Where Is Trump Heading This Weekend After Meeting With Malcolm Turnbull?
President Donald Trump will spend this weekend at his 500-acre golf club off Lamington Road in Bedminster, New Jersey. On Thursday, he landed for his first visit to New York City since taking office in January, however, he did not spend the night there, reports said.
Donald Trump is expected to go to his golf course that bears his name in the rolling hills of the sleepy town, Bedminster, that has a population of about 8,000. This was after Donald Trump spent the evening in Manhattan, meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum as protestors gathered outside, reports said.
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“Having a celebrity in town per se doesn’t move the needle much,’’ Bedminster Mayor Steve Parker said. He added: “Of course, when you have black limousines and the Secret Service and it’s the president of the United States that takes it up a notch," according to Los Angeles Times.
The president is expected to spend the weekend, and much of the summer, at his golf club, which is nicknamed as "summer White House."
For more than a decade, the Trump family has spent their summers at the club in Bedminster. His eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, was married at the clubhouse. Trump is reportedly fond of the place so much that he once mentioned of being buried here.
The town is known for hosting some wealthy men. Prior to becoming the president, Donald Trump, along with his family, would often slip into the town. Among Trumps' neighbors are Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, owner of the New York Jets and Trump’s nominee for ambassador of the United Kingdom, and Steve Forbes, the publishing executive who ran twice for the GOP presidential nomination. Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, another Republican, also lives in town, according to LA Times.
“He has a big country club out here, so he’s going to be visiting. We’re going to have to put up with it,” Karen Newhouse, a local resident of Far Hills, told CBS New York.
“I think it’s great. I mean, obviously, this is a good vacation spot for him. It’s right around the corner. It’s close to the city, plus it’s nice and out in the country,” Ron Helmers of Bedminster, said. He added: “So I think it gives him a little bit of break from the media and the public and everything like that.”
Apart from a golf course on his name and stopping by his favorite pizza joint in the town, he is also known here for convincing the state to grant him a special farmland tax break after he reserved 113 acres to grow hay and raise goats, reports said.
However, some locals are also worried about the traffic condition that the president's visit would create.
“Traffic is bad. I know that,” Amy Wolffe, a local resident told CBS New York. “Coming off the highway, it will take longer than most, and along the road where his club is, there’s always signs that say, ‘Don’t stop, don’t park,’ because I’m sure there’s tourists that want to look," she said.
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