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💰Trump purchased the 62,000-square-foot, 17-bedroom mansion on 515 North County Road (513 is adjoining lot) called “Maison de l’Amitie,” or the House of Friendship for $41 million in 2004.
👉One of the people he bid against was Jeffrey Epstein.
👉One of the people he bid against was Jeffrey Epstein.
💰Somehow, Trump said the property was worth at least $100 million in this article and initially put it on the market for $125 million.
🧙♂️Trump sold the mansion—during the height of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis— for estimates of $95 million plus.
🧙♂️Trump sold the mansion—during the height of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis— for estimates of $95 million plus.
💰Who bought it? A Russian billionaire named Dmitry Rybolovlev known as the "Fertilizer King."
🧙♂️Via @dailybeast “People were shocked” at Trump’s coup, said Jose Lambiet, a local reporter-turned-blogger who knows Trump & once toured the property with him.
🧙♂️Via @dailybeast “People were shocked” at Trump’s coup, said Jose Lambiet, a local reporter-turned-blogger who knows Trump & once toured the property with him.
😲“They couldn’t believe that he did it,” Lambiet concluded.
🏗️The story on how much work Trump did on the property varied, but the project manager said it was extensive.
🤥When Lambiet scratched the supposedly gold fixtures in the bathroom, he says the gold paint came off.
🏗️The story on how much work Trump did on the property varied, but the project manager said it was extensive.
🤥When Lambiet scratched the supposedly gold fixtures in the bathroom, he says the gold paint came off.
🏗️🦠Rybolovlev razed the house which had a mold problem, but then went through a bitter divorce.
💰Five years after the sale, Palm Beach County appraised the property for $59.8 million.
🤥The sale price was listed as $95 million, but Trump insisted this was "plus commissions."
💰Five years after the sale, Palm Beach County appraised the property for $59.8 million.
🤥The sale price was listed as $95 million, but Trump insisted this was "plus commissions."
🛩️Rybolovlev's plane was seen at the Charlotte, NC airport at the same time Trump was having an election rally there in early November 2016. Trump and Rybolovlev both deny ever meeting.
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📰Via the @guardian: In addition, Rybolovlev's yacht was seen in Dubrovnik, Croatia in August 2016 at the same time that Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, were visiting there on holiday.
🤷♂️Rybolovlev says he has never met Kushner, who is a senior White House adviser.
🤷♂️Rybolovlev says he has never met Kushner, who is a senior White House adviser.
