COVID FOLLOWS TRUMP AS MAR-A-LAGO IS SHUT DOWN

Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, has been partially closed after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus, Jill Colvin and Terry Spencer reported for the Associated Press (AP).

That’s according to several people, including one familiar with club operations, who said Mar-a-Lago had “partially closed” a section of the club and quarantined some of its workers “out of an abundance of caution.”

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation by name. Covid-19 appears to be tailing Trump, who stays at the club.

An email sent to members said that service had been temporarily suspended in the club’s dining room and at its beach club because some staff members had recently tested positive.

It said the club had undertaken “all appropriate response measures,” including sanitizing affected areas,” and that banquet and event services remain open.

“The health and safety of our members and staff is our highest priority,” it read. The Florida Department of Health did not immediately respond to a phone call and email.

Trump moved to Mar-a-Lago after leaving Washington in January and has spent the weeks since then laying low, golfing, dining with friends, meeting with Republican party leaders, and plotting his political future as he considers running again in 2024.

Mar-a-Lago was the site of his first known exposure more than a year ago. A senior Brazilian official tested positive last year after spending time at Mar-a-Lago, where he posed for a photo next to Trump and attended a family birthday party.

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