Because of course

I wonder how many will show up.

President Trump’s family business, which owns and operates hotels and golf courses, faced a rapidly deteriorating commercial outlook Thursday as it became caught up in the wave of cancellations across the tourism industry as a result of the coronavirus.

  WaPo

One of the main reasons Trump won't call a national emergency and tries to downplay the seriousness of the epidemic.

The company also learned it had hosted its first confirmed coronavirus case: a Brazilian official who spent time with President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida last week.

Who may have gotten it there, rather than brought it there. (Also, the Brazilian president was there and has been confirmed infected.)

As of Thursday evening, the Trump Organization had not changed its public posture — or outlined what measures it is taking to protect club members and guests — as the virus has spread more widely across the country, including to all nine states and the District of Columbia where the company operates in the United States.

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Event cancellations have already begun to affect the company: a group of Texas bankers called off a March 22 reception at the Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. as part of coronavirus precautions. And a convention for the auto-repair industry now won’t be held at Trump’s Doral resort in Miami.

At Mar-a-Lago, one person familiar with the club's operations said that a multiday, lavish wedding had been postponed because of coronavirus fears, and a brunch had been called off.

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Mar-a-Lago this week has been setting up for a massive, 700-person charity luncheon — the “Wine, Women and Shoes” bash to raise money for Big Dog Ranch Rescue, an animal shelter. The chairs of the event include Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Lea Trump, and the daughter of Trump’s former presidential rival, Georgina Bloomberg.

The organizers said Thursday they planned to proceed despite the Brazilian official's positive test.

“Most events have continued here in Palm Beach with strong attendance and no known community transmission of COVID-19 in Palm Beach county to date,” charity spokesman Chase Scott wrote in an email. “Additionally we will offer hand sanitizers, washing stations and, upon check-in, encourage all guests to refrain from shaking hands, hugging or kissing during the event as precautionary measures.”

An outdoor car show planned for March 20 at Mar-a-Lago, and a “Spring Fling” charity luncheon planned on March 29 at the club are also going on as scheduled, organizers said.

We'll see.