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Mar-a-Lago Members are Eye Witnesses as World Leaders Handle a North Korean Crisis

February 13, 2017

>  Are there no limits to 'Amateur Hour' in the Trump administration - as everyday citizens are permitted to be around world leaders, who must be on call every minute of every day?

>  And would Trump look to capitalize by raising membership fees to 300K (after having just upped it from $100K to $200K)? - Conflicted!

>  And how much is the U.S. government paying Trump for use of Mar-a-Lago while President Trump visits the resort, with and without guests? Just another way for Trump to profit off of being President. - Conflicted!

 


 

After a North Korean ballistic missile test Saturday, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scrambled to assess the situation within view of diners at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, where they were having dinner.

 

Aides surrounded the two leaders and shined mobile phone flashlights on documents to better see them on an outdoor terrace. The situation broke out while Trump was at the private Palm Beach, FL, property near other diners, many of whom are paying members of the club, which Trump still owns.

 

After conferring, Trump and Abe later held a joint news conference responding to the missile test. CNN first reported that Trump received information about the missile test in front of other diners at Mar-a-Lago.

 

One club member, Richard DeAgazio, posted photos of Trump on Facebook, saying in one caption that he saw the president "receiving the news about the missile incident" with Abe sitting next to him, according to The Washington Post. DeAgazio's Facebook entries about the night were briefly unavailable after he spoke with the Post, but the photos reappeared shortly after, but without captions.

 

Security Concerns.    The incident has prompted fresh security concerns due to Trump's penchant for spending weekends at the club, which administration aides have dubbed the "winter White House." The White House has more stringent security standards than Mar-a-Lago, and the proximity that diners had to Trump and Abe raises questions about what they could have seen or heard.