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FROM THE EDITOR
Empire includes 17 courses
P
resident Donald
Trump is not a
superintendent.
He's the leader of
the free world.
Before being sworn in, Trump
said he'd step down from
the day-to-day operations
of the Trump Organization.
Yet prices for membership
in Mar-a-Lago, the sweeping
Palm Beach resort he owns,
doubled its initiation fees
to $200,000, plus tax and
$14,000 in annual dues.
Trump Hotels CEO Eric
Danziger said there are
plans to expand all across
the country, perhaps
expanding from five to 26
major metropolitan areas.
Overseas Trump is pursuing
a multimillion-dollar
expansion of the Trump
International Golf Links course
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He had promised to hold off
on any new foreign deals.
In his defense, a Trump
spokeswoman said
"implementing future phasing
of existing properties does not
constitute a new transaction
so we intend to proceed."
Trump is also doing
everything he can to lower
his tax bill for golf properties
around the world. He's suing
the small town of Ossining,
N.Y., to try and lower the
taxes on Trump National
Golf Club Westchester.
Trump is paying taxes on the
course based on its assessed
TRUMP NOT
Allen Thayer
