Trump Planning 'Victory' Party In D.C., Letting Him Cash In For Maybe The Last Time
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump appears to be planning his election night “victory” party not in his new home state of Florida, but in Washington, D.C. ― providing him possibly his final opportunity to cash in on his presidency.
While Trump votes by mail using his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as a mailing address, Mar-a-Lago is a members-only club, with only a small number of guest rooms, many of which are taken up by Secret Service agents when the president is there.
In contrast, his hotel a few blocks from the White House has 263 rooms that during peak periods cost more than $1,000 to several thousand dollars per night to occupy. Those rates could put hundreds of thousands of extra dollars from supporters into Trump’s own pocket.
“One last chance,” joked a top Republican close to the White House who confirmed the location.
Should Trump lose his bid for a second term on Nov. 3, there will be little reason for lobbyists and foreign interests hoping to influence him or his executive branch agencies to continue patronizing the hotel and its restaurants, which are significantly more expensive than surrounding properties of similar quality.
Neither the White House nor the Trump campaign responded to HuffPost queries on the matter. Neither entity has announced plans for election night, which is just three weeks away.
Trump International Hotel in Washington is entirely sold out from Oct. 29 through Nov. 4, according to its website. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington back in January found that election night was already sold out, and that the cheapest available room for Nov. 4 was $1,600.
Rooms this week, during the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, run from $895 per night for a king room to $2,171 for a “premier one-bedroom suite.”
For the next two weeks, the king room is available for $439 a night and the suite for $1,871.
In contrast, rooms are available for election...
