Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trumps Caribbean mansion

[kpete]

BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS

SEPTEMBER 05, 2017 10:55 AM


President Donald Trump doesn’t just have to worry about safeguarding the nation ahead of Hurricane Irma.

Trump owns a multi-million dollar mansion on the Caribbean island of St. Martin — and Category 5 Irma is heading straight for it.

A hurricane warning is in effect for St. Martin — a French dependency about 230 miles east of Puerto Rico — and other nearby islands, meaning tropical storm-force winds could arrive within the next 24 to 36 hours.

Trump owns the 11-bedroom gated mansion through a trust set up to avoid conflict of interests during his presidency. The trust has been trying to offload the beachfront property for months. In August, its listing price was slashed from $28 million to $16.9 million, according to the Washington Post. (Ethics experts have worried a buyer could seek to curry favor with Trump by overpaying.)



http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article171290172.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. ...

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. Peggy, you just did what we would call a Southern statement

In words it would be ....." far be it from me to question Providence....pass the popcorn, pls. "

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Thank you for understanding me and interpreting me so well, my dear dixiegrrrrl!

[leftieNanner]

38. Is this in the same vein as

"Well, bless his heart..." ?

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Yep.

Altho, down here, among us Dems in town, when his name is mentioned, most of the town grand dames simply say..."Well......" and let it trail off in a significant tone.
Speaks volumes!! if done right.

The trick to Southern is tone and how a word is accented at the time. Can be funny as hell.

[leftieNanner]

42. I have a close friend from Roanoke, VA

that I met in 1969 on a student trip. She was wickedly genteel. I totally understand what you mean about the tone. She could make me laugh until I cried, and then look at me with her big brown innocent Southern eyes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. My neighbor is an old time Southern woman, 80 plus years.

very "genteel", very soft spoken, rather reserved till you get to know her well enough.

she was describing the father of a neighbor, said neighbor being a wonderful person, the father not.
"He was just lower than ditch dirt" she said, in a sharp scathing tone.

who needs swear words when you have so much tonal quality to rely on, eh?

[malaise]

2. That will be gone after this

St Maarteen - the Herald should know that

[onenote]

27. I'm pretty sure that Trump's mansion is on the French side

which is properly referred to as St. Martin. The Dutch side is St. Maarten.

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. pssst.you gonna be ok from Irma???? n/t

[malaise]

43. I suspect we may have some serious rain

but we're ready for whatever comes and compared with folks above us, Jamaica is likely to escape a big one yet again.

[mcar]

3. And if it has to hit FL

Let it make a beeline for Mar a Lago.

[Afromania]

12. If only it would come and spin that fucker and his menagerie away to OZ and leave the rest of the

folks and their property alone.


Know what, scratch that, Oz doesn't deserve that kind of headache either.

[Warpy]

28. Oh, I'd settle for having it hit the less populated part of SW Florida

and then travel NNE, making sure Mar-a-Loco has the maximum amount of beach erosion possible. If it also destabilized that ugly wall of timeshare condos that prevent locals from accessing previously unspoiled beaches, that would be the icing on the cake. Or let the lobbies and parking garages get flooded and let the fancy condos be accessible by boat, the beach having retreated far behind them. That'll work, too. They'll have sea views on both sides.

Oh, and salt water incursion into the gilt monstrosity itself would finally scour the kitchen clean.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. First time I realized that it sat on land between the Atlantic and an inlet

I was wondering how it had avoided previous storm damage.

No way will I object to Mother Nature providing some good ole global warming education.

[Warpy]

33. I hate to see most people losing their homes, it's devastating

but I tend to make exceptions for the ultra rich and their multiple pleasure palaces.

He'll probably rationalize it as not much of a loss, all those damn librul charities and corporations canceled their dinners there, it wasn't a money maker any more.

[Sanity Claws]

4. A lot of people will learn the meaning of

Schadenfreude.

