Trump wants to make his West Palm Beach golf club a permanent presidential retreat

President Donald Trump wants to add a presidential retreat to his club in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his golf course there becoming the “permanent United States Presidential Golf Course.”

An attorney for the Trump International Golf Club proposed the designation and construction of a retreat on Trump’s dime in a letter to the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, which has been obtained by NBC News.

“Just as Camp David, Windsor Palace or the Elysee Palace are known worldwide, so too will the Presidential Golf Course in Palm Beach County,” Harvey Oyer wrote in the letter last month, which was first reported by The Palm Beach Post.

The White House confirmed the proposal to The Washington Post on Wednesday. Trump, asked about the report in the Oval Office, told reporters that it had not been his idea but that he was on board.

“This was suggested to me by the military and Secret Service,” and it is “a great idea,” he said.

“They asked if I’d be willing to do it, and I said I would be,” he said.

“This wouldn’t be for me. This would be for all future presidents,” and it is “one of the best…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business