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President trump spent the christmas holiday at his private club, mar-a-lago, if florida. last night he tweeted, i hope everyone is having a great christmas. then tomorrow it's back to work in order to make america great again, which is happening faster than anyone anticipated t. president signed the tax bill on friday the first piece of the a major lmpblgs r legislation since taking office. he said you all quote just got a lot ripper. mar-a-lago's initiation fee, by the way, $200,000. i want to bring in the "time's" reporter, michael schmitt. i think the first time i met you, we were on a chri...

You don't become a member of the mar-a-largo without shelling out i believe $200,000. and they doubled the initiation fee after he became president of the united states or was elected. so this is clearly payment of cash in return for access to the president. it is not bribery under the bribery laws as interpreted by the united states supreme court which recently ruled that payment of cash for access to a politician is not itself criminal bribery. but it's something that's certainly -- should be of grave concern to the american people. >> let me just tell you what the trump organization's outsi...

And as somebody at "the new yorker" pointed out, this is like a teaser rate mortgage because those middle class tax cuts disappear down the road. they couldn't fit them in because of that huge corporate cut. i mean, this is one of the worst pieces of legislation i've seen around here, and i've been around a while. i mean, the first thing is that this bill proves conclusively that donald trump is no populus. this bill is about as populist as an all male country club with a $1 million initiation fee. second, it's political punishment using government power to go against the opposition states, ag...

The fact, you know, somebody will post a picture of him playing. he has golfed with a few other famous folks that it comes out later. this was a little different with him saying ahead of time he was going to golf with tiger woods today. >> i am also curious about changes at the club since he has been president. you know, i know the initiation fee doubled. we also reported on a number of charities. how has business been this year? one of our others said they are all booked up for this coming season. it will be a different mix of clients than it was before. a lot of the a-list charities and soci...

Negotiations with the trump administration. that hotel that is selling politics and monetizing trump's position is doing very well. a number of other properties like new york and chicago and the golf clubs around the country, trump is not going to visit them often. there is not an easy way to monitize the power. at the same time they are located in cities where trump is not that popular. you have seen evidence and it's hard to see the whole picture, but the other places are losing business. the question is where does mar a lago fit. a place where it's losing or gaining? it's hard to tell. one ...