Trump Returns to 'Winter White House'
President Trump is back in his comfort zone at the "winter White House": Mar-a-Lago, where women in furs and men in diamond jewelry and monogrammed slippers mingle with Sylvester Stallone and Fabio at New Year's Eve celebrations and Don King rubs elbows with Cabinet members, could-be ambassadors, and the "MyPillow" guy at dinner.
As he departed Washington for Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday for Thanksgiving, Trump said he'd be doing "a lot of work" in Florida, but the club also serves as his refuge from Washington, the AP reports.
Former White House ethics lawyer Norman Eisen describes the club as "a place where, for sky-high admissions fees, business executives who have strong interests before the government can literally engage in purchasing access to the president."
Trump is typically lightly staffed during his visits south. But those who do make the trip are on alert, wary of club members and invited guests who buttonhole the president in places where they have near-unimpeded access.
Members often raise pet projects, make policy suggestions, and share oddball ideaseverything from trying to sell the president on the benefits of nuclear-powered cars to pitching their own formulas for Mideast peace. Trump sometimes directs his staff to follow up on their suggestions.
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