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Trump meets foreign dignitaries in Mar-a-Lago, but the China-India border has been a flashpoint
Mar-a-Lago has become the preferred place for president-elect Donald Trump to receive foreign dignitaries, as well as the place from which to make various political pronouncements.
The Palm Beach, Florida, resort was commissioned by the heiress of breakfast cereals company General Foods Corporation, who — inspired by imperial Russia art and culture — thought it could be the winter White House, just as the Romanovs had their Winter Palace in St Petersburg. It was bequeathed to the US government, which turned it down because of the expense entailed in looking after it, and the property was sold to Trump in 1985. ..
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