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Finally tonight, in case you missed it, president trump wont be returning to mar-a-lago any time soon. thats because what he calls the winter white house is closing for the season. but dont worry, the president has another get away called bedminster, and thats where hes spending time this weekend. of course mar-a-lago is more than just the trump familys florida vacation home. it is also a private club with golf, food, entertainment for members, and the chance to hob nob with the president all fo...

Hi, frank. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you have this great piece in new york magazine out where you talk about president trumps first 100 days. you say that so far, a kleptocracy remains the only consistent ideology at this white house. explain that. >> well, i think the only real -- the biggest concrete results he has to show for 100 days besides a single supreme court nominee getting on the bench is plugging his own wares. hes constantly at mar-a-lago. he doubled the ini...

Jong-un. i think it has to do with world security and im very proud of the relationship hes building with china. it is extremely important. >> congressman back here at home, lets do something we could all get our minds around. this is simple math. president trump raised the initiation fee on mar-a-lago after he became president from $100,000 to double that, to 200,0 $200,000. how is that not just cashing in? >> i dont know anything about how mar-a-lago sets its membership fees. i can tell you th...

Removing a post from a share america site. a post that promoted the presidents mar-a-lago resort. the post on embassy sites around the world, gave a visitors guide to the, quote, winter white house. saying it has become known as the president travels there or hosts foreign leaders. officials taking the posting down, saying the intention of the article was to inform the public where the president has been hosting world leaders. the post was new fodder for critics concerned about conflicts with tr...

Much, i think thats a legitimate question. thats what camp david is for. but the trump family are billionaires. they do not need to make money off of ma ra la go. thats where he prefers to do business. >> fine. well see if the initiation fee goes to charity. >> i have a point about it. >> we have to go. >> thank you. >> love you, brother. good to see you. >> right back at you. >> so the president plans to reveal his tax plan, at least in the broad strokes tomorrow. one headline we get is corpora...

Margee, before she died she willed it to the government. neither presidents nixon or carter used it. the government was still footing the $1 million maintenance bill every year. by 1980 they cut loose of the money pit and returned the property back to the foundation. donald trump who bought it and later opened it as a private luxury resort in 1995. he owns it and his kids manage it. and they earn a profit when people choose to eat. the club doubled its initiation fee to $200,000 after trump was ...

Money pit and returned the property back to the foundation. donald trump who bought it and later opened it as a private luxury resort in 1995. he owns it and his kids manage it. and they earn a profit when people choose to eat. the club doubled its initiation fee to $200,000 after trump was elected president. he has spent half his weekend as president, thats not the only promotion, earlier this month, a web site management department share america post an article about mar-a-lago, hes believed f...

Street at the four seasons. this weekend "the palm beach post" reporting the president and attorney general jeff sessions were mingling guests at mar-a-lago. quite a perk. last month president trump crashed a wedding at mar-a-lago. he has spent four of the last seven weekends at the resort. lets bring in cristina alesci. the $200,000 initiation fee can get you membership to the club and also face-time with the president of the united states. where do the profits for mar-a-lago go? >> they flow i...

Bush. the thing that bothers me the most about this is the profiting off of the presidency. mar a lago, they doubled their initiation fee to $200,000. also he actually never let go of ownership of his businesses. his adult children are traveling, making money for the organization. he is profiting off of this. >> this is short, but i want to get it all in. what do you think? >> this is fake news. this is not a news story. >> me what about it is fake. the president is not breaking any laws and not...

Nothing to do with the decision. the director saying the initiation fee was actually $200,000 in 2007 but says due to the poor economy it was cut in half to $100,000. once the economy turned around, he says, the decision was made last year to return that fee to what it used to be. september 2016 it was increased to $150,000 and january 1st this year it went up to $200,000. the director saying i dont want what the fixation is, its simple. >> i think the optics of this are terrible. it looks like ...