âBut I donât want to go among mad people,â said Alice. âOh, you canât help that,â said the cat. âWeâre all mad here.â
Lewis Carroll
âMar-a-Lago Breach Highlights That It Is A Resort And Not In Fact A Secure Locationâ
Or, it could be a money-laundering tax scam, insurance and bank fraud asset, emoluments clause violating grift, and international center of influence and access peddling for profit.
There isnât much point in making it secure since Trump is all too willing to disclose classified information to just about anyone. The security leaks are coming straight from the top.
The person who was caught out by the receptionist is almost certainly not the only, or even the primary, agent tasked with infiltrating the government.
I donât envy the security cleanup task the next President will need to take up.
The holes in security at Mar-a-Logo start with the A-hole in ownership.
Itâs not a resort so much as an obscenely expensive private club that gives the saying âPay to playâ concrete meaning. Apparently, itâs not even very good at being a private club, much less a secure location.
You canât say there isnât increased security at Mar-A-Lago when the big man is in town. The secret service and local police do close down the roads around the resort, forcing folks who live on an island with three bridges (including one right next to Mar-A-Lago) to drive miles out of their way. The FAA also diverts air traffic over downtown West Palm Beach (including my apartment building) announcing Trumpâs arrival.
Indeed: Mar-a-Lagoon - the âWinter White House & Southern Swamp.â
âŚand every weekend during the âHigh Seasonâ the taxpayers shell out $3.5 million to allow Donnie to swan around among the very wealthy all the while putting our country at risk. Lord. Whatâs wrong with the scenario?
Mar-A-Lago wasnât an expensive resort before Trump was elected President, but I am told the prices have skyrocketed since. Canât blame the President for taking advantage of the law of supply and demand.
Yes I can. There is a little thing called the âemoluments clauseâ. The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.
Want to see a real emoluments clause violation look at the Trump hotel near the White House. He rents that building from the government.
Of COURSE it*s a secure location - Mr Blubber has an underground bunker there .
Donny says in the words of his idol, Alferd E, Nueman, âWhat me worriedâ, she was there to see Jarad and Ivanka what could possibly go wrong they both have security clearances.
I got a feeling if we ever get to see all the foreign leaks from Donald weâll all be astounded and amazed he didnât bring the whole US down, assuming he doesnât. And goddamn the republican party covering up to save their supposed reputation. Jesus they are complete sell outs.
Mar-A-Lago: Come for the shrimp cocktail. Stay for the state secrets.
Iâm waiting for Lindsey Graham to do his usual interpretive dance of Trump apologia over this one. It should put Martha Graham and Twyla Tharp to shame.
If youâve got the money honey, Iâve got the crime.
God forbid that being President gets in the way of him making money in his business.