[NCjack]

5. Hee-hee. Let's have 2 in 1. nt

[exboyfil]

9. Hat Trick

Take out Limbaugh's place as well.

[phylny]

6. I can't wish for bad things to happen to this home, because

of all the other people near it who will be hurt even more.

[Awsi Dooger]

34. Exactly...these type of threads are incredibly inappropriate

I'm surprised that isn't obvious, and so many similar threads have been started.

People are going to die as a result of Irma.

[cwydro]

46. I'm amazed at the DUers wishing doom on people.

Like a damn hurricane is gonna just pick on the shitstain's place. Yeah, right. Other people live there, but that doesn't seem to bother those here on DU sitting in safety wishing death and destruction on others.

Ugly. Truly a poor reflection on this site.

They should be ashamed, but I reckon they think they're just really clever. Gah.

[leftstreet]

7. Oh n/t

[Purveyor]

8. Please don't wish this storm on anybody. There are others in that region too you know.

Karma can be a spiteful bitch, indeed...

[MyOwnPeace]

13. Yep!

As much as I'd LOVE to see all of his precious holdings wiped out to sea or driven into the ground, I cannot wish anything like that on him JUST because of the wonderful people surrounding him that have put up with so much up to this point and now have to face this.
We must all care for each other - that MUST be the bottom line!

[Expecting Rain]

24. When the rain fall, it don't fall on one man's house top

Just remember this.

[cwydro]

47. Thank you.

I find it really disappointing that DUers think it's funny to wish harm on others.

[Croney]

10. Maybe he has it insured for $30 million,

with full hurricane and flood coverage. If he can make money, he will. I hope he doesn't. He deserves to lose everything.

[rdking647]

14. it doesnt matter what he has it insured for

insurance will only cover an actual loss. Since hes trying to sell it for 17m that is pretty much the most he could hope to get from an insurance company,assuming he even has insurance.

[Croney]

16. True, but the furnishings could tack on another few million.

He's such a liar and cheat, he could claim exhorbitant losses. Oh well it's pointless to speculate.

[RandySF]

11. We should call upon Trumpsters to fly down to St. Martin to protect it.

[briv1016]

15. He'll probably send in the Marines to help cleanup. Only his property though

and on the taxpayer dime.

[HipChick]

17. Bought with Russian Money...

A Russian Money wash

[kskiska]

18. Has he ever been known to put on a bathing suit

and swim - anywhere?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. He doesn't wear a suit

See

[TheBlackAdder]

19. It's probably insured for $200 Million by Russia Indemnity & Life

[Demtexan]

20. I bet after the hurricane he talks about how he has suffered to.

Will not say nothing about all the other hurricane victims .

There be videos of him walking around the properties.

[kydo]

21. It's just so sad.

For orange fool NOT!




For everyone else on that Island and in the path of Irma, (myself included), be smart, stay safe.

[Roland99]

22. A former co-worker and dear friend is on St Martin right now. He's pretty nervous

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

23. Good! Just too bad it's not going to be ONLY destroyed building on the island.

[Wellstone ruled]

26. Insurance for

Foreigners for their Property in most of the non US Islands is a tough road to hoe. If you can get insurance,it is super expensive,and most people just eat the losses.

[zentrum]

35. Seems like

...Gaia is really mad and it's very personal.

[Enoki33]

36. Interesting to learn he has been trying to unload the

property. There has got to be a problem when a developer has been acquiring debts while selling assets.

[RandySF]

37. If I can offer a sacrifice to the gods in exchange for everyone and everything else.

I would gladly offer up this place.

[FakeNoose]

39. Cheeto is an old hand at weathering the big hurricanes

He worked hard in Houston, remember? Nope - neither do I.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

41. Can't even imagine...

the annual cost of maintaining digs like that place. Probably has full-time security and maintenance staff (low-wage immigrants?). I wonder if we've had to keep Secret Service presence there, too?

[dembotoz]

44. This is God's wrath for... For... For ...oh shit wrong party...a compliment cause God knows we can

Handle it???