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I live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
by tenaciousDaniel 8y ago
I live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
- astrodust 8y ago"Seems insane." That's the administration in a nutshell.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoIf Trumps administration is judged by how much he profits then he’s a resounding success. By any other standard it’s debatable. Mar A Lago bookings must be way up along with the daily rate.
- Redoubts 8y agoWhy is that?
- rswail 8y agoBecause the President is already provided with a "weekend" place to go called Camp David that is secure (it is a US military base), guarded by both USSS and US Marines, is located close to DC (thus only requiring helicopters instead of AF1), has a golf course and other recreational facilities. It has been good enough for every President since FDR. Trump uses Mar-a-lago as a money making exercise, raising the membership fees after becoming President and charging the USSS and other government security services for the facilities they use to guard him. It's (yet another) rort.
- codezero 8y agoNever heard rort before! TIL.
- burfog 8y agoIt isn't worse than the Whitehouse itself. There is access control. The ownership is friendly to the president. It is a physically large site, making it difficult to overrun. Targeting it with anything less than a nuke is unlikely to harm any specific individual. The main downside is proximity to water from which submarines can launch SLBM strikes. It isn't reasonable to make this complaint without moving the Whitehouse. Seriously, all of DC should be moved for security. Give the current land back to Maryland, then chop a new DC off of the Oklahoma panhandle.