NEW: Donald Trump's hot vax summer is officially lit.
Since decamping to New Jersey from his Mar-a-Lago resort, the former president is filling his days with endless rounds of golf & emailed tirades against enemies. ($) @thisisinsider by @tomlobianco
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Since decamping to New Jersey from his Mar-a-Lago resort, the former president is filling his days with endless rounds of golf & emailed tirades against enemies. ($) @thisisinsider by @tomlobianco
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Trump is likewise in entertaining mode, hosting a fundraiser for his super PAC last weekend at his Bedminster club. He also may be plotting a '24 comeback: issuing candidate endorsements, making quick NYC side trips, & planning campaign-style rallies over the coming month.
Nothing, it seems, will prevent Trump from doing Trump during his COVID-carefree summer: not even the massive legal storm clouds gathering on the horizon of Trump's gilded Garden State stomping grounds, nor the prosecutorial heat emanating from New York.
Trump has become an even more prolific golfer since leaving the WH, something advisors credit with him dropping weight. It's easier at his NJ estate.
"He walks out of what we call his apartment, he gets on the golf cart, and he's on the course," one Trump advisor said.
"He walks out of what we call his apartment, he gets on the golf cart, and he's on the course," one Trump advisor said.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump also keep a "cottage" at the expansive Bedminster country club, which has led to speculation from some Rs that the power couple are reasserting their influence after pulling back from daily operations in the wake of Trump leaving the White House.
While the former president regularly meets with advisors at Bedminster and hosted a super PAC fundraiser there last weekend, he's also using it as a summertime springboard to New York City an hour away, where he can conduct business at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
"It's easier to hold court there," a second Trump advisor said, adding that Trump's office takes up an entire floor of his eponymous tower.
The continued pilgrimages by ambitious Rs seeking Trump's time & approval indicate that despite the former president's troubles, he still rules the Republican Party from Bedminster.
"Let's just say he's still king of the castle," the second Trump advisor said.
"Let's just say he's still king of the castle," the second Trump advisor said.
That "king" is now actively using that New Jersey vacation castle to plot a return to his trademark campaign rallies, which propelled him to prominence in 2016 but fell by the wayside in the summer last year after a false start in the middle of the pandemic.
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