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Trump wants to make his West Palm Beach golf club a permanent presidential retreat

Garrett Haake, Megan Brand, Maya Rosenberg, Dareh Gregorian

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President Donald Trump is considering a proposal to designate his private golf club in West Palm Beach as a permanent presidential retreat. The plan involves the federal government acquiring land from the county to build a lodging facility, which the club would fund.

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The proposal raises significant ethical and legal questions regarding the intersection of a sitting president's private business interests and federal government property.

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President Donald Trump wants to add a presidential retreat to his club in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his golf course there becoming the “permanent United States Presidential Golf Course.” An attorney for the Trump International Golf Club proposed the designation and construction of a retreat on Trump’s dime in a letter to the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, which has been obtained by NBC News. “Just as Camp David, Windsor Palace or the Elysee Palace are known worldwide, so too will the Presidential Golf Course in Palm Beach County,” Harvey Oyer wrote in the letter last month, which was first reported by The Palm Beach Post. The White House confirmed the proposal to The Washington Post on Wednesday. Trump, asked about the report in the Oval Office, told reporters that it had not been his idea but that he was on board.

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