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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:25 PM Jan 2021

Mar-a-Lago is a 'sad place' since Trump moved in as members begin quitting: MSNBC guest


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Mar-a-Lago is a 'sad place' since Trump moved in as members begin quitting: MSNBC guest (Original Post) soothsayer Jan 2021 OP
I wonder what took them so long to quit? NoRoadUntravelled Jan 2021 #1
They thought they could get some favors if he remained President JI7 Jan 2021 #42
He lost. If he still had power, they would remain. GulfCoast66 Jan 2021 #43
Stop! dflprincess Jan 2021 #2
Womp, womp. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #3
Here ya go! Karma13612 Jan 2021 #44
also.. he can't legally "live there" he has an agreement with the county that he won't. Takket Jan 2021 #4
since when shanti Jan 2021 #21
Perhaps this is a good time to convert it back to a private home. Delmette2.0 Jan 2021 #25
But then he couldn't grift off it, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #39
Perhaps this is a good time to convert it back to a private home. Delmette2.0 Jan 2021 #27
Perhaps this is a good time to convert it into a sink hole. Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #52
There was a small sink hole there a few years back. Delmette2.0 Jan 2021 #53
Nobody wants you when you're down and out ... CountAllVotes Jan 2021 #5
"Down and Out" OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #26
Steel And Glass CountAllVotes Jan 2021 #37
Trump without makeup arlyellowdog Jan 2021 #6
Right? Creepy soothsayer Jan 2021 #9
He looks like an old man, not a circus freak. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #18
Looks like he wore a mask in the spray tan booth. NoRoadUntravelled Jan 2021 #48
what a shitty little breakfast bar onethatcares Jan 2021 #7
It's an omelette station and yes that's ketchup. underpants Jan 2021 #10
I thought the stuff dripping off the spoon was onethatcares Jan 2021 #14
Right?? soothsayer Jan 2021 #12
That's the shitty omelette bar at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach (Feb 16, 2019) Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #17
Oh he was thinner soothsayer Jan 2021 #19
I thought for a $200,000 membership fee the breakfast bar would be classier. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #22
Membership fees are only $150,000 Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #29
What a bargain. :( Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #32
Yes, it does look really cheap, and to me, not hygienic. Blue_true Jan 2021 #31
Cheap, messy, doesn't look clean, old and outdated looking. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #33
I've seen classier breakfast bars at Best Westerns. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #40
Stained pans... ketchup SledDriver Jan 2021 #38
And he called the White House a dump. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #41
People are leaving because there is no influence to buy there anymore PSPS Jan 2021 #8
Spot On! ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #15
No pardons, vaccines, stock market manipulation, etc etc Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #23
Turns out elections have consequences. This might be a good indication of what trump's chances brewens Jan 2021 #11
He can lower the price and provide discounts for super MAGAs greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #13
He hates the MAGAs, they're low class. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #24
Nah! They'd be MUCH happier..... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #30
I'm not holding my breath on these people or the QAnon's bailing on him underpants Jan 2021 #16
"The Don's losin power, so I'm lookin to join a different mafia social club" struggle4progress Jan 2021 #20
Trump is (and has been toxic). Blue_true Jan 2021 #28
Right, they cannot afford to lose business, take a big hit in terms of reputation. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #34
everything he touches DIES onethatcares Jan 2021 #35
Right, he is a walking death factory. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #36
Everything Trump touches dies! Initech Jan 2021 #45
Overheard: "Who's that new dude with the red hat? What an asshole! Wish he'd change his depends." Alex4Martinez Jan 2021 #46
That's an old pic of a thin King Donald. Sad to think of him wandering his empty palace... Hekate Jan 2021 #47
Howl, howl, howl, howl. soothsayer Jan 2021 #50
Sad! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #49
WH was sad place until nov 20 Demovictory9 Jan 2021 #51

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
1. I wonder what took them so long to quit?
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:28 PM
Jan 2021

I hope they're not thinking they'll get their money back.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,529 posts)
3. Womp, womp.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:30 PM
Jan 2021

I'd play my sad little violin but I can't find it. The cat might have swatted it under the refrigerator or mistaken it for a bit of kibble and eaten it.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,529 posts)
39. But then he couldn't grift off it,
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 06:14 PM
Jan 2021

which was the whole point of turning it into a club people had to pay a lot of money to join.

CountAllVotes

(22,215 posts)
5. Nobody wants you when you're down and out ...
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:32 PM
Jan 2021

On MSNBC Saturday, author and historian Laurence Leamer discussed the imminent decline of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club, following reports that residents of Palm Beach, Florida may try to use local laws to prohibit him from living at the complex.

"I know that you live actually in this neck of the woods and you have witnessed the big return," said anchor Alex Witt. "So what happened there and what's happened since Wednesday? Are supporters camping out outside his property there? Are they lining the streets? What's it look like?"

"No," said Leamer who wrote the definitive book on the Mar-a-Lago resort. "What's fascinating — I've talked to a bunch of people the last couple of days. A lot of people have quit Mar-a-Lago. They don't want their names to be in The Washington Post or The New York Times, and the list of people that have quit, they've silently walked out. They don't want anything to do with Donald Trump. And many of the members, they're not going there very often, because it's a very dispirited place. They're not concerned about politics. It's a sad place for Trump to be hanging out. It's not what it was."

"Does that mean that Trump won't also get the money that he gets for those private club memberships?" asked Witt. "That's going to dwindle as well?"





Irish_Dem

(81,260 posts)
18. He looks like an old man, not a circus freak.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jan 2021

The old pasty skin is better than orange sprayed on paint.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
48. Looks like he wore a mask in the spray tan booth.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 07:27 PM
Jan 2021

But why would he do that when he refused to wear a mask to keep people from dying?

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
7. what a shitty little breakfast bar
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:33 PM
Jan 2021

and then some half closed eyes guy in pajamas shows up.

I've seen better at a Hampton Inn.

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
14. I thought the stuff dripping off the spoon was
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:38 PM
Jan 2021

pancake batter, you know. To go with the ketchup.

Brother Buzz

(39,898 posts)
17. That's the shitty omelette bar at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach (Feb 16, 2019)
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:41 PM
Jan 2021

Irish_Dem

(81,260 posts)
22. I thought for a $200,000 membership fee the breakfast bar would be classier.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:53 PM
Jan 2021

Looks like a cheap motel.

Brother Buzz

(39,898 posts)
29. Membership fees are only $150,000
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:08 PM
Jan 2021

And I suspect they only roll out the bar when the orange anus makes an appearance.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
31. Yes, it does look really cheap, and to me, not hygienic.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:14 PM
Jan 2021

Pretty pathetic omelette bar for what those people pay for memberships, and likely monthly food and drink tab fees. I have seen far, far better at the breakfast bars of budget hotels.

Irish_Dem

(81,260 posts)
33. Cheap, messy, doesn't look clean, old and outdated looking.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:17 PM
Jan 2021

Right, any family priced motel has a modern, clean, attractive breakfast bar.

ProfessorGAC

(76,697 posts)
15. Spot On!
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:38 PM
Jan 2021

The power of the presidency is profound.
Now, he's a loser & just another big mouth.
No longer useful.
This "trump will maintain influence over the GOP" talk is specious.
I think a lot of those pundits will be eating those words in a year.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
11. Turns out elections have consequences. This might be a good indication of what trump's chances
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:36 PM
Jan 2021

are of getting much of anything going. He might still have his low-life base, but they won't pony up the kind of money he's going to need.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
13. He can lower the price and provide discounts for super MAGAs
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:37 PM
Jan 2021

It'll be a MAGA paradise. He can golf with some Capitol stormers in camo, and they can all take field trips to Western PA for the first day of deer hunting season. It'll be absolutely fabulous.

underpants

(196,493 posts)
16. I'm not holding my breath on these people or the QAnon's bailing on him
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:38 PM
Jan 2021

Let alone this fast. The Lago people can afford it. Yes they can afford other clubs but I doubt they are really peeling off that quickly.

The Q people are fools anyway and people don’t realize the medicine man is a fraud until they’ve been burned several times.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
28. Trump is (and has been toxic).
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:06 PM
Jan 2021

He is extra toxic after his nonsense about the November election and his actions on Jan 6. Many of those members own financial assets that require that they maintain the respect of the communities that they live in or do business. Only fools like the MyPillow guy will throw caution to the wind and stick with Trump.

Irish_Dem

(81,260 posts)
34. Right, they cannot afford to lose business, take a big hit in terms of reputation.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:18 PM
Jan 2021

They cannot afford bad press.

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
35. everything he touches DIES
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:35 PM
Jan 2021

why would his branded hotels do any different?

I'd imagine his lenders are beginning to wonder what the hell they got themselves into...Only time will tell and it's gonna be a fractured fairy tale for sure.

Alex4Martinez

(3,331 posts)
46. Overheard: "Who's that new dude with the red hat? What an asshole! Wish he'd change his depends."
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 06:32 PM
Jan 2021

"Dude stinks and won't stop talking."

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
47. That's an old pic of a thin King Donald. Sad to think of him wandering his empty palace...
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 06:52 PM
Jan 2021

Remembering the days when it was full of courtiers who paid top dollar just to have him crash their daughters’ weddings. Courtiers and hangers-on who applauded his entrance, who breathlessly awaited his next breach of national security at his dinner table, hoping they would be chosen to shine their cell phone flashlights on the proceedings. Bejewelled women who tolerated his groping with a smile...

Remembering the days when he could swagger forth in his little kingdom, the bright orange El Caudillo del Mar a Lago.

How long before we behold him on the browned golf course bellowing for his daughter, with only a jesting golf caddy for company?

*

Well, I can dream Shakespearian dreams, can’t I?

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
50. Howl, howl, howl, howl.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 07:40 PM
Jan 2021

You don’t even need “weddings” in this line:

.. let him crash their daughters

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