The FBI raided former US President Donald Trump's home, it was unprecedented but on Thursday, US attorney general Merrick Garland confirmed that he had personally approved the dramatic search of Mar-A-Lago.

US attorney general Garland asks court to unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search

Donald Trump is not in the White House anymore, but there are things still on his mind. But the selection of the right stage to say it all could keep&nbsp;him safe from online trolling.

The former US president took to stage to wish a couple getting married at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

It must have been a great moment for the couple to have a former US president speak at their&nbsp;wedding. But Trump went on a rant, talking about Iran, China, the border migrant crisis&nbsp;and Joe Biden.

"We were ready to make a deal [with Iran], they were ready to do anything, they would have done anything. And this guy [Biden] goes and drops the sanctions and then he says we'd like to negotiate now," Trump is heard saying in a video circulating online.&nbsp;

This was an apparent reference to Biden's effort to engage with Iran in order to re-enter the nuclear deal the US struck in 2015 under Barack Obama, and Trump unilaterally withdrew from in 2018.

Trump also spoke about the domestic situation in the US. "The border is not good. It's the worst that it has ever been," he said.

Trump had strived hard to&nbsp;build a wall along the US-Mexico border, one of his key campaign promises in&nbsp;2016.

Trump then went on to speak&nbsp;about his election loss to Biden in 2020. "They said get 66 million votes, sir, and the election is over. I got 75 million votes, and you saw what happened," he said.

Trump still maintains that he did not lose the elections and that there was widespread voting fraud. His claims have been refuted by US Supreme Court and election officials. Joe Biden got 80 million votes, 5 million more than what Trump bagged.

At the very end of his 400-word long address, Trump said, "It's an honour to have you at Mar-a-Lago, you are a beautiful couple...have fun".

The video has been posted online by TMZ.

Donald Trump is not in the White House anymore, but there are things still on his mind. But the selection of the right stage to say it all could keep him safe from online trolling.

Donald Trump is not in the White House anymore, but there are things still on his mind. But the selection of the right stage to say it all could keep him safe from online trolling. The former US president took to stage to wish a couple getting married at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. It must have been a great moment for the couple to have a former US president speak at their wedding. But Trump went on a rant, talking about Iran, China, the border migrant crisis and Joe Biden. "We were ready to make a deal [with Iran], they were ready to do anything, they would have done anything. And this guy [Biden] goes and drops the sanctions and then he says we'd like to negotiate now," Trump is heard saying in a video circulating online. This was an apparent reference to Biden's effort to engage with Iran in order to re-enter the nuclear deal the US struck in 2015 under Barack Obama, and Trump unilaterally withdrew from in 2018. Trump also spoke about the domestic situation in the US. "The border is not good. It's the worst that it has ever been," he said. Trump had strived hard to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, one of his key campaign promises in 2016. Trump then went on to speak about his election loss to Biden in 2020. "They said get 66 million votes, sir, and the election is over. I got 75 million votes, and you saw what happened," he said. Trump still maintains that he did not lose the elections and that there was widespread voting fraud. His claims have been refuted by US Supreme Court and election officials. Joe Biden got 80 million votes, 5 million more than what Trump bagged. At the very end of his 400-word long address, Trump said, "It's an honour to have you at Mar-a-Lago, you are a beautiful couple...have fun". The video has been posted online by TMZ.

Trump takes mic to wish a couple at wedding, starts talking about foreign policy

Authorities in Florida's Palm Beach town are currently performing a legal review of former US president Donald Trump's residency at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Trump had purchased the Mar-a-Lago resort, also a national historic landmark, in 1985.

The resort became the primary residence for Donald and Melania Trump in September, 2019. They moved backed to the place on the morning of January 20 ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States.

"Our town attorney is reviewing the agreement and the laws surrounding it," Palm Beach Town Manager Kirk Blouin told The Hill news website on Friday.

The decision to review comes a month after Blouin told a local media outlet that the town was not aware of the former president's intention to permanently move to the resort.

He, however, added that the authorities would "address the matter appropriately" when required.

While in office, Trump hosted meetings for international leaders, including former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the club originally built between 1924 to 1927. 
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Authorities in Florida's Palm Beach town are currently performing a legal review of former US president Donald Trump's residency at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump had purchased the Mar-a-Lago resort, also a national historic landmark, in 1985.

Authorities in Florida's Palm Beach town are currently performing a legal review of former US president Donald Trump's residency at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump had purchased the Mar-a-Lago resort, also a national historic landmark, in 1985. The resort became the primary residence for Donald and Melania Trump in September, 2019. They moved backed to the place on the morning of January 20 ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States. "Our town attorney is reviewing the agreement and the laws surrounding it," Palm Beach Town Manager Kirk Blouin told The Hill news website on Friday. The decision to review comes a month after Blouin told a local media outlet that the town was not aware of the former president's intention to permanently move to the resort. He, however, added that the authorities would "address the matter appropriately" when required. While in office, Trump hosted meetings for international leaders, including former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the club originally built between 1924 to 1927.

Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago under review

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the United States to meet President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida on April 6-7, China&#39;s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, its first official confirmation of the highly anticipated summit.

It will be Xi&#39;s first meeting with Trump, whose presidency began on January&nbsp;20, and comes as the two sides face pressing issues, ranging from North Korea and the South China Sea to trade disputes.

Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the announcement at a daily news briefing.

Beijing had previously said that preparatory work for the meeting was underway. But it had not yet confirmed the trip, despite western media reports on a scheduled meeting and an announcement by the Finnish government that Xi would make a brief stop in Finland on April 5.

