Trump will make Mar-a-Lago his new residence after leaving the White House
Donald Tump's residence in Mar-a-Lago is under construction while Melania searches for a school in Florida for the couple's son, Barron, according to People magazine. "He makes sense that he wants to be there and will make the mansion his home," said a source about the president, who has not yet publicly acknowledged that he lost the election.
When Donald Trump leaves the White House on January 20, following the handover to Joe Biden, he will likely head to his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. That's where he and First Lady Melania Trump filed their "declaration of domicile" last year, changing their permanent residency until then established in New York. The White House, of course, is silent about his post-presidential plans, at least publicly, as he continues to make unsubstantiated allegations of fraud in the elections that he lost.
Mar-a-Lago staff have been preparing the Trumps' new home, including renovating the residence he bought in the 1980s. “Donald's apartment, which once belonged to the creator of the Mar-a farm -Lago, Marjorie Merriweather Post, it will be expanded and fixed, ”a source close to the president told this magazine. "They are renovating his apartment inside the Club Mar-a-Lago to make it bigger, more modern and comfortable for his use," he adds.
The 74-year-old Trump and his family are expected to spend a lot of time in Palm Beach where the president likes to spend many hours playing golf, although they will also visit other of his properties, such as his club in Bedminster, NJ, and the Trump Tower. in New York City, where they lived before settling in the White House.
Florida is also a retreat liked by the 50-year-old first lady. "He wouldn't want to be in Palm Beach in the middle of summer, but he loves the place and his friends here," says the source. "And his golf club is minutes away in West Palm Beach." She also adds: “No matter what is happening in the world, in Mar-a-Lago they treat them like royalty. They love being here. "
A house is also being prepared for Melania's parents who take care of the education and care of Barron, 14, along with her daughter. They have also resided in the Cas Blanca with the president.
During the time that Trump has been installed in the White House, he has frequently traveled to Florida to spend weekends or vacation periods. There have been so many trips to the area that even the cost of trips at the beginning of his mandate, which occurred almost every weekend, was investigated.
Mar-a-Lago works as a private 27-hole golf club in which to be a member —it has 500— you have to pay a membership of $ 200,000. A figure that was half before the Republican was elected president, but that the Trump Organization says was a reduction due to the recession that hit the country. Of course, healthy economies such as that of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley - who celebrated their wedding there in 1994 - can rent it for specific events. Donald Trump's family has a section reserved just for them and the patriarch decided to change the name and now he calls it the White House of the South. Not surprisingly, his constant visits have made it clear that it is suitable for all seasons of the year and not just for winter.
When the businessman and current president of the United States went through financial difficulties in the early nineties, he wanted to divide the land to put it up for sale, but Palm Beach did not allow it. So he turned it into a private golf club. Trump, in the first election campaign, responded to criticism about his lack of political experience by stating that his business on the island of Florida offered a lesson on how the United States, since under his leadership Mar-a-Lago became one of the symbols of your financial success. He added tennis courts, a spa, remodeled the house on the beach and had a Louis XIV-style ballroom built, where personalities such as Bill Clinton, Tony Bennett and Joan Rivers have passed.
