Bedminster is in a beautiful part of New Jersey where some of the wealthiest people in the world have giant estates that look like something out of Victorian England. Trump National was built on a 506-acre property that was the former estate of auto tycoon John DeLorean. Robert Wood Johnson IV -- the owner of the New York Jets who has been nominated to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain -- lives right across the road. Steve Forbes lives about a quarter of a mile away from the southern edge of the golf course ... and if you ever see photos or video clips of protesters out in Bedminster during Trump's visits, these demonstrators are confined in an area along Route 206 that is right across the road from the quaint brick office building with the colonial trim that used to be the headquarters for Forbes magazine.
I suspect you're right about the media and their anger about not going to the Hamptons or Martha's Vineyard. Bedminster is a beautiful area ... but as I've posted previously on this topic, nobody goes on vacation there for 17 hours, let alone 17 days.
Thank you so much for that really great info. Your explanation reminds me of some small areas of Upstate NY where I was born.
I suspect Trump wanted a place to play golf; relax with the family; and have meetings, or whatever.
They only took a vaca because of the renovations going on in the WH. So .. I agree .. it might not be a vaca at all; just a place to relocate while all the noise is going on in the WH.