Members are quitting ‘sad’ Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses

NEW YORK(CNN Business) — Many once-loyal members of Mar-a-Lago are leaving because they no longer want to have any connection to former President Donald Trump, according to the author of the definitive book about the resort.

“It’s a very dispirited place,” Laurence Leamer, historian and author of “Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace,” told MSNBC host Alex Witt on “Weekends with Alex Witt” Saturday. He said members are “not concerned about politics and they said the food is no good.” 

Leamer said he spoke to a number of former members who “silently walked out” after Trump left office. Continue reading.