Trump received $ 17 million insurance for damages to the house, which no one but him noticed

Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.
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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2005 received $ 17 million in insurance to repair his private Mar-A-Lago club in Palm Beach after the hurricane.

However, evidence of such strong damage to his property could not be found, writes Associated Press.

2 years after receiving the money, Trump said that he did not know how much money was spent on repairs, and said that he had embezzled some of it - the billionaire transferred the funds to a personal account, noting that, according to his insurance policy, “the remaining money is not needed reinvest.”

According to him, he received money that went to repair the building. The billionaire described the catastrophic damage to the estate: it was necessary to restore the landscape design, the roof, the walls, the painting of the building, seal the leak in several places, as well as restore the damaged tapestries, tile, plan and even fight erosion.

The description of the damage to Mar-A-Lago Trump does not coincide with the testimony of the members of this private club and his friends. His former butler Anthony Senecal did not recall any catastrophic damage. According to him, hurricanes in 2004-2005 have piled several trees in the manor garden, but the building itself has remained intact, with the exception of losing a few tiles from the roof.

“The house was never seriously damaged. I was there for all the hurricanes,” Senecal said.

2 weeks after Hurricane Wilma (the strongest in that period) Trump received 370 guests in Mar-a-Lago in honor of the wedding of his son Donald Jr. The party was not really held on the central lawn affected by the hurricane, but photographs of the reception show that the house, pool and landscape around the building were in excellent condition.

At the moment, Forbes is evaluating Mar-a-Lago, 10 200 square. meters in $ 150 million, but at the time of the hurricane for $ 17 million could hire dozens of employees and build a virtually new estate. For example, in the same year 2004, Trump built a dance hall with an area of ​​1860 square. meters for $ 6 million.

The Palm Beach Building Department did not issue any building permits for its territory in the aftermath of the hurricane. Although there are permits for cutting trees near the road and installing new hoods in the kitchen.

The only permission to work on the estate associated with the hurricane concerned the repair of the exterior lighting of the building and the cleaning of sand from the club and the pool, these works cost $ 3 thousands.

No further work, according to the records of the Department, was carried out in the aftermath of the hurricanes at Mar-a-Lago.

An insurance company spokesman said there was damage to the golf course, on the roof and in the landscape of the villa, but he could not recall the details.

According to the laws of the state of Florida, where the villa is located, major repairs require a special permit and special fees. If Trump's estate was repaired with $ 17 million, then he had to pay $ 450 thousands of fees. If the work was done without permission, they were illegal, and Trump declined to pay fees.

Representatives of the local authorities also do not recall such serious damage, stating that they would remember if the hurricane caused damage to even $ 100 thousands, not to mention $ 17 millions.

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