I had the opportunity to work on the estate for a LPGA event in the ballroom ! It was stunning ; the Waterford chandeliers , gold leaf everywhere ,… was truly over the top ! Security was tight even then in the early 2010s!
Because it can't be sold as a private residence. Trump gave that up in a permanent deed to the National Trust. He got tax write offs but now the property can only be ued as a "private recreational club". Forever. What would you pay for this property if you could only live in the apartment of the "live in property manager" and the rest of the property would be used by strangers. What Billionaire wants a house where other people swim in the pool and eat at the restaurant that was once a private dining hall?
Otherwise it probably would've been torn down after years without repair, he had to put a modern equivalent of 80 million dollars in repairs once he bought it.
I wish they would tell the story of Miami Beach and how Murial Harbor changed Miami. Miami Beach once was so safe .I was there. Today crime is coming there.
As an FYI, C.W. Post was originally a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, where John Harvey Kellogg took in patients who had gout and other dietary based diseases. He developed many diet-based products never originally intended for retail sale outside the sanitarium. As a patient, Post realized the commercial viability of these products and rooted around to discover the recipes. Among the products he ‘took’ were Corn Flakes (which were originally intended to be eaten dry), and the roasted barley coffee substitute that he called Postum. Eventually J H Kellogg’s brother, Will, lobbied for them to manufacture their dietary products for retail sale and thus was born Battle Creek, Michigan as the cereal capital of the world. Obviously, money was made hand over fist, too, as Mar-a-Lago bears witness.
Doesn't matter how rich you are. $1 million a year just in maintenance per year is a money pit. It makes way more sense as a private club than a residence. There are a lot of castles in Europe that could use some business sense.
@@mightisright This is a commercial property, not a residence. The Town of Palm Beach allows him to live there because he swore he was an employee of the club serving as a live-in property manager. He has an apartment, not the whole mansion.
King??? We don’t serve Dictators or Kings. We have Presidents that are supposed to serve the people. Not the other way around. In fact the Founding Fathers would be ashamed of yall calling him a king.
@@iammaximus614Redemption in what way? And please don’t mention what you want to happen to people who don’t agree with you. Name something good for the American People. No matter who they are!!
The original owner Margery Post willed it to the government due to the high costs to maintain, then the government sold it to Trump because of the maintenance costs, then Trump made it a club house for the super rich! All because of the cost in maintenance! It was built to be a money pit for sure!
Just an apartment actually. Most of the property is a recreational club used by stranger. It's also rented out to companies for parties. Trump couldn't afford to maintain it as a private residence, like Post did.
To evaluate that Property at $18,000,000 is disgraceful. The Main Ballroom would be worth more on its own with all the extravagant Furnishings chandeliers & gold fixtures etc. Mar a Lago is a National Treasure & Iconic.
You don't seem to realize that it was deeded to the National Trust for Historic preervation. It's a commercial property with extremely high maintenance costs. It was appraised on the basis. It's not a private home.
...The upkeep of Mar a Lago at annual 1,000.000, wasn't the reason for the property going into a public membership club...Trump had serious bankruptcy problems & came close to losing Mar a Lago till his financial advisors talked him into going public at 50.000 memberships... ...Old Naples Florida 🌴 Trump 2025 - Vance 2029🏁
@@HenrySousa-n2c Fred made the actual money, Donald has been mostly a failure of a businessman. Almost all of his businesses, including real estate, have been terrible failures. He'd be much much richer if he had just taken his massive inheritance and put it in an index fund instead. Donald's only legitimate success in his entire life was The Apprentice.
@@falkothegreatyeah, she owes 20 million to vendors, and staff that worked for her. She made sure all of her rich friends got paid and a about a half billion came from ordinary people who donated to her campaign. The rest from mega donors. You know she got kickbacks. That's all this administration has been about was them getting as much money as possible. I can't believe she got the votes she did.
Marjorie Merriweather Post could never have imagined that her Palm Beach home, Mar-A-Lago, would become as infamous as it is today?? Infamous?? No, FAMOUS!! Foolish to think otherwise...
Very interesting story of this 1920’s built estate! Even the rich Margery Post who built it then willed to the state, then bought by Trump, have all stated it is a property too expensive to keep and maintain!
