A 4-foot-by-4-foot sinkhole opened up on a road directly in front of President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., property, and utility crews did some exploratory excavating around it on May 22. In a fundraiser held at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., White House press secretary Sean Spicer emphasized to the audience that Trump’s club properties are “all about quality. It’s the same kind of qualities, the same kind of dedication, that he’s brought to the White House.”
The Mar-a-Lago Club, President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., property, made headlines on May 22, as a 4-foot-by-4-foot sinkhole opened up on a road directly in front of the resort, the San Antonio, Texas-based Normangee Star reported.
Social media users, meanwhile, were quick to mock the announcement of the discovery. Still, the Trump connection was proving too tough to resist for many of his critics on Twitter. West Palm Beach utility crews did some exploratory excavating around the sinkhole, the Star reported.
Others joked that Trump was finally “draining the swamp” while some appeared to be cheering on the sinkhole in hopes that Mar-a-Lago could disappear down it. Sinkholes are common in Florida—“as much a part of the Florida landscape as palm trees and alligators,” according to The Weather Channel.
Trump has dubbed Mar-a-Lago as the “Winter White House” and has frequently welcomed foreign guests to the golf club and estate, the Star reported.
Headlining a fundraiser on May 18 at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., White House press secretary Sean Spicer sought to make the case that the quality of Trump properties says a lot about the quality of his presidency, the Washington Post reported.
“It’s an honor to be here…literally standing in a property that the president owns,” Spicer said, speaking to attendees at the event that benefited the Republican Party of Virginia. “One of the things the media won’t ever tell you is, you look around this place—the quality of the people, the quality of the establishment, the quality of the food, it’s what Trump’s all about. It’s all about quality. It’s the same kind of qualities, the same kind of dedication, that he’s brought to the White House.”
The fundraiser, for which Spicer was billed as the “special guest,” was closed to the media, but Spicer’s remarks were recorded and posted on social media by an attendee, who described herself to The Post as a Trump supporter, and verified by others in attendance.
Spicer, whose job security has been the source of much speculation, was introduced by Virginia GOP party chairman John Whitbeck as “probably the second most famous man in the world right now.”
During his introduction, Whitbeck noted that attendees were “standing on property owned by our president, Donald J. Trump.” That appeared to prompt Spicer’s riff, which went on for a few minutes, the Post reported.
In his remarks, Spicer praised the quality of the staff at the club, adding that “they’re at every Trump property,” the Post reported.
“I’ve had an opportunity to see them around the country,” he said. “This isn’t a promotion, but that’s one of the things the media gets wrong every time. They don’t understand that the people who surround this president in business are the kind of people he’s surrounded himself with now. Quality people who care about putting on a quality product…It’s what he inspires. People who want to do a good job for the people they serve.”
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