This is a long and fun romp through what life is like at Mar-a-Loco
these days. LOL Be afraid. Be very afraid. ROFLOL

"How Trump jettisoned restraints at Mar-a-Lago and prompted legal peril

The inside story of how Trump transplanted the chaos and norm flouting
of his White House into his post-presidential life, leading to a
criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents that
presents potential legal peril"

"PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Donald Trump invited the rapper formerly known
as Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes to join him for dinner
on the patio of his Florida club last month, the former president had no
chief of staff or senior aide at his side.

There was no scheduler, either, nor a press aide. Only one person
staffed Trump at the gathering with antisemites that drew days of denunciations: Walt Nauta, a cook and military valet in the Trump White
House who is now employed as an all-purpose gofer for the former
president and who ushered the group to the table before leaving them
alone to talk. Nauta has continued to serve Trump loyally at Mar-a-Lago,
even as he has emerged as a key witness in the Justice Department’s investigation of whether Trump purposely hid classified documents stored
at the club from authorities.

The Nov. 22 dinner, described by three people familiar with the event,
neatly encapsulates Trump’s post-presidential life — a reminder of how a former president who worked steadily to dismantle the government
guardrails imposed by his elected office is now almost entirely without restraint.

From almost the instant it became clear he had lost the 2020 election,
Trump refused to accept the results, creating a disorganized transition
process during which he rebuffed efforts to prepare for his post-presidency.

In the two years since he left office, Trump has re-created the
conditions of his own freewheeling White House — with all of its chaos,
norm flouting and catering to his ego — with little regard for the law.
With this behavior, Trump prompted a criminal investigation into his post-presidential handling of classified documents to compound the
ongoing one into his and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020
election results — which presents potential legal peril and risks
hobbling his nascent bid to be elected president again in 2024."
[Big snip out of the middle]

"While Trump continues to receive Secret Service protection as a former president, the detail is there to guard him, not provide broader
security to the club. When one aide recommended the club subject
visitors to more thorough vetting, Trump replied, “The members need to
be able to come and go,” according to someone familiar with the
exchange. He has told advisers that security is not a problem since
everyone visiting the club loves him.

The club, meanwhile, is bordered by residential streets, including one
to the north which ends at a gate with only a small sign to warn away trespassers.

Visited on a day late last month — four months after the club was
searched by the FBI, and just as scandal was breaking over how easily
Ye’s entourage was able to access the facility — there were no security guards at the entry point to the former president’s home.

The gate stood open."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/trump-life-after-presidency/

TB

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