The Big Take
Election Denial and $16 Spritzers: Welcome to Florida’s Trump Coast
Lured south by sunshine, golf, and money, the former president’s allies and hangers-on have formed an alternate universe that revolves around Mar-a-Lago.
Former President Donald Trump’s home, Mar-a-Lago.
Photographer: Bryan Cereijo for Bloomberg Businessweek
Since he left Washington in turmoil in January, Donald Trump has spent the bulk of his brief, contentious post-presidency holed up in what Karl Rove calls his “Fortress of Solitude”—Mar‑a‑Lago, his private club in Palm Beach. It’s an odd sort of isolation: Although he’s largely cut off from the outside world, Trump is hardly alone.