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Mar-a-Lago Keeps Looking Like A Government-Subsidized Family Franchise

Fresh February reporting kept the Mar-a-Lago conflict story alive, with new attention on the president’s private club becoming part of official Washington business. The deeper problem was not one bad mention or one visit log; it was the growing sense that the Trump presidency and Trump’s business interests were already bleeding into each other.

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First recorded Feb 16, 2017·Meaningfully updated Feb 16, 2017

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Mar-a-Lago Keeps Looking Like A Government-Subsidized Family Franchise

Fresh February reporting kept the Mar-a-Lago conflict story alive, with new attention on the president’s private club becoming part of official Washington business. The deeper problem was not one bad mention or one visit log; it was the growing sense that the Trump presidency and Trump’s business interests were already bleeding into each other.

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Mar-a-Lago Keeps Looking Like A Government-Subsidized Family Franchise

Fresh February reporting kept the Mar-a-Lago conflict story alive, with new attention on the president’s private club becoming part of official Washington business. The deeper problem was not one bad mention or one visit log; it was the growing sense that the Trump presidency and Trump’s business interests were already bleeding into each other.

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