Today is a very big day for QAnon conspiracy theorists. Word on the street is Donald Trump will be sworn back in as President of the United States, since March 4 was the original inauguration day for presidents before 1933.
This, of course, is not going to happen. But Capitol police have amped up security just in case anyone from the MAGA militia tries to stage a sequel to what happened on January 6.
While police have been busy focusing on that, Trump’s failing hotel in Washington, D.C. has been busy trying to find a way to squeeze more money out of his most steadfast supporters.
Related: Viral video from inside the lobby of Trump’s namesake D.C. hotel shows a barren and empty landscape
Forbes was the first to report that, shortly after January 6, when the March 4 conspiracy theory first began circulating online, the hotel jacked up the price on a standard room with two queen-sized beds to $1,745 for today.
Earlier this week, the price dropped to $1,331, before dropping again to $745. While that’s $1,000 less than what it was, it’s still 180% above the typical rate of a D.C. hotel this time of year.
Meanwhile, rooms at three other luxury hotels in the same area–Four Seasons, Hay Adams, and St. Regis–remain at their normal rate.
Sooooo why is this?
Well, it’s not uncommon for hotels to increase their prices for things like holiday weekends, large conferences, major sporting events, or other special occasions like, say, an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.
Forbes reports:
The Trump International has a history of hiking prices around dates that are important to supporters of the former president. Consider that, just last month, on January 5 and 6, the lowest available room rates at Trump International topped $7,500 and $8,000 a night, respectively. That’s more than triple the $2,200 nightly rate the hotel was charging during the inauguration period a few weeks later.
But the hotel’s attempted money grab doesn’t appear to have been very successful since the place is still a ghost town, according to photos being shared on Twitter.
Nothing was happening last night the Trump Hotel, where room rates surged ahead of today, when QAnoners think Trump will coup. pic.twitter.com/SMJSdUNgIB
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) March 4, 2021
Salon notes:
While Trump continues to financially capitalize on the QAnon conspiracies, there’s no saying what will happen when the Q theorists wake up on March 5 with Joe Biden still holding office as the 46th president of the United States. But fortunately for The Trump International Hotel, QAnon might be back in D.C. again soon in hopes of fulfilling whatever the next conspiracy holds.
According to Trump’s final financial disclosure statement as President, sales at the hotel fell by a whopping 63% in 2020.
In January, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Organization had been shopping the lease on the building for a year, hoping to unload the property to the tune of $500 million, but the real-estate broker wasn’t able to find any interested buyers and quit.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Cam
And nobody’s booking, the hotel business is down nearly 70% from last year and Trump is desperate to sell the lease.
Caddy4J
@Cam, Now where did you get that tid bit of news?? From your many posts regarding detailed info on just about every Trump on earth, You really are a GOPer and only pretend to hate due to your empty soul and hateful heart. STFU and climb under the scum from which you came.
Vince
Caddy4J
If Cam wasn’t pissing off Rethug trolls like yourself then I’d say he lost his game. Doesn’t seem to be the case though.
Cam
@Caddy4J
This must be some kind of record. You have told me to STFU under 3 different screenames.
And, oh precious little right wing troll, please feel free to dispute any fact I’ve stated here. Or you can do what you usually do and switch to another screename and compliment yourself on your post. lol
Seth
Good. May he finish fleecing them down to their last cent. They’ve earned being grifted into the grave.
Mack
He fleeces them at every turn, and they still kiss his orange ass. How stupid can you be?
RobF
Welcome to the party, Queerty! What the hell do you think has been going on for the past 4 years while Trump was in office. EVERYTHING at the Trump Hotel DC was inflated to make a large profit!
Essie
There is no way he will sell that monstrosity for $500M. It was overpriced when he bought it. He will probably let it go into bankruptcy just like he did in Atlantic City. Unless he can talk some of his idiot followers into buying the thing from him I don’t see how he can unload it without filing bankruptcy. He is the worst businessman in America but people still think he’s brilliant. I just don’t understand it.
Cam
It’s even worse than you think. It isn’t the building he’s trying to sell, just a lease that the Trump org paid for.
They WAAAAAAYYYY overpaid for it and don’t even own the building.
BoomerMyles
The building is the historical Old Post Office. The building and land are owned by the US government.
I never understood how leasing the enterprise from the federal government as president wasn’t a legal conflict.
Heywood Jablowme
Yes! That “emolument” is a very obvious violation of the Constitution.
Thad
The building is historic and was even on a US postage stamp commemorating historic preservation.
jackmister
That hotel will likely go bankrupt like most Orangeturd businesses. Then it can be fumigated and reopened under a less sullied name.
GayEGO
Ha ha ha! As expected, Trump’s DC Hotel is sinking, I wonder if we will see them implode it like they did to his New Jersey Casino!
Thad
No! It’s not the building’s fault! Before Trump, it was a popular retail and restaurant center. It could easily be that again. Location is great.
BaltoSteve
So does this mean that the FBI should monitor the going rates for his hotel to see when the next bit of sedition will occur?
M K
I’m thinking the reason the rates are so high is to avoid anyone actually booking rooms in the hotel so there’s no conflicts inside.