2 and 1/2 million in the 1920s is nothing like 36 million now… They could never build that property for 36 million it would be in the billions! Labor was Five dollars a day for skilled labor. Now it’s $75 an hour!
I was born in Broward County, but my family moved to Palm Beach County when I was 2 years old. I’m 60 years old now and Palm Beach County has always, to my knowledge, been included in the realm of “South Florida “. Don’t know why this would even be in dispute.
First time I was there was 1969 when my private school art class was invited. I loved it but was amazed at how it looked. Then years later my job took me there after Mr. trump bought it. He would rent it out for parties. Who will get it when President Trump is gone?
Great job just telling the story without injecting a personal narrative. Refreshing and rare these days.
Truth
Trump made Mar-A-Lago great again !!
Yes he had the money for it. Y’all will NEVER!
I had the opportunity to work on the estate for a LPGA event in the ballroom ! It was stunning ; the Waterford chandeliers , gold leaf everywhere ,… was truly over the top ! Security was tight even then in the early 2010s!
Oh you’re so lucky!
This is the property that the judge in New York says is only worth 18 million dollars hahaha
Because it can't be sold as a private residence. Trump gave that up in a permanent deed to the National Trust. He got tax write offs but now the property can only be ued as a "private recreational club". Forever. What would you pay for this property if you could only live in the apartment of the "live in property manager" and the rest of the property would be used by strangers. What Billionaire wants a house where other people swim in the pool and eat at the restaurant that was once a private dining hall?
Estimates have it at close to 2 Billion dollars
@@floydhughes2147 Trump should have been charged for undervaluing it! :D
Leftist fools contacted TDS. 😅😅
So glad Trump bought it.
Why? How does Mar-a-lago's ownership affect your life in any way?
Otherwise it probably would've been torn down after years without repair, he had to put a modern equivalent of 80 million dollars in repairs once he bought it.
@@2011blueman❄️
@@dominickmilano4858 Learn English if you're going to respond to me.
@@2011blueman It's nice to know that history was preserved and MMP's dream was eventually realized.
Trump made it an American icon.
Thank you for a fine documentary with zero traces of TDS.
I wish they would tell the story of Miami Beach and how Murial Harbor changed Miami. Miami Beach once was so safe .I was there. Today crime is coming there.
Orange man, not bad
It was Mar-a-Lagos lucky that President Trump bought it!! ❤
Thank You 🇺🇸 I found this bit of history very interesting. President TRUMP has given the property it deserves! RIP Ms. Post 💕
Well done Mr President. MAGA!! 🇺🇸 😊
This is way nicer than the white house.
This is a great story……I enjoyed it very much! Thank you! ❤❤❤
As an FYI, C.W. Post was originally a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, where John Harvey Kellogg took in patients who had gout and other dietary based diseases. He developed many diet-based products never originally intended for retail sale outside the sanitarium. As a patient, Post realized the commercial viability of these products and rooted around to discover the recipes. Among the products he ‘took’ were Corn Flakes (which were originally intended to be eaten dry), and the roasted barley coffee substitute that he called Postum. Eventually J H Kellogg’s brother, Will, lobbied for them to manufacture their dietary products for retail sale and thus was born Battle Creek, Michigan as the cereal capital of the world. Obviously, money was made hand over fist, too, as Mar-a-Lago bears witness.
Trump would never say "I cant afford it" He just out smarted the state !!
Doesn't matter how rich you are. $1 million a year just in maintenance per year is a money pit. It makes way more sense as a private club than a residence. There are a lot of castles in Europe that could use some business sense.
@@mightisright This is a commercial property, not a residence. The Town of Palm Beach allows him to live there because he swore he was an employee of the club serving as a live-in property manager. He has an apartment, not the whole mansion.
@@hewitcwrong
Trump and the original owner ... WORKED for it!
Trump buying it was a brilliant move, him using for presidential events is even smarter!
18 million? SOLD
Keep in mind that a corrupt NYC judge declared that Maro Lago was only worth 18 million.
Please!!! Single family houses ocean front homes go for that.
Thanks for posting this story. No one publicly gives Trump credit for saving the estate. Saving grand estates like this makes America great!
Two great people of this great land, Marjorie Merriweather Post and Donald J. Trump.
