Trump Holds Court in Mar-a-Lago, Demanding GOP Bows to His Will

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Much longer with details of his plans and what he has been doing to build his political party.





Trump Holds Court in Mar-a-Lago, Demanding GOP Bows to His Will

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/trump-holds-court-in-mar-a-lago-demanding-gop-bows-to-his-will?utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic


By Mark Niquette and Billy House
March 12, 2021, 1:00 AM CST

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Donald Trump is building a political operation to lead the Republican Party from his Mar-a-Lago resort, but the former president is clashing with other Republicans as he seeks to do it entirely on his terms.

Trump’s Florida estate has become the center of gravity for the GOP, with political operatives and politicians waiting around to get a meeting with him and holding fundraisers in hopes he’ll attend. At the same time, party leaders have gone there to persuade him -- so far in vain -- to put winning a GOP majority in Congress in 2022 over retaliating against Republicans who opposed him.

Instead, Trump has made it clear he wants to expand his own fund-raising and political operation, cement his place as leader of the Republican Party and defeat the 10 GOP members of Congress who voted to impeach him on a charge of inciting the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. That has put him at odds with the very party leaders who want to ride his popularity back to power.

The pattern emerging is similar to the way he’s operated since entering politics in 2015: Identify enemies, encourage rivalries and raise money toward his own political goals, whether it’s good for the broader party agenda or not.


At Mar-a-Lago, Trump shows up at some of the fundraisers, like a March 5 event for South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a staunch ally who faces re-election next year. Senator Mike Lee of Utah had a fundraiser there last month, and Alabama Senate candidate Lynda Blanchard, Trump’s former ambassador to Slovenia, has an event scheduled there on Saturday............................

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The Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographer: Lynne Sladky/AP Photo

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[speak easy]

1. Dear Jewish Space Lasers,

There is a a derelict property in Palm Beach, Florida, coordinates, 26°40'37"N - 80°02'13"W , urgently in need of the sort of urban renewal only that complete vaporization can provide.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. He gets group a to fight with group b and raises cash off the mess he's created

[multigraincracker]

3. Any word on exactly what his

cut will be?

[gab13by13]

4. In other news,

our president just signed the American Rescue plan.

Who the hell is this Trump person?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. My guess this is temporary.

When national Republicans and the RNC need the funds to finance campaigns and there isn't any money (and Trump's not sharing), I predict they'll turn on his. Tell his supporters that he's taking their money to pay off his personal debts, not to put MAGAts (or is it Save America these days?) into office. It's going to be war. The Republicans have been humoring and coddling Trump since 2015 but those days are limited.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. And he rakes in money charging the same Republicans he

support for using his palace and staying there.

[Blue Owl]

7. Lindsey's got his toilet-licking kneepads on

Bring him to the master’s chamber...

[Aristus]

8. When I read the OP, I heard that mournful trumpet from "The Godfather" start to play.

Trump is nowhere near as smart or as honorable (in his own way) as Vito Corleone, but we'll let that go...