Hurricane Irma swept over U.S. President
Donald Trump’s 11-bedroom Caribbean mansion on Wednesday, the first of several luxuries
Trump properties threatened by the storm’s path.
It was not immediately known whether
Irma damaged Trump’s beachfront Chateau des Palmiers, or Castle of the Palms,
on St. Martin. The gated estate, for sale for $16.9 million, is owned through a
trust and had been rented out, U.S. media has reported.
But French Interior Minister Gerard
Collomb said some buildings had been destroyed and social media showed flooded
roads and overturned cars on the island that is roughly divided between The
situation was being closely monitored on St. Martin and at a number of Trump
properties in Florida, Trump Organization spokesperson Amanda Miller told
Reuters in a statement.
“Our teams at the Trump properties in
Florida are taking all of the proper precautions and following local and
Florida state advisories very closely to ensure that everyone is kept safe and
secure,” Miller said.
While Irma’s exact trajectory remained
uncertain, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach – which has been called the
“winter White House” and valued by Forbes at $175 million – could also take a
hit.
Trump bought the estate in 1985 and
turned it into an exclusive club, which now boasts a membership fee of
$200,000.
A staffer who answered the phone said it
was closed and declined to comment further. Palm Beach County declared a state
of emergency on Wednesday.
Near Miami, Trump owns luxury high-rise
condos called the Trump Towers, Sunny Isles and the oceanfront Trump
International Beach Resort.
Some guests were leaving ahead of the
storm but precautions were being taken and resort officials were prepared to
oversee evacuations if they were ordered, marketing director Jim Monastra said.
At the Trump National Doral, an 800-acre
golf resort in Miami that local media reported had completed a $250 million
renovation last year, officials tweeted Wednesday that resort operations were
going on as normal until further notice.
Reuters When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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