Most charities that deserted Trump's Florida club after Charlottesville haven't come back
Source: Washington Post
Most charities that deserted Trumps Florida club after Charlottesville havent come back
By David A. Fahrenthold November 20 at 6:00 AM
Last year, 22 charities deserted President Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. canceling high-dollar events after Trump said there were very fine people among violent white-nationalist protesters in Charlottesville.
This year, only two are coming back.
A survey by The Washington Post could only find six groups planning big-money evening banquets this winter at the club, where Trump is scheduled to arrive Tuesday for Thanksgiving. Several are new clients, aligned with Trumps politics, including a group of young conservatives and a gathering of superfans called Trumpettes USA.
Before Charlottesville, the number of high-dollar events at Trumps club was as much as 22 in a single season of galas.
Trump seems to have self-disrupted the banquet business at Mar-a-Lago, a part of his company that once seemed undisruptable. After all, he owned one of two major party venues on a small island whose super-rich residents love to party and hate to leave. How could that go wrong?
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