Friday, November 1, 2019

Just look what G7 leaders are missing



That is just nasty.

No wonder it's going under.
Dignitaries from some of the world's most beautiful countries and vacation destinations would have been stuck for four days on a property far from the beach and deep in Miami's suburban sprawl - a property that Trump bought at a deep discount in bankruptcy proceedings.

To take the full measure of the resort Trump has called 'one of the most exceptional in the world,' DailyMail.com went undercover to experience the vacation spot first hand for three days at the end of October.

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[Guests] can munch on a $106-porterhouse steak while enjoying the views of not just one but two county garbage dumps rising high above the golf course's palm-tree line – and getting higher by the day.

If French President Emmanuel Macron was digging into a $38-Dover sole at a different window, he'd be able to spot, just to the west, the smokestacks and silos from a garbage-burning plant towering over the 12th hole of the resort's famed Blue Monster golf course.

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To freshly arrived guests, it becomes clear in mere minutes that Trump National Doral is smack dab in the middle of two landing paths at Miami International Airport - one of the country's busiest - and the resort's neighbor to the east.

Trump claimed that's why he proposed the location for the event.

But on a late afternoon recently, guests lounging by the two pools were treated to the thunderous landings one minute apart of European airliners ending their cross-Atlantic jaunts.

The planes were so low that bikini-clad floaters could get a whiff of kerosene fumes and see clearly the airline logos on the cabins.

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If, say, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wanted a breath of fresh air on the balcony of his $6,000-a-night presidential suite at dawn, he'd be treated to the rapid-fire arrivals of red-eye domestic airliners from Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

If he returned late at night, he'd be able to spot the flights from Atlanta and New York City.

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We checked out the Trump Spa, where guests can get a $300-massage with an anti-aging serum and organic oils that leaves 'your skin feeling like silk,' according to the resort's brochure.

Silky skin, however, doesn't feel so silky if it touches the rim of the toilet in the men's gold-and-marble bathroom caked in what appeared to be feces, which we witnessed on the afternoon when we visited.

There's the mold growing alongside a ceiling AC vent in the lobby and on nearly every chaise-lounge by the pools.

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There are black stains in the large aging carpets by the lobby bar.

During our stay, we found other malfunctioning equipment and questionable sanitary conditions at a resort where the average room goes for about $350 a night, placing it out of bounds for most Trump voters.

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We found a gaping hole in the pool deck because of a broken tile, never mind that Miami-Dade County court records show the resort has been dealing with five 'slip-and-fall' lawsuits over the past year.

There were dozens of blackbirds frolicking in the balmy water alongside swimmers, no doubt dropping bacteria into the water that they could've picked up at the nearby county dumps. European tourists seemed to enjoy the dog-sized iguanas defecating near the pool grill tables.

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In one of our [rooms], the telephone was missing its wall cord, making it impossible to call the front desk, and one of the elevators was out-of-order, creating lines for guest from the upper floors.

In the other room, two light bulbs over the shower sink were out.

Both rooms featured walls that allowed for unavoidable 5 a.m. eavesdropping on the neighbors. One guest, named Billy, woke us up when he told the other guy 'to get the f… up' for their crack-of-dawn round of golf.

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And in 2016, New Jersey businessman Eric Linder sued Trump National after he was attacked by bed bugs while sleeping at the Jack Nicklaus Villa. Linder provided the court with photos of his neck and back pockmarked with what appeared to be dozens of insect bites as well as receipts from two visits to local emergency clinics for medication.

Linder and the resort reached a settlement in early 2017, right before Trump was inaugurated.

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Ironically, if there's one facet of the business where anti-immigration Trump distinguishes himself, it's in the impeccable service – service that, except for the occasional Haitian, is almost exclusively handled by Hispanic workers who wear name tags with their country of their origin, including Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba and Dominican Republic.

  Daily Mail
Dear God.

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