Dont forget the other Marjorie - Marjorie Taylor Green - nut bag.
So meant to be!!
The king's home❤
… It’s Redemption Time! 🇺🇸🗽
King??? We don’t serve Dictators or Kings. We have Presidents that are supposed to serve the people. Not the other way around. In fact the Founding Fathers would be ashamed of yall calling him a king.
@@iammaximus614Redemption in what way? And please don’t mention what you want to happen to people who don’t agree with you. Name something good for the American People. No matter who they are!!
Trump is NOT king
Incredible
Operating costs must be enormous
Probably yeah, but it also generates well over $50M in revenue annually according to disclosures from the sham civil trial in New York.
@SwirkH Definitely was a sham.
@@SwirkHtrump is cheat..he can’t be anything else; he’s a Malignant Narcissist. They are all cut from the same cloth.
The original owner Margery Post willed it to the government due to the high costs to maintain, then the government sold it to Trump because of the maintenance costs, then Trump made it a club house for the super rich! All because of the cost in maintenance! It was built to be a money pit for sure!
Wishing the best to my favorite President!
don't cry liberals
All political affiliations, all the same
😂
They're not liberals at all, they've evolved into leftists, communists. Total extremists
MAGA
… The Southern White House! 🇺🇸🗽
Just an apartment actually. Most of the property is a recreational club used by stranger. It's also rented out to companies for parties. Trump couldn't afford to maintain it as a private residence, like Post did.
@@hewitc
You need to tell us the food you’re eating so that we never eat it.
A drunk judge somewhere said that building is just 18M$😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That is how you know it is a brainless liberal!!
It's amazing that it's only worth 18 million! ;)
To evaluate that Property at $18,000,000 is disgraceful. The Main Ballroom would be worth more on its own with all the extravagant Furnishings chandeliers & gold fixtures etc. Mar a Lago is a National Treasure & Iconic.
You don't seem to realize that it was deeded to the National Trust for Historic preervation. It's a commercial property with extremely high maintenance costs. It was appraised on the basis. It's not a private home.
@@hewitc You don't seem to realize that property could not be purchased for $18 million lol...
@@hewitcit was given back to the estate..which sold it to private citizen
Great video.
Beautiful
Given the choice between DC and Palm Beach... it's a no brainer. Great content, well done.
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Why is it infamous? It's stunning;y famous!
NYAG says that the property is only worth 12 to 25 million dollars today, and that Trump over valued it in his asset reports.
That's why everyone is laughing at the NYAG, lol.
it generates $50 million in revenue annually. How they Judge can say it’s worth 1/3 its annual revenue makes no sense.
My family was lucky to have been invited to a dinner at Mar A Lago in 2010, magical ☀️
Could suggest doing a video on the Breakers Hotel , alot of history there. Hopefully maybe?
right down the street
NYC recently had it valued at only $18m (less than Beyoncés house). Because he thought it was more than that he got fined...
Helluva time
Amazing and commendable, Nixon felt it was wrong to have the American people pay for the upkeep and deeded it back to Florida!
...The upkeep of Mar a Lago at annual 1,000.000, wasn't the reason for the property going into a public membership club...Trump had serious bankruptcy problems & came close to losing Mar a Lago till his financial advisors talked him into going public at 50.000 memberships... ...Old Naples Florida 🌴 Trump 2025 - Vance 2029🏁
Yes, Trump has been a terrible businessman for decades. His father was the good businessman.
@@2011blueman- Fred Trump wouldn't take chances, Donald gambled on Manhattan skyscrapers & eventually earned his goal & 2 terms as President...🏁
@@HenrySousa-n2c Fred made the actual money, Donald has been mostly a failure of a businessman. Almost all of his businesses, including real estate, have been terrible failures. He'd be much much richer if he had just taken his massive inheritance and put it in an index fund instead. Donald's only legitimate success in his entire life was The Apprentice.
@@2011bluemanyeah right the billionair is a bad business man 😂 didnt kamala blow 1.5 BILLION dollars on her campain an still went in debt? 😂😂😂😂
@@falkothegreatyeah, she owes 20 million to vendors, and staff that worked for her. She made sure all of her rich friends got paid and a about a half billion came from ordinary people who donated to her campaign. The rest from mega donors. You know she got kickbacks. That's all this administration has been about was them getting as much money as possible. I can't believe she got the votes she did.
Great story, Trump fullfill her dream.
Is it easy to book or waiting list?
Thank God President Trump bought it. It's awesome! I would love to visit. ❤❤❤
Awesome!
get a better AI voice
worth 18 million.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ok then
Im sure she would be happy to know that the best damned president in our lifetime makes Mara logo his permanent residence
Why is the main building so far away from the coastline? (especially compared to the other mansions nearby)
I wish I had gone when Miss Post owned it.
Nice to see ancient imperial traditions (with winter / summer residences) back
You guys didn’t talk about the drama between Trump and the City of Palm Beach!
and the flag pole. and that the estate was a wreck and daughter Dina Merill didnt want it.
Destiny
they left out the part that it was in disrepair and he had to spend millions to make it livable
Excellent choice in choosing the visiting head of state, a "great man" and elegant beautiful lady.
Marjorie Merriweather Post could never have imagined that her Palm Beach home, Mar-A-Lago, would become as infamous as it is today?? Infamous?? No, FAMOUS!! Foolish to think otherwise...
Very interesting story of this 1920’s built estate! Even the rich Margery Post who built it then willed to the state, then bought by Trump, have all stated it is a property too expensive to keep and maintain!
I can’t believe he bought it for 5 mil!
it was in bad shape
How anyone would think this was worth only $18 million is laughable.
Donald J Trump had a VISION. 🌟❤️🌟❤️🌟❤️🌟👍😎
Remember guys it’s worth “$18 million”
In 2016 i was 20 miles away i should have driven there got a pic, didn’t regrets😮
Je comprends qu'il s'y plaise magnifique propriété à l'emplacement exceptionnel et il a son golf privé !
yeah he the man for us
Infamous, more like famous!
White people have built so many amazing communities. Bravo!
And somehow the judge in NY preferred a valuation of $28 million for Mar-a-Lago
18 million
2 and 1/2 million in the 1920s is nothing like 36 million now… They could never build that property for 36 million it would be in the billions! Labor was Five dollars a day for skilled labor. Now it’s $75 an hour!
So great that you beloved President Trump own it
Yet somehow letica James valued this at $18M 😂😂😂😂😂
Palm Beach is not South Florida. Broward and Miami are South Florida. Do not try reclassifying Palm Beach.
Calijen yes Palm beach is included in south Florida everybody knows that😂
I was born in Broward County, but my family moved to Palm Beach County when I was 2 years old. I’m 60 years old now and Palm Beach County has always, to my knowledge, been included in the realm of “South Florida “. Don’t know why this would even be in dispute.
Palm Beach is 100% south Florida.
And it’s only worth 18 million today, huh?
The real Camelot
She should have JUST RENTED THE "BREAKERS" FOR A MONTH.
Wow i bet the fees are steep lol
Would have been nice to have this as a mueeam not a secluded billionaire home but oh well
First time I was there was 1969 when my private school art class was invited. I loved it but was amazed at how it looked. Then years later my job took me there after Mr. trump bought it. He would rent it out for parties. Who will get it when President Trump is gone?
Democrats will never own this class
Kennedys down the street
MAGA!
$18 million my arse.
It's a nice place but, you gotta' live in Florida, so...
Mar A Largo is the Real P-Diddy.......
Trump made her wish come through 😢😢😢❤❤❤
God have a plan it seems.
Actually , trump's first wife bought it for him as a present.
ha yeah
Garish, nouveau-rich…..lurid
Bjutefol TRUM GOD BLAS YUO❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
What a brilliant idea for Trump to make it as a private club!! ❤
MAGA ! 🇺🇸 47 👍
yeah only made one billion dollars
🇺🇸
Trump is awesome
Pity we didnt see the toilet closet with all the classified national security documents stacked up in there.
The home of the Man of Sin
and u r perfect?
@lovly2cu725 only in Jesus Christ unlike never ask God for forgiveness Trump.😚
You are crazy. He is a Christian and family oriented. You are probably man of sin or you wouldn't have even slurred that.
Yeah.......he bought it from Jimmy Carter.......TMc