Members are quitting 'sad' Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses

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New York (CNN Business)Many once-loyal members of Mar-a-Lago are leaving because they no longer want to have any connection to former President Donald Trump, according to the author of the definitive book about the resort.

"It's a very dispirited place," Laurence Leamer, historian and author of "Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump's Presidential Palace," told MSNBC host Alex Witt on "Weekends with Alex Witt" Saturday. He said members are "not concerned about politics and they said the food is no good."

Leamer said he spoke to a number of former members who "silently walked out" after Trump left office.

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Mar-a-Lago has long been ridiculed by critics as a stodgy, stuffy club filled with Trump memorabilia -- some of it fake. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Friday recounted a visit to the resort just before Trump became president.

"You could not possibly exaggerate how comical it is," Kimmel said on The Ringer's "The Bill Simmons Podcast." "Everyone there is 100 years old."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/business/mar-a-lago-donald-trump-guests/index.html

[temporary311]

1. There's no point in bribing him anymore.

[Lasher]

3. Or paying that $200K membership fee to eavesdrop on classified information

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Lousy food? The horror...

At $200,000 annual membership Fee, one would think the food would be somewhat decent. Must have had too much Trump wines snd steaks left over.

[dalton99a]

4. It is a gaudy, boring shithole

[Liberal In Texas]

5. You can't buy class. n/t

[moonscape]

10. Oh my. Looks like a satirical backdrop. Even

the wait staff look unhappy being there.

[musclecar6]

6. Talk about

Tasteless. Right up his worthless alley.

[Demovictory9]

7. they are idiots for wasting $200K at that place

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I'd bet it was written as a business expense, a good tax dodge.

[Lasher]

13. And it was a good investment for some, if it bought them a pardon.

This is an example why other modern presidents have sought to eliminate such conflicts of interests.

[dutch777]

9. Downside is we won't have all the reprobates in one place anymore

But I'll take it as a good sign for humanity and just desserts for Trump. I can't wait for the For Sale signs to start to go up on his many overleveraged and underperforming properties.

[Lasher]

11. Look for Trump Tower Washington to go first.

With White House visitors no longer expected to stay there, their cash flow can only plummet.

[dutch777]

12. Nice prominent start to the collapse of the Trump empire...I'll take it!