Mar-a-Lago
Historic resort in Palm Beach, Florida, US
Mar-a-Lago
The Mar-a-Lago Club ( MAR ə LAH-goh, Spanish: [ˈmaɾ a ˈlaɣo]) is a resort and National Historic Landmark on a barrier island in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. It has 126 rooms and an area of 62,500 square feet (5,810 square meters) built on 17 acres (7 hectares) of land. Since 1985, it has been owned by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Mar-a-Lago was built for the businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 1924 and 1927, during the Florida land boom. At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the National Park Service, hoping it could be used for state visits or as a Winter White House. However, because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility, the property was returned to the Post Foundation by act of Congress 96–586 on December 23, 1980. In 1985, Donald Trump, primarily a businessman and real estate investor at the time,...
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