The commute from Mar-a-Lago to the Breakers is about 10 minutes. In early March, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/BBIO%201252249","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Donald Trump-bsp-bb-link> ventured over to his Palm Beach club’s venerable counterpart for an awkward peacemaking mission aimed at the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0235144Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Club for Growth-bsp-bb-link>, an antitax political advocacy group. The year before, the group had <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/RY3T2HDWX2PS","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">shunned Trump-bsp-bb-link>, leaving him off the invite list to its annual economic retreat while welcoming almost every Republican presidential hopeful: <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/16701582","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880003","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Nikki Haley-bsp-bb-link>, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/17685322","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880004","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Ron DeSantis-bsp-bb-link>, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/3509248","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880005","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Mike Pence-bsp-bb-link>, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/15420487","_id":"00000190-486c-d497-a7fb-ec6d4c880006","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Vivek Ramaswamy-bsp-bb-link>. But in 2024, with those candidacies reduced to distant memory, Trump had the spotlight to himself.
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