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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 12:37 PM Jun 2017

Heightened Security At Trump's Mar-A-Lago Is Costing Him Customers

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JUNE 23, 2017 12:24 PM

Though President Donald Trump’s businesses are benefitting from his time in the White House in some respects, Trump’s presidency is costing the family some business at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach Florida, according to a Friday Washington Post report.

Trump uses Mar-a-Lago as his “Winter White House,” resulting in heightened security at the resort. The time-consuming, inconvenient security process that has prompted some former clients to stop using the resort for banquets, according to the Washington Post.

At least seven nonprofits have decided against returning to Mar-a-Lago for events this coming winter, the Post reported. This could lead to the club’s slowest season for charity events in nine years, according to the Post.

Read the Washington Post’s full report here.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mar-a-lago-losing-event-customers

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Heightened Security At Trump's Mar-A-Lago Is Costing Him Customers (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP
Woe. Eom uppityperson Jun 2017 #1
Good. Delighted to hear it! hatrack Jun 2017 #2
I wondered about that. Weddings, too. tanyev Jun 2017 #3
isn't that damned money pit closed for the season right now? and good on all those groups niyad Jun 2017 #4

tanyev

(42,358 posts)
3. I wondered about that. Weddings, too.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 12:59 PM
Jun 2017

Even if you're still a Trump supporter, if you can afford to book a place like Mar a Lago, you're going to think twice if it means subjecting your guests to traffic nightmares, heightened publicity, security concerns, protestors, etc.

niyad

(112,434 posts)
4. isn't that damned money pit closed for the season right now? and good on all those groups
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 01:04 PM
Jun 2017

making other choices!!

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