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(#8) Before Post Gave Mar-a-Lago To The Federal Government, She Offered It To Florida
Before deciding on giving her home to the federal government, Post tried to give Mar-a-Lago to the state of Florida. She hoped that the state would turn the property into a center for advanced scholars, but state officials turned down her offer due to the high maintenance costs required for basic upkeep. Post only decided to write the federal government into her will as a backup option.
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(#13) He Decided To Run The Historic Property As An Exclusive Club—One Whose Membership Fees Doubled When He Won The 2016 Election
Trump floated a few ideas for what to do with his newly purchased mega-mansion, including dividing it up into eight smaller but still rather considerable homes. Instead, he decided to turn Mar-a-Lago into a private club and resort. He poured millions into renovations, as the property had been left in disrepair while awaiting sale. He built up hype for the club by giving away memberships to celebrities and other notable figures.
Membership fees, set at $100,000 up front and $14,000 per year as annual dues, ensured that members would come solely from the upper echelons of society. Of course, Mar-a-Lago’s profile and social cache was raised considerably when Trump was elected President in 2016 – a fact reinforced when membership fees doubled to $200,000 a head after his victory.
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(#3) Mar-a-Lago Played Host To Epic Parties In Its Early Days
Marjorie Merriweather Post and her family lived at Mar-a-Lago off-and-on, but when they were there, Post put the property to good use by hosting extravagant parties for the rich and famous. She built the mansion for entertaining guests, and she brought in some of the most exciting acts imaginable at the time. The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey put on a show in the ballroom featuring clowns and trapeze artists, and Post once arranged for an entire Broadway cast to perform for her guests. That’s not to say that she was solely interested in decadence. Post also used these parties to raise funds for charity and invited underprivileged kids to attend when she hosted the circus.
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(#4) The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Convinced Post To Turn Mar-a-Lago Into A Fortress For Her Kids
Mar-a-Lago houses all manner of security features, and it has been that way since 1932. That year, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping shocked the entire nation, but the tragedy shook up Marjorie Merriweather Post in particular. She responded by installing some serious security measures in her children’s rooms, including nursery-rhyme-inspired iron bars on the kids' windows. She also hired detectives from the famed Pinkerton Agency to protect her family while at Mar-a-Lago, a precursor to the Secret Service presence that would come in the future.
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(#14) As Trump's “Weekend White House,” Mar-a-Lago Is More Connected To The Federal Government Than Ever
Marjorie Merriweather Post intended for Mar-a-Lago to become a winter White House after her death, but her dream has come true in a way she could have never predicted. Under the presidency of Donald Trump, Mar-a-Lago has been dubbed the “Weekend White House” for how often Trump has visited the property on official business and for recreation since taking office. Trump has hosted a number of international VIPs there, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Logistical issues and the semi-private nature of Mar-a-Lago still make it a problematic place for the President to conduct his business. The President has been criticized for conducting sensitive business at the resort, and security costs are considerable for each visit, but Trump showed little sign of slowing down his use of the property over his first year as president.
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(#10) Donald Trump Offered A Large Sum For The Property, But Was Rebuked
In the early ‘80s, Donald Trump was beginning to expand his real estate interests outside of Manhattan, and he soon set his sights on Mar-a-Lago. Trump met with Post’s daughters and reportedly made them a generous offer somewhere between $15 and $25 million, but he was rebuked. Trump claimed that the daughters wanted more money, but others suspected that Trump’s overall reputation was not thought to be a fit with the Palm Beach community at the time, and he was being blacklisted.
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Mar-a-Lago resort is currently Donald Trump‘s private luxury estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The Mar-a-Lago resort was built in the 1920s. The original intention of Maholy Merived Post, the heir of the American food company General Mills, was to make it a winter sanctuary for the president of the United States. In 1980, the Mar-a-Lago resort was officially declared as a national historic landmark in the United States.
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