Department of Labor records show that The Trump Organization’s Mar-a-Lago club submitted a request on July 5th to hire 40 foreign servers and 21 cooks through the H-2B visa program, which has seen overwhelming demand this year. A BuzzFeed News report questioned the ethics of inviting Trump club members for tours of Air Force One, but…
Ribbon Cut on New Clubhouse at Trump Golf Links in New York
The new permanent clubhouse for the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx was opened two years ahead of the stipulation for it in the contract with New York City that gave the Trump Organization the right to build the new course on a landfill. Given recent reports of declining rounds and revenues…
Man Opens Fire at Trump National Doral Miami
Jonathan Oddi, 42, was shot and wounded by police in the early morning of May 18 after he opened fire and shouted about President Trump in the hotel lobby of the Doral, Fla., property. Oddi has been taken into custody and a police officer has been injured but is expected to recover. An armed man…
Presidential-Seal Tee Markers Removed from Trump Golf Course
A day after a report that using tee markers on which the presidential seal had been reproduced at Trump International Golf Course in Florida could be illegal, the Trump Organization said they were temporary plaques that were presented to the club by a small group of members, in honor of Presidents Day weekend.
Trump Organization Orders Tee Markers with Presidential Seal
Eagle Sign and Design, a metalworking and sign company, received an order to manufacture dozens of round, 12-inch replicas of the presidential seal to be placed next to the tee boxes at Trump golf course holes. Under federal law, the seal’s use is permitted only for official government business. In recent weeks, the Trump Organization…
Trump National GC in Jupiter, Fla. Settles Lawsuit Over Deposit Refunds
The payout of $5.45 million is more than 94% of what a U.S. District Judge ordered last February. The club had been scheduled to argue an appeal of that ruling in May, but a lawyer for the former club members who had resigned and been denied their refunds proclaimed, “In our view, the class prevailed.”
Mar-a Lago Cited for Poor Maintenance, Kitchen Violations
The bed-and-breakfast unit at The Trump Organization’s club in Palm Beach, Fla. was cited in a November inspection for the lack of smoke detectors and missing concrete in its bed-and-breakfast unit, and a variety of poor kitchen safety practices. A re-inspection later in the month found that the property “met inspection standards.”
Trump Golf Courses Deal with Records Request, Vandalism
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Trump administration to turn over records of its golf club members after a USA TODAY investigation that “raised the possibility that members of the president’s private clubs could receive special access to the president not available to private citizens.” Four of Trump’s golf courses in New York and New…
USA Today Probes Connections to Trump Through Club Memberships
The national newspaper published results of an extensive investigation through which it “found the names of 4,500 members [of Trump Organization clubs] by reviewing social media, news stories and a public website that golfers use to track their handicaps.” It then drew connections with those names and “at least 50 executives whose companies hold federal contracts, and 21 lobbyists and trade group officials.”
14 Charities Cancel Events at Mar-a-Lago Club
Nonprofits that use the Palm Beach, Fla., club’s ballrooms for fundraisers have canceled events at the property in the past five days in response to President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about a “Unite the Right” demonstration in Charlottesville, Va. In the last five days, since President Donald Trump said there were “fine people” among those marching…
Rounds Dip at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point
The municipal facility in the Bronx, N.Y., which cost $127 million to build, does not have a permanent clubhouse, lost revenue in its second year, and has come under sharp criticism from nearby residents who say the fees are too high. Under the terms of the city’s contract with the Trump Organization, the clubhouse must…
Vandalism, Protest Occur at Trump Courses
Some 200 protesters demonstrated in a public park within Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verde, Calif. to form the word “RESIST!” with their bodies, as course officials and sheriff’s deputies watched from the clubhouse. Across the country in the Bronx, New York, vandals cut down four 30-foot trees at Trump’s newest course, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point.
Eric Trump Denies Russian Investment in Company’s Courses
A Boston public-radio station aired an interview with golf writer James Dodson, who reported that he was told by Eric Trump while playing a round in 2014 at Trump National Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C. that the Trump Organization was receiving “all the funding we need out of Russia” so it could continue to buy and build new properties during the recovery from the recession. Eric Trump then tweeted that Dodson’s account was “completely fabricated” and then elaborated that “we own all of [our] assets free and clear.”
Trump Course Vandalized by Environmental Activists
After sneaking into Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. and using gardening tools to carve an obscure message with six-foot-tall letters into a green, the perpetrators sent a murky video and statement to explain their actions to The Washington Post.
MarketWatch Tabulates Highest Club Membership Price Tags
As the initiation fee for Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., has doubled to $200,000 following the election of Donald Trump, MarketWatch compiled a list of some of the priciest luxury club and resort memberships in the U.S., including the $300,000 initiation fee at Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Mont., and the $250,000 price tag at Fisher Island (Fla.) Club.