Mar-a-Lago, which is Spanish for "Sea to Lake," was built by American socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post in the 1920s. Located between the ocean and Lake Worth on Florida's eastern coast, the estate features a Spanish-style main house with about 120 rooms, nearly 80,000 square meters of lawn and a private beach.
The estate was bequeathed to the U.S. government in 1973 as a presidential retreat, earning it the nickname "Winter White House." The property was returned to the Post Foundation in 1981 because the government did not want to shoulder the immense costs of maintaining it.
Trump purchased Mar-a-Lago in 1985, using it as a private residence. Since taking office, Trump has hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe there, fulfilling the wish that Marjorie Merriweather Post had for the estate in the 1970s.
