A history of the Mar-a-Lago club, the site at the center of Donald Trump's confidential documents case
reports that the house was"grandiose" even by Palm Beach standards at the time of its construction. At its finish, the house cost $7 million, the equivalent of nearly $100 million in today's funds, per NPR.
After the White House was unwilling to keep up with Mar-a-Lago's expensive maintenance costs, Trump purchased the property and its furniture in 1985 for only $8 million, according toTrump used the mansion as his own home for about 10 years, then opened it as a club in 1995. While in office, he referred to the estate as the"Winter White House."
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