“It’s a very despondent place,” said Laurence Leamer, historian and author of “Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace,” MSNBC presenter Alex Witt told “Weekends with Alex Witt” Saturday. . He said members “are not concerned about politics and that the food is not good”.
Leamer said he spoke with some former members who “quietly walked away” after Trump left office.
Dissatisfied members can lead to a lower salary for Trump. When Trump was president, many people paid up to $ 200,000 for Mar-a-Lago memberships, Leamer noted, saying they don’t think they will continue to pay that price.
“You couldn’t possibly exaggerate how comical it is,” said Kimmel on The Ringer’s “The Bill Simmons Podcast.” “Everyone there is 100 years old.”
Kimmel told Simmons that he had gone to the resort about six years ago to have dinner with Howard Stern, who lived near the property at the time. He described the visitors to Mar-a-Lago as “bent over people eating soft foods,” and said the place is covered in photos of Trump.
“It was just a quiet and awful place,” said Kimmel. “And now he lives in this awful place.”
“Even here, people don’t like him,” Leamer said, referring to the residents of Palm Beach – many of whom voted for Trump in hopes of lower taxes and a thriving stock market. “It’s just another measure of how his power has diminished.”