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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Mar-a-Lago is a horrible place to meet a foreign leader
Compare these two photos:
One is phony, pseudo-European, casino-style decadence. The other is genuine, historical elegance. I'm sure everyone will recognize the difference.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)venue for this meeting. That sort of says it all, I think.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)give him any credit for taste but I'm not sure it would matter. What matters is he can make money off making WH staff, Secret Service, Press and any visitors meet at one of his properties. If he could figure out a way, he would never be in the WH.
Warpy
(111,124 posts)Mar-a-Loco is overdone and overwhelming to me. It's way too much and it's trying way too hard. The White House might look a little spare, almost Spartan, to a lot of people. I'm not one of them, but some people I know are.
I think Xi would be a lot more impressed with a happy medium between these two extremes.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Isn't that obvious?
Tacky is the right word.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)That is so garish and tasteless. Can't imagine having any appetite to eat anything let alone actually discuss foreign relations.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)The other is the dining room in the White House, set up for a state dinner. I know which one better represents the United States, but Trump clearly does not.
Xi will think, and rightly so, that Mar-a-Lago is a perfect example of American decadence.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,148 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)............. ...............
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)But a great analogy.
EarthFirst
(2,896 posts)This is hardly surprising.
Trump could take some clues from the old money where the generations old mega camps have a place in this socioeconomic class.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)However, it is a serious mistake.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)I could set my calendar by his week-end jaunts.
underpants
(182,585 posts)It's an incredible asset to have but Trump doesn't understand that other that him sitting in there all day in LOOK AT ME! kind of way.
WhollyHeretic
(4,074 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Trump is trying to hasten the process.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Crappy construction that's not built to last long. I'm sure they're in a constant battle against black mold and deteriorating Chinese drywall there. You can paint over it, but it will end up destroying everything that's badly built in time. You can also gild a dog turd, but it will smell like dog crap before long.
EX500rider
(10,798 posts)I doubt they used Chinese drywall back then...lol
Mar-a-Lago is an estate and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post. Post envisioned the house as a future winter retreat for American presidents and foreign dignitaries, and following her death in 1973, it was bequeathed to the nation. However, successive presidents declined to use the mansion, which was returned to Post's estate in 1980.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago
fantase56
(441 posts)He goes to Mar-a-Lago because he belongs there. He doesn't belong in the White House because he's a #fakepresident. Sad.
longship
(40,416 posts)Shakespeare, as usual, knew how to turn a phrase.
Denzil_DC
(7,216 posts)Chalk that up as a first, Donny.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)for countries to house their delegation and home base from. Its not convenient.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)The smoke detectors.
Everything about him is fake.
nolabear
(41,930 posts)Somehow all I can think of is musty, moldy old carpet and oppressive gilt. It's got everything but slot machines.