Not that everybody and every stray dog and cat in America doesn't know Ciaramella's name already, but seeing POTUS drop it is some hot stuff.
Ciaramella looks like such a weasel.
Wow. Big things, indeed.
Okay, so over the weird "what day is it" weekend between Christmas and New Year.
Yeah, this is good. If I wanted to make a bunch of arrests or seizures and destroy a bunch of lives as those people knew them, this might be a good time to do that.
GO GOOD GUYS
McCain married into The Family– Cindy's family. Remember, her father was a crime boss out west. The "big square" states – AZ, NM, NV – are all still kind of playing by Wild West standards.
Quick dig on those PLUS ULTRA tiles at Mar a Lago:
They weren't custom made for Mar a Lago. They were originally made in Spain and date back to the 15th century, there are about 36,000 of them, and there is a full time employee at the house who does nothing but maintain those tiles.
Sauce: POTUS' own book "Think Like a Billionaire":
https://books.google.com/books?id=MyAg0T3wlsUC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=%22spanish+tiles%22+mar+a+lago&source=bl&ots=0jUbqYYDrm&sig=ACfU3U0kPpR2hBRy89tNe5qgoGTMVIYq-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVha-dzNfmAhWSY80KHbZYAroQ6AEwEXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22spanish%20tiles%22%20mar%20a%20lago&f=false
Also:
"Mar a Lago: Ocean to Lake" by Olympia Devine (1966), page 66
Continuing to dig in attempt to find precise source in Spain from which those tiles were obtained. Good antiques, which Marjorie Merriweather Post would have demanded, always have a provenance.
Regarding the 15th century Spanish "Plus Ultra" tiles at Mar a Lago, this source is a report prepared for the Dept. of the Interior. Sounds dry, yes, but this is a detailed and interesting read:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/fl/fl0100/fl0181/data/fl0181data.pdf
Regarding the 15th century Spanish "Plus Ultra" tiles at Mar a Lago, this source is a report prepared for the Dept. of the Interior. Sounds dry, yes, but this is a detailed and interesting read:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/fl/fl0100/fl0181/data/fl0181data.pdf>>7639578
Hang on: did we already know that Mar a Lago was built directly on top of a CORAL REEF situated between Lake Worth and the Atlantic Ocean? Entire building complex is anchored directly to the reef with concrete and steel for extra protection and strength during hurricanes.
Page 4: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/fl/fl0100/fl0181/data/fl0181data.pdf
Marjorie Merriweather Post purhased the 36,000 Spanish tiles from Mrs. Horace Havermeyer, who had assembled the collection in the 1880's. (pg. 5, ibid)