On a cold night in 1984, Donald Trump was walking the streets of Florida. As soon as he sat in the taxi, he suddenly asked the driver, which is the most expensive house in Florida? “There’s nothing like Mar-a-Lago here,” the driver said… Trump had heard the name for the first time. He went to see Mar-Lago that night and was stunned to see the magnificent palace spread over 20 acres. He immediately started trying to buy it. Today, Mar-a-Lago is a worldwide attraction. Trump it Winter White House They say. After the victory in the presidential elections, everything from the selection of the new cabinet to the planning of the future took place within the walls of this luxurious mansion. But how did Mar-a-Lago’s status rise politically? The answer lies deep in history.
Donald Trump once said that Mar-a-Lago is the center of the universe. It was clear from his statement that this time Trump is going to prefer Mar-a-Lago over the White House. Of course, he will officially run the country from the White House, but political strategy will be made within the walls of Mar-a-Lago. Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who holds a key position in Trump’s new administration, has been camping at Mar-a-Lago for the past month. From Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
But today’s Mar-a-Lago was once home to America’s richest woman. The woman’s name was Marjorie Merryweather Post. It was at this time that rumors of an economic recession in the United States had begun. There was a kind of panic all around. Meanwhile, Marjorie decides to build a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, where she can hold royal parties, charity events and costume ball parties.
Blue-eyed, extremely beautiful Marjorie loved parties. He awarded the tender to build it as a dream project. Its construction started in 1924 and it was completed in 1927. The name is Mar-a-Lago, which is a Spanish word meaning lake from the sea. In fact, it has the Atlantic Ocean on one side and a lake on the other.
At the time, Marjorie spent about $7 million developing Mar-a-Lago, which is about $100 million today. Mar-a-Lago is considered a masterpiece of its time. Architects Marion Sims Wyeth and Joseph Urban designed it in the Spanish and Moroccan style. Marjorie was not only a socialist but also very interested in politics. She wanted the US government to use Mar-a-Lago as a winter White House. With this wish in mind, when he died in 1973, he bequeathed Mar-a-Lago to the US government.
But this luxury property became a big problem for the US government. Seeing the splendor of this resort, the government declared it a national heritage site within a year. But fearing that the maintenance of this luxury property would cost millions of dollars, the government handed it over to the Post Foundation.
Bob Woodward, a senior American journalist and the man who exposed the Watergate scandal and shook the power of President Richard Nixon, has published his book. war It is written in it. In 1984, when Donald Trump was out on the town one night, he first learned about Mar-a-Lago from a taxi driver. He wondered why he didn’t know about such a luxury resort before. That night he arrived in Palm Beach to see Mar-a-Lago and at that moment he decided he had to buy it at any cost.
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Trump’s threat and insistence…
When Trump learned about Mar-a-Lago during a visit to Florida, he approached the Post Foundation about buying it. He had made up his mind that he would buy this property and stay there. For this he wishes to meet Mar-a-Lago’s caretaker Marjorie’s three daughters. At the time, Trump was just desperate to buy Mar-a-Lago. He meets with Marjorie’s daughters and asks them to sell Mar-a-Lago, but Marjorie’s daughters do not agree. She wanted the price to go up even more if Trump wanted to buy Mar-a-Lago. Trump understood that Marjorie’s daughters were in no mood to sell Mar-a-Lago. But Trump was not about to give up either. He met with Marjorie’s daughters one evening and told them that he had bought property directly from Mar-a-Lago and was going to build a big house there. The house will be built to block the ocean view from Mar-a-Lago. Hearing this, Marjorie’s daughters lost their feet. Trump’s plan worked and Marjorie’s daughters sold him Mar-a-Lago.
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A year after buying Mar-a-Lago, Trump said in an interview that Marjorie’s daughters were born with the beauty of their mother but not their brains.
Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985 for $10 million. He later turned Mar-a-Lago into a private club in 1995. Today, Mar-a-Lago is divided into two parts. One section houses the living arrangements for Trump and his family, where privacy is taken care of. While the other part is the Mar-a-Lago Club, where anyone can stay or hang out with a membership. Apart from guest rooms, there are facilities like spa and five star hotel. But the membership of this club is in crores due to which only very high profile people can become its members. Trump has also built a 20,000-square-foot ballroom at a cost of $7 million, where he throws lavish parties. The special feature of this ballroom is that it is made entirely of gold. Mar-a-Lago has a king-size swimming pool, beauty salon, world-class spa, five tennis courts and a golf course.
Popularity and controversy together
Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is making headlines around the world today. After losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump returned to his Mar-a-Lago home. He was accused of taking with him several government and intelligence files, after which the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in August 2021. During the raid, the FBI recovered 337 government documents from Mar-a-Lago. 21 of these documents were marked top secret.
These US government intelligence files were hidden in Trump’s bathroom and storeroom. The intelligence files that Trump hid at Mar-a-Lago included information on the US nuclear program and the defense and weapons of the US and other countries. Trump hid the intelligence files in Mar-a-Lago’s bathroom, storeroom, ballroom and bedroom. This was the first case of its kind, when such serious charges were leveled against a former president.
What’s the world like inside Mar-a-Lago?
At this time, Mar-a-Lago has become a gathering place for high-profile figures from around the world. After winning the presidential election by defeating Kamala Harris, many big personalities have come here to meet Trump. From Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been here. But how is the world inside it? Lawrence Lemer has answered this in his book. Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace I have given It is mentioned in the book that every day there is a gathering of arrogant rich people, who are always talking about power and money. Men talk about harassment lawsuits while middle-aged women are seen gossiping about gaining weight and getting rid of facial wrinkles to save their marriages.
Lamer writes in the book that at Mar-a-Lago you will see people making racist comments and speaking against Jews. Likewise Les Standford in his book Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago and the rise of America’s Xanadu He writes that Mar-a-Lago’s boundary wall is deliberately built high enough to maintain privacy.
Bob Woodward points out in his book War that US Senator Lindsey Graham drew parallels between Mar-a-Lago and North Korea. Going to Mar-A Lago was like going to North Korea, Graham said.
It is important to know about Trump that he is a businessman before becoming a politician or president. Trump said in a 1989 interview with Bob Woodward. Instinct is more important than anything else. If your instincts are right, you can fix even the worst things. The worst thing I did in my life was when I didn’t follow my instincts. Similarly, the most rewarding and good work happened when I did not listen to my people and followed my instincts. Buying Mar-a-Lago is my natural decision…
