Posted on 08/17/2015 5:14:23 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
After Trump bought Mar-a-Lago on South Ocean Boulevard, the head of security hired Senecal. He then became an underbutler.
In 1993, Trump decided to turn the home into a club. He wanted Senecal to be the concierge.
“I was serving him breakfast,” Senecal tells Newsmax. “He said, ‘So you’re going to be the concierge. What do you think about that?’”
“Well, I don’t like it,” Senecal said.
“Well, what do you want to be?” Trump asked.
“I thought as long as I was able, I would be your butler,” Senecal replied.
“Mr. Trump stood up and hit me in the arm and said, ‘And the butler’s what you’re going to be,’” Senecal, 76, recalls.
“When I first started, I wasn’t the servant type,” says Senecal, who wears a charcoal three-piece suit as his uniform. “It was touch and go until Mr. Trump found out I was a former mayor. That made me a cut above. Then,” Tony says wryly, “I became the mayor of the wealthiest and largest town in West Virginia.”
In fact, Martinsburg is neither.
Trump describes Senecal as having an even bigger ego than he does.
“He treats the members as equals,” Donald tells me with a touch of wonder. “In fact, I think he might think he is above them. Every great place needs a Tony.”
*snip*
As butler, Senecal is the first to see Donald in the morning.
“Mr. Trump sleeps like three or four hours a night,” Senecal says. “He gets up and he reads five or six newspapers every day. I’m here by 5 o’clock with the newspapers, and there are many times when he opens the door and says, ‘Let me have 'em.’”
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To me this is interesting to see how people live...
Sure we hear stories, and we hear things, but this was real, I like it...Trump is just like you and I....(except for the billions, of course...lol)
He had no fun in college...he worked every weekend for his dad.
And, of course, there is nothing wrong with good hard work.
That's what made us great...that's is what will keep us great!
His favorite foods are meatloaf and bacon. Now, candidly, he has to get an extra point for that, I don’t care who you are.
I like the section where Trump put up the U.S. flag on a 70-foot pole and sued the town for $25 million when they tried to fine him $1,250 a day.
The flag was my favorite part too.
Born on flag day. Yankee Doodle Dandy
A real live nephew of my uncle Sam.
That’s how I was brought up also...hard work, do it yourself, don’t expect people to carry you...
Taught my kids that also....
Exactly, many said he had it made because he inherited his father wealth. Yes he did, but what did Donald do? He reinvested that money into businesses and make that money grow. Unlike others who inherited money, all they do is squander it on houses, cars, drugs, etc.
Donald had the smarts and still does. He earned it by turning a 40 million inheritance into a 10 Billion. Not bad =)
well this is how he lives
http://www.maralagoclub.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&PageId=278801&ssid=153103&vnf=1
i think from his first books he was given a million bucks and used it to buy an option on a property in manhattan. not sure where it was but that got him started. my dad could’t do that but the D did a good job with that starter money.
He didn’t build this. It was built in 1927. The interior takes your breath away.
“He is a red, white, and blue American.” I think that’s why most red, white and blue Americans are attracted to him.
“The latest scandal revolved around an American flag Trump erected at Mar-a-Lago. Flying from a 70-foot pole, the flag’s overall dimensions are 15 times larger than the town’s restrictive regulations allow. Landmarks Commissioner William Hanley called the flag a “major affront to the town.”
The town responded to the indignity with a daily fine of $1,250. Trump sued for $25 million, claiming his First Amendment rights were being violated.
While Senecal rarely speaks to the press, when the Palm Beach Post inquired about the flag during the controversy, he said, “I think you can see it halfway from Cuba.” To me, Senecal explained, “Mr. Trump was born on Flag Day. He is a red, white, and blue American.”
Trump and the town eventually settled. The town agreed to let Donald keep the flag if he moved it to a less conspicuous location. Instead of paying the fine that then totaled $120,000, Trump agreed to donate $100,000 to veterans’ charities.”
Nice win-win. Trump the negotiator.
So this guy is the egotistical version of Alfred to Donald Trump’s boastful Batman?
I like it.
The exterior ain’t bad either...
Never did we hear about a typical day for Obama before becoming President...but IF we did what would it look like? Hmmm???
On Sundays during the season, Mar-a-Lago has a brunch that recently included caviar with blini, smoked salmon, Alaskan crab claws, cocktail shrimp, freshly opened oysters, cold poached mussels, eggs Benedict, omelets made to order, sausage and bacon, Belgian waffles and French toast, escargots in a wine sauce, seared scallops, rack of lamb, pasta with bolognese sauce, roasted turkey and prime rib carved to order, endless desserts, fresh fruit and cheeses, homemade truffles, and the best Danish pastry imaginable. Served with champagne, the buffet always has one other item — meat loaf, Donald’s favorite food.
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Hmmm. I believe meatloaf was also Reagan’s favorite along with macaroni and cheese.
He also had a feud in California over the flag.
I make a great meatloaf for my daughters at their request! I personally prefer steak! You cannot go wrong with those that like good hearty comfort foods!
What the Hell they gonna do in the White House if this man gets elected after Obastard?
4 hours a night and in the office that early?
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