Which Four Seasons? Team Trump crashed in the carpark of a Philly landscaping firm
Donald Trump tweets, then deletes, Sunday:
Lawyers Press Conference at Four Seasons, Philadelphia, 11am
Four Seasons Hotel, Twitter:
To clarify, President Trump’s press conference will NOT be held at Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. It will be held at Four Seasons Total Landscaping — no relation with the hotel.
Trump tries again:
Big press conference today in Philadelphia at Four Seasons Total Landscaping — 11.30am!
The New York Times, Sunday:
The correction … met with derision and glee among many blue-checkmark Twitter users, who assumed the campaign had accidentally booked the wrong venue. The landscaping business, after all, was situated near a porn shop, Fantasy Island Adult Bookstore, and a crematorium.
Journalist Sasha Issenberg, Twitter, Sunday:
Correction: The press conference that the White House announced would be held “at the Ritz” will actually take place next to the Ritz Crackers endcap-display in the snack food aisle of the Wawa at 7912 Roosevelt Boulevard.
The New York Times explains:
In reality, the mistake was not in the booking but in a garbled game of telephone. Mr (Rudy) Giuliani and the Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski told the President on Saturday morning their intended location for the news conference and he misunderstood, assuming it was an upscale hotel, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. But the campaign had always intended to hold the news conference in a friendlier part of town.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday:
The 78-year-old employee manning the counter at the Fantasy Island sex shop, who declined to give his name, said the phone had been ringing off the hook since Saturday with callers asking: “Is Rudy Giuliani there?”
ABC’s Nick Wiggins, Twitter:
(To the tune of Four Seasons in One Day by Crowded House) Four Seasons Total Land / Scaping big press con-ference with Gulianani
CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, Twitter:
Trump adviser tells me the campaign has “nothing concrete” in terms of voter fraud.
Actress Emmy Rossum:
Four Seasons Total Landscaping is also my secret code name for a bikini wax.
3.1-star online review for Four Seasons Total Landscaping:
When I was losing an election back in 2004, I knew exactly where to turn for a desperate last-minute press conference — Four Seasons Total Landscaping had the best combination of gardening and Pennsylvanian electoral law litigation services. I didn’t win the election, but I sure had a great press conference.
The Independent’s Richard Hall:
