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T R UM P: N E V E R G I V E U P

During the litigation, the town council came back to me
and said they would give me the 14 lots that I originally
wanted—the maximum allowed under the law. So I told them I
wasn’t interested anymore. What I wanted was a private club.
Now I had leverage, due to their mistake. It also turns out that
two town council members had the prescience to see what
could be done with Mar-a-Lago to make Palm Beach even
more desirable, and the town council eventually approved Mar-
a-Lago for a private club. This event took longer than a para-
graph to describe, but another reason we got approval is that
Mar-a-Lago would be open to everyone. There were some
clubs in Palm Beach that had no Jewish or African American
members. It was hard to believe that, but it was true and I
wanted to change that for good. Now we not only had a good
case, but a good cause.
Needless to say, this plan brought a whole new group of
detractors to the surface. I was prepared for the attack. Every
issue became a battle during this time to get Mar-a-Lago going
as a club. Once again, however, I knew I was doing the right
thing. Once again, I won. In 1995, Mar-a-Lago became a spec-
tacular private club. It has since been referred to as the “Jewel of
Palm Beach” and for good reason.

C OACH T RUMP
M AKE I T H APPEN IN Y OUR L IFE

You might think I would get tired of all the fighting
around Mar-a-Lago. It’s a funny thing, but sometimes
you find that the more opposition you encounter—or
create—by your actions, the more energy you get! Try
that approach sometime instead of throwing in the towel
or being disgusted when you run into opposition. You’ll

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