- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort has become a ‘sad place’ since he moved, a resort expert told MSNBC.
- Members are quitting and don’t want to have anything to do with Trump, Laurence Leamer told the cable channel.
- Previous reports have said that Trump’s neighbors in Florida have taken legal steps to prevent him from taking up residence.
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Former President Donald Trump’s return to his luxurious Florida golf resort – Mar-a-Lago – was not greeted with fanfare by wealthy club members.
Mar-a-Lago’s mood is “discouraged” and people are canceling their subscriptions, the author of a book about the resort told MSNBC.
“I’ve talked to a lot of people in the past few days,” Laurence Leamer told the cable channel. “Many people left Mar-a-Lago.”
The author of “Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace” then noted that members are leaving due to concerns that they may appear in newspaper articles.
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Leamer says the decline in Trump’s popularity has also alienated members.
He told MSNBC: “They don’t want anything to do with Donald Trump. Many of the members, they don’t go there very often because it is a very discouraged place.”
He continued, “It is a sad place for Trump to leave. It is not what it was.”
Leamer later added, “They are moving away from him. Even here, people don’t like him.”
Members, who pay $ 200,000 to join the club, expressed their concern about Trump’s return to Mar-a-Lago.
It has been reported that his neighbors are taking legal steps to prevent the former president from permanently residing there. They are reportedly taking legal action to try to prevent the change from becoming permanent, according to The Washington Post.
Neighbors wrote a secret letter to Palm Beach officials and the United States Secret Service arguing that Trump has no legal right to live in Mar-a-Lago full time, the Post reported.
He said authorities should notify Trump that he is not allowed to become a permanent resident to avoid an “embarrassing situation” in which he would be evicted, the newspaper said.