The summit will follow a string of other recent US-China meetings and conversations aimed at mending ties after strong criticism of China by Trump during his election campaign.

US&nbsp;Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended a trip to Asia this month in Beijing, agreeing to work together with China on North Korea and stressing Trump&#39;s desire to enhance understanding.

China has been irritated at being repeatedly told by Washington to rein in North Korea&#39;s nuclear and missile programmes and by the US&nbsp;decision to base an advanced missile defence system in South Korea.

Beijing is also deeply suspicious of US&nbsp;intentions towards self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own.

During his election campaign, Trump accused China of unfair trade policies, criticised its island-building in the strategic South China Sea, and accused it of doing too little to constrain North Korea.

Trump also incensed Beijing in December by taking a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and later saying the United States did not have to stick to the so-called &quot;one China&quot; policy.

He later agreed in a phone call with Xi to honour the long-standing policy and has also written to Xi since seeking &quot;constructive ties.&quot;

(Reuters)

It will be Xi's first meeting with Trump, and comes as both sides face issues like trade disputes, North Korea and the South China Sea

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the United States to meet President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida on April 6-7, China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, its first official confirmation of the highly anticipated summit. It will be Xi's first meeting with Trump, whose presidency began on January 20, and comes as the two sides face pressing issues, ranging from North Korea and the South China Sea to trade disputes. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the announcement at a daily news briefing. Beijing had previously said that preparatory work for the meeting was underway. But it had not yet confirmed the trip, despite western media reports on a scheduled meeting and an announcement by the Finnish government that Xi would make a brief stop in Finland on April 5. The summit will follow a string of other recent US-China meetings and conversations aimed at mending ties after strong criticism of China by Trump during his election campaign. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended a trip to Asia this month in Beijing, agreeing to work together with China on North Korea and stressing Trump's desire to enhance understanding. China has been irritated at being repeatedly told by Washington to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes and by the US decision to base an advanced missile defence system in South Korea. Beijing is also deeply suspicious of US intentions towards self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own. During his election campaign, Trump accused China of unfair trade policies, criticised its island-building in the strategic South China Sea, and accused it of doing too little to constrain North Korea. Trump also incensed Beijing in December by taking a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and later saying the United States did not have to stick to the so-called "one China" policy. He later agreed in a phone call with Xi to honour the long-standing policy and has also written to Xi since seeking "constructive ties." (Reuters)

China's Xi to meet Trump next week in Mar-a-Lago, Florida

Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago.&nbsp;

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A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks!
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While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe&#39;s stay, the president is using&nbsp;his position&nbsp;to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Mar-a-Lago-Membership-Fee-Doubles-to-200000-411792155.html" target="_blank">NBC </a>reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency.

Mentions of &quot;Mar a-Lago&quot; are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications&nbsp;are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now&nbsp;generating personal income for Trump.

Anybody who pays the&nbsp;$200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event.&nbsp;And even if there&#39;s no exchange with him, paying&nbsp;$200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular.

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Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month.

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The Mar-a-Lago&nbsp;accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote&nbsp;Ivanka Trump&#39;s clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling&nbsp;it.

Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish&nbsp;a public company for making a&nbsp;business decision that was well within their rights.

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My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by <a href="https://twitter.com/Nordstrom">@Nordstrom</a>. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
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Top Trump aide&nbsp;Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen,&nbsp;explicitly encouraging&nbsp;the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: &quot;Go buy Ivanka&#39;s stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I&#39;m going to buy stuff today.&quot; Later in the show she said, &quot;It&#39;s a wonderful line. I own some of it...I&#39;m going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.&quot;

Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, &quot;She has been counselled on that subject, and that&#39;s it&quot;.

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Only divesting is enough

Ethics experts have&nbsp;said that Trump&#39;s actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to&nbsp;profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the&nbsp;decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders.&nbsp;

The &quot;Winter White House&quot; is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/">The Atlantic</a> catalogued no less than 31 &quot;clear-cut examples&quot; of other conflicts of interest.&nbsp;

Whether or not he will escape&nbsp;legal consequences is&nbsp;unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to&nbsp;impeach Trump&nbsp;for violating the US constitution, particularly the &quot;<a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13715150/donald-trump-emoluments-clause-constitution" target="_blank">emoluments clause</a>&quot;. In&nbsp;the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House&nbsp;to generate&nbsp;personal income.

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Trump is getting free advertising for his private golf club, which charges more than $200,000 to be a member, by hosting Japan's PM there

Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago. A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2017 × While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe's stay, the president is using his position to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. NBC reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency. Mentions of "Mar a-Lago" are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now generating personal income for Trump. Anybody who pays the $200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event. And even if there's no exchange with him, paying $200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular. Recent background Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month. V subtle view out the window here in this new Trump Hotels marketing email... pic.twitter.com/ZtKmXDvPRq — Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) February 1, 2017 × The Mar-a-Lago accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote Ivanka Trump's clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling it. Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish a public company for making a business decision that was well within their rights. My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017 × Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen, explicitly encouraging the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I'm going to buy stuff today." Later in the show she said, "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it...I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online." Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "She has been counselled on that subject, and that's it". Only divesting is enough Ethics experts have said that Trump's actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders. The "Winter White House" is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income. The Atlantic catalogued no less than 31 "clear-cut examples" of other conflicts of interest. Whether or not he will escape legal consequences is unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to impeach Trump for violating the US constitution, particularly the "emoluments clause". In the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House to generate personal income. (WION)

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