Trump touts economy, military as Mar-a-Lago trip gets underway

President Trump on Wednesday touted his efforts to build up the military and boost the economy, as he prepared to spend the day at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

“Will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida (Mar-a-Lago),” he wrote on Twitter. “Stock Market hit new Record High yesterday — $5.5 trillion gain since E. Many companies coming back to the U.S. Military building up and getting very strong.”

Will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida (Mar-a-Lago). Stock Market hit new Record High yesterday – $5.5 trillion gain since E. Many companies coming back to the U.S. Military building up and getting very strong.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017

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Trump has long boasted about how his election last November boosted economic confidence in the U.S. and frequently points to surges in the stock market as evidence of his work. 

The president arrived at his exclusive Palm Beach, Fla., club on Tuesday, where he will spend the Thanksgiving holiday. Trump ventured to the club often early in his presidency, but has not been there in months because it had been closed for the summer.

More recently, he has spent weekends at his Sterling, Va., golf club or his golf course in Bedminster, N.J.