still want to deal with Trump’s business.
Trump will likely have to defend himself in multiple cases at the same time: in the Senate, where a national trial will soon begin, and perhaps long-term in the New York courts, where prosecutors review Trump’s corporate history.
It is not certain that Joe Biden, upon entering the Oval Office after the installation ceremony, will find a letter from Trump in his desk drawer, one of those congratulations that Presidents often write to their successor on the last night in the House. White
Trump can call Joe Biden from Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday afternoon. But it is also possible that it does not.
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