With lawsuits looming, debt mounting, and neighbors turning their backs on him, Donald
Trump is already hitting some serious snags post-presidency.
Here's a look inside Donald Trump's new life.
Though Trump has made history as the first president to be impeached twice, the fact
that he ever managed to hold the position in the first place is unequivocally his most
notable endeavor.
So, what happens to that political legacy now?
Few would want to leave behind little more than a partially-built border wall, an unfettered
pandemic, and a wake of lawsuits, but Trump isn't just anyone.
The former reality star appeared to cling onto the presidency until the 11th hour, peddling
claims of voter fraud, falsely declaring himself the winner of the election —
"If you count the legal votes, I easily win."
And arguably inciting an insurrection, which is the subject of his second impeachment trial.
His efforts were to no avail, and hours after Joe Biden took his presidential oath, the
new president began erasing some of Trump's most prized policies.
According to The New York Times, Biden signed 17 executive orders aimed at, quote, "[reversing]
the gravest damages" caused by Trump, effectively starting the process of eradicating his legacy.
This included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and remaining a part of the World
Health Organization, ending the travel ban on predominately Muslim countries, halting
construction of the border wall, and strengthening the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program.
Trump's use of Twitter became synonymous with his presidency, and he regularly used it to
peddle conspiracy theories, circumvent the need for official press briefings, embolden
his base, and cyberbully his critics.
His account was so popular that The New York Times kept a 598-item list of the "people,
places, and things" he "insulted" using the platform.
But those days have come to an end, and if Trump is slowly descending into madness while
watching Fox News from his room in Mar-a-Lago, none of us get to see it.
Just before his rioting supporters stormed the Capitol, Trump proclaimed:
"You will never take back our country with weakness."
Shortly after, Twitter announced that it was permanently suspending his account due to,
quote, "the risk of further incitement of violence."
This, of course, didn't sit well, and Trump tried to send messages through his campaign
and digital director before their accounts were also suspended.
Twitter wasn't alone in its actions, though.
The former president was also booted from YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, though his
future on those platforms is up in the air.
Since the attempted insurrection, former President Trump has found himself at odds with a number
of his most fervent supporters.
Even weeks before the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Axios ran the shocking headline "Trump
turns on everyone."
This reportedly includes former Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the election results,
former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and even Senator
Mitch McConnell, who's long been one of Trump's most vocal champions.
The thing is, Trump didn't just turn on his allies — they started turning on him, too.
According to The New York Times, "McConnell privately back[ed]" Trump's second impeachment.
Fox News also seemingly jumped ship.
"First of all Mr. President, we don't work for you.
I don't work for you.
My job is to cover you, not fawn over you or rip you, just report on you."
And even Rudy Giuliani, who once gracefully stood in the parking lot of Four Seasons Total
Landscaping supporting Trump, was scorned.
In the weeks leading up to his second impeachment, Fox News reported that Trump had "no lawyer
to defend him."
Officials told The Washington Post that Trump "instructed his aides not to pay Giuliani's
legal fees" and was upset with the $20,000 per day charge for the former NYC mayor's
attempts to overturn the election.
Though it may have initially appeared that Trump supporters welcomed the former first
couple to Palm Beach, Florida, with open arms, that wasn't exactly the case.
Former President Trump's base — at least in the Sunshine State — appears to be dwindling,
particularly in the posh community he may soon call home.
According to The New York Times, "only a small group of supporters" showed up at the airport
to watch him land.
A local real estate agent told the outlet,
"Nobody that I've spoken to is looking forward to him coming back to Palm Beach."
As of the end of January 2021, Trump's fledgling Mar-a-Lago retirement has already been marred
by a feud with the neighbors.
According to The Washington Post, the owners of the club's neighboring property are trying
to force him out, claiming he's got no legal right to live there because it's not a residential
property.
Apparently, in the 1990s, Trump signed an agreement converting Mar-a-Lago "from his
private residence to a private club."
If Trump's neighbors win and he's booted from Mar-a-Lago, it's unclear exactly where the
alleged billionaire will live.
The real estate mogul has essentially been exiled from his former kingdom of New York
City — but he's the one who exiled himself.
Throughout his presidency, the New York native has framed his birthplace as an enemy, threatening
to withhold federal funds and life-saving coronavirus vaccines from the state.
Governor Andrew Cuomo even went as far as saying New Yorkers think he's "the worst president."
According to Politico, Cuomo said,
"Forget bodyguards, [Trump] better have an army if he thinks he's going to walk down
the streets in New York.
He is persona non grata in New York City, and I think he knows that, and he'll never
come back to New York, because New Yorkers will never forget how gratuitously mean he
has been."
Trump may have no plans to live in New York, but he was still technically working there.
After the insurrection at the Capitol, however, NYC mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he
was cancelling all of the Trump Organization's contracts with the city.
De Blasio said,
"The City of New York will not be associated with those unforgivable acts in any shape,
way or form."
While Melania is unpacking boxes at Mar-a-Lago, former President Trump is gearing up for his
second impeachment trial — a brand new historic milestone, fit for a brand new lawyer.
According to ABC News, Rudy Giuliani initially claimed to be on the president's defense team,
but experts warned that the former president would likely be convicted if his longtime
attorney led the charge.
More importantly, Giuliani could be called as a witness, especially because he was the
one who called for, in his words, "trial by combat" prior to the insurrection.
Since then, Trump has hired Butch Bowers, a lawyer from South Carolina.
It's not clear if anyone else will be joining the former president's legal team, but we
do know that the real estate mogul does not have his usual support in Congress.
According to CNN, the GOP — which was once unified in its seemingly unconditional admiration
for Trump — has fractured.
An anonymous Republican member of congress told the network that Mitch McConnell "wants
Trump gone" even though the former senate majority leader suggested delaying the trial.
In order for the former president to be convicted, it would take just 17 Republican senators
to join the 50 Democrats, who all, presumably, will vote to convict.
According to Reuters, Trump had been mulling over the idea of a self-pardon for any charges
related to on-going investigations — but that would've only protected him on the federal
level.
That means the responsibility to prosecute would be on the states, who are already aggressively
pursuing Trump for various suspected crimes.
Most notably, as The New York Times reports, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance
Jr. has been, quote, "fighting in court for more than a year to obtain Trump's personal
and corporate tax returns."
The week before President Biden's inauguration, CNN reported that the investigation widened
to include the Trumps' Westchester compound, and though we don't know the exact focus of
the investigation, court papers suggest it's related to insurance, tax, and bank fraud.
Beyond that, prosecutors in Georgia are reportedly contemplating a criminal investigation into
the former president's alleged attempt to overturn the state's election results.
"Frankly we did win this election."
This is directly related to the now-infamous phone call where Trump urged Brad Raffensperger,
Georgia's secretary of state, to, quote, "find 11,780 votes."
Raffensperger reportedly "dismissed the president's baseless claims of fraud."
For Trump, time could be running out.
Trump is still apparently a billionaire, but the former reality star is reportedly only
a fraction as wealthy as he was when he first took office.
According to Forbes, his net worth dipped by $600 million — or nearly 20% — in 2020
to $2.5 billion.
He's inching his way to the very bottom of the Forbes 400.
These losses could be just the tip of the iceberg.
According to Forbes, the Trump Organization was regularly unloading between $32 million
and $53 million worth of real estate year over year.
In 2020, they "sold almost nothing," but his golf and resort properties struggled to make
up the deficit.
According to The New York Times, they were losing money prior to the pandemic, but it
got much worse when they were forced to, quote, "drastically reduce hotel occupancy [and]
close some restaurants and bars" as the virus spread.
The icing on the debt cake?
Following the violent riot at the Capitol, the PGA moved its May 2022 championships away
from the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Over the next few years, Trump reportedly has "more than $300 million in debt coming
due," which he's "personally guaranteed."
The real question is whether or not he'll be able to pay it as his most precious lenders
cut ties.
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