Trump era in Atlantic City to end with a blast Wednesday in implosion of Trump Plaza
ATLANTIC CITY – Just before the former Trump Plaza is about to be demolished might seem like a good time to assess the legacy of the casino-hotel’s onetime operator. Only someone’s already done that, enthusiastically praising Donald Trump’s role in the gaming industry: “The Trump Organization enjoyed tremendous success in Atlantic City, and Donald Trump has been commended for the timing of his exit from this business.” At least that’s the view from the Trump Organization’s online history. Others see it…
For decades Donald Trump bullied Palm Beach to get his way. Now he’s determined to make it his home.
One night in late January 1994, fireworks sparkled in the sky above Mar-a-Lago, a grand estate in Palm Beach, Fla., with a gilded ceiling, an entry gate clad in antique Spanish tiles and a dining room modeled on the room in Rome’s Chigi Palace that the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini later used as his office. The splashy display, and opulent setting, befitted the showy sensibilities of Donald Trump, then a 47-year-old boom-and-bust real estate mogul who had been hemorrhaging money…
Mar-a-Lago neighbors to Trump: Spend your post-presidency elsewhere
Next-door neighbors of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., that he has called his Winter White House, have a message for the outgoing commander in chief: We don’t want you to be our neighbor. That message was formally conveyed Tuesday morning in a demand letter delivered to the town of Palm Beach and also addressed to the U.S. Secret Service asserting that Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago because of an agreement he signed…
HOW DID GEORGE FLOYD DIE?
George Floyd, 46, died handcuffed on the street in the custody of police in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. An officer responding to a report that Mr. Floyd had tried to pass a fake $20 bill held him down by lodging a knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes. He died shortly after lapsing into unconsciousness... Still unanswered is the question of precisely what caused Mr. Floyd’s death. What about the autopsy commissioned by the family? Glenn A. Zeitz, a…
Could Donald Trump’s Dock Battle With Mar-A-Lago Neighbors Cost Him Millions In New York Taxes?
Revelations about President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence may cost him millions in state income tax if the New York Department of Revenue takes them seriously. A story in the Washington Post by Manuel Roig-Franzia maintains that the President’s claim of Mar-a-Lago as his permanent residence violates agreements that he made when he converted Mar-a-Lago from a private residence to a club. Under the agreement, President Trump is only allowed to live at Mar-a-Lago for three non-consecutive seven day periods. Mr. Roig-Franzia interviewed…
Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now
President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida. The decision, which was disclosed in a letter sent to the Palm Beach mayor and town council on Monday, comes three days after The Washington Post published a story that outlined assertions by local attorneys who argue that agreements Trump entered into with the town prevent him from…
Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess
... More than two decades after cutting his deal for the club, Trump still wants his dock. He asked for it in 2018, saying that it was necessary “for safety and security reasons to protect the President of the United States and his family.” His attorneys went on to say that the request had been endorsed by the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. That last part grabbed the attention of attorneys for…
Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa is up for debate
‘The Irishman’ tells us who killed Jimmy Hoffa. A lawyer with a secret trove of documents says the movie got it wrong. To get to the big man, you had to get past the toughs. Guys with calloused hands and hard-set jaws, massed there at the bar in the Rickshaw, a mob hangout with a pagoda on the roof, across from the racetrack in Cherry Hill, N.J. “What are you doin’ here?” they asked, not in a welcoming manner, when…