Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign launch at Mar-a-Lago in November put his private residence and club back in the limelight.
Former President Donald Trump announced he will run for the White House. Here's who we could see challenge him in 2024.2024 campaign launch at Mar-a-Lago in November put his private residence and club back in the limelight. But the former Southern White House, as the Palm Beach estate was dubbed during Trump's one-term presidency, has rarely been out of the spotlight since January 2021.
“Well, first off, he hasn’t — he has no ability to suspend the Constitution,” said U.S. Rep. David Joyce, who leads the Republican Governance Group said during a network interview on ABC. “You know, he says a lot of things, but that doesn’t mean that it’s ever going to happen.”even as government watchdogs have often red-flagged conflicts of interest when Trump was in office and cited as problematic self-dealing since.
The event's organizers would not discuss the gala or retreat in detail, including the scheduled speakers. The retired general's extremist political views, his pardoned felony and his role leading up to the Jan. 6 violence at the Capitol has left some Trump loyalists shaking their heads. CREW's Maguire and other government watchdogs say they believe Trump's steering of business to his properties during his presidency more than made up for his donating away his $400,000 a year presidential salary during his term.
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