TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Partying with President Donald Trump on New Year’s Eve is getting more expensive.
Ticket prices for the annual Dec. 31 bash at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida are going up to $600 for dues-paying members and $750 for their guests, according to members of the private Palm Beach club. Last year’s tickets went for $525 for members and $575 for guests…
Last December, Trump staffers defended Mar-a-Lago selling tickets for the event at a time when Trump was still working on a plan to address ethics concerns associated with becoming president while owning a vast real estate, hotel, golf and branding enterprise. The 2017 event was a sellout, and one Mar-a-Lago member said this year’s party is nearly booked-up, too.
Officials at the White House and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment about the 2018 New Year’s Eve party.
Bobby Burchfield, the Trump Organization’s outside ethics adviser, said in an interview Tuesday that while he had not been consulted about the Dec. 31 event, he wasn’t bothered by the arrangement…
Trump is expected to depart at the end of the week for his Christmas break in South Florida — and The Palm Beach Post reported Tuesday that first lady Melania Trump and 11-year-old son Barron are already at Mar-a-Lago.”
-Darren Samuelsohn, “Mar-a-Lago hikes New Year’s Eve party ticket prices,” Politico, Dec. 20, 2017 11:14am