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The Mar-a-Lago member list revealed: Donors, lobbyists, future ambassadors - and paying Trump customers.
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Membership lists reviewed by The New York Times show that the clubs nearly 500 paying members include dozens of real estate developers, Wall Street financiers, energy executives and others whose businesses could be affected by Mr. Trumps policies. At least three club members are under consideration for an ambassadorship. Most of the 500 have had memberships predating Mr. Trumps presidential campaign, and there are a limited number of memberships still available.
William I. Koch, who oversees a major mining and fuels company, belongs to Mar-a-Lago, as does the billionaire trader Thomas Peterffy, who spent more than $8 million on political ads in 2012 warning of creeping socialism in America.
William I. Koch in his office at Oxbow Carbon, his fuels company, in May 2016 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Koch is a member of Mar-a-Lago.
Another member is George Norcross, an insurance executive and the South Jersey Democratic Party boss, whose friendship with Mr. Trump dates to the presidents Atlantic City years, when Mr. Norcross held insurance contracts with Mr. Trumps casinos, and Mr. Trump wrangled with the states Democratic leaders over tax treatment of the properties. Yet another member is Janet Weiner, part owner and chief financial officer of the Rockstar energy drink company, which has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying federal officials to avoid tighter regulations on its products.
Bruce Toll, a real estate executive who co-founded Toll Brothers, one of the nations largest home builders, and who is still active in the industry, owns a home nearby and frequently sees Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, he said. While they did not discuss any of Mr. Tolls specific projects, he said, the two would occasionally discuss national issues, such as Mr. Trumps plans to increase spending on highways and other infrastructure projects.
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Its a who's who of scumbags.....with direct access to POTUS
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)They will soon be forced to sign NDA's as part of membership..
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)Ka-ching!!!
ret5hd
(20,518 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)The plutocracy, in a democratic state, tends to take the place of the missing aristocracy, and even to be mistaken for it.. It is, of course, something quite different. It lacks all the essential character of a true aristocracy: a clean tradition, culture, public spirit, honesty, courage-- above all, courage.
Henry Louis Mencken
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)EarthFirst
(2,904 posts)Why else is it documented where Trump goes table to table asking the membership what their personal opinions on Cabinet nominees are?