‘Who built this beautiful

artappraiser — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:48:23 +0000

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‘Who built this beautiful place?’ Despite Trump’s visits to his properties, some of his businesses show new signs of financial decline.

By David A. Fahrenthold, Jonathan O'Connell, Joshua Partlow and Josh Dawsey, @ WashingtonPost.com, November 5, 2019 at 2:51 p.m. EST

“What a beautiful ballroom,” President Trump said as he walked into a campaign fundraiser recently at a hotel in downtown Chicago. Donors laughed. The hotel was Trump’s. They were paying the president to cater his own fundraiser.

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Profits fell 89 percent from 2015 to 2018, from $16.7 million to $1.8 million, according to documents filed with Cook County, Ill. Trump’s hotel struggled even as other Chicago hotels held steady or thrived.

“Performance of [the Trump hotel] is clearly disassociated from that of its competitive set,” the company’s lawyers said in a letter to the county seeking to lower the hotel’s taxes.

The lawyers said the problem was a reaction to Trump’s politics. They even quoted a line from a 2018 Washington Post article, in which one small-time investor described the effect of Trump’s candidacy on his buildings thusly: “Then the Embarrassment came.”

Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, which prides itself on indulgent luxury, is trying to keep up by cutting costs. In a presentation to investors, obtained by The Post, the company described leaving jobs open, cutting back on gifts for high rollers and children, and buying cheaper housekeeping supplies.

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After your comment re Mar a

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:27:03 +0000

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After your comment re Mar a Lago's back door, thought you'd enjoy

That was actually fun, looked

artappraiser — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:20:45 +0000

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That was actually fun, looked at all the pictures and read everything. And they tried to be fair, it wasn't a total hit job, it was more WYSIWYG. Made me think, his style of tackiness, he has really always belonged in Florida, he's not really "New York". When New York is tacky, it's a different kind. He's just another version of wacko "Florida Man".

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‘Who built this beautiful

After your comment re Mar a

That was actually fun, looked