By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-04-04 19:56:19 | Updated at 2025-04-05 00:09:02
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Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, US President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies would never change as he remained ensconced in a bubble of wealth and power in Florida.
He woke up on Friday morning at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, and headed to his nearby golf course a few kilometres away after writing on social media that “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH”.
Several supporters stood on the pavement as Trump, wearing his signature red “Make America Great Again” hat and white polo shirt, glided down a street lined with palm trees. They waved to him and he waved back, part of a ritual that plays out every weekend that he is in town.
The Republican president was not expected to appear publicly, although he is scheduled to attend a candlelit dinner for Maga Inc., an allied political organisation, on Friday evening.
He spent Thursday in Miami at a different one of his golf courses, where he attended a Saudi-funded tournament. He landed in Marine One and was picked up in a golf cart driven by his son Eric.
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Trump has often proved impervious to the kind of scandals or gaffes that would damage another politician, but his decision to spend the weekend at his gilded properties could test Americans’ patience at a time when their retirement savings are evaporating along with the stock market.
