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Donald Trump (74) made a brief guest appearance on the Christmas classic “Kevin – Home Alone.” Now suddenly he sits alone and leaves home: more and more members turn their backs on his private club in Florida.
After being ousted from office on January 20, Trump stopped his Mar-a-Lago club from the White House. During his tenure, he had already spent a lot of time in Florida, often with stars and heads of state, which made the club very popular. People paid up to $ 200,000 for membership.
Bad food
But the magic is over. Dozens of members have escaped. Some simply “ran out of sound,” said Laurence Leamer (79), the US broadcaster MSNBS.
Best-selling author Leamer is an expert on the American political scene and has already written biographies on the Reagan family and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2019 he published the book “Mar-a-Lago: Behind the gates of power in Donald Trump’s presidential palace” through the golf club.
Members had complained about the food, among other things, Leamer said. “It is a desolate place, it is not what it used to be.” Today no one is willing to pay such a high price for membership.
The neighbors want to get rid of him
Furthermore, Trump is at odds with the neighbors. She reached out to Palm Beach city officials to prevent Trump from staying. The background: It’s unclear whether Trump is even allowed to live permanently at his resort.
Trump had converted the property into a private club in 1993 to make it more profitable for him. In return, the city demanded that no club member be allowed to stay in the village for more than seven days in a row, while Trump himself had a maximum of 21 days.
The renegade friends, the aggressive neighbors: For Leamer, it’s another sign of how much influence Trump has lost. Leamer said, “The people here just don’t like him.” (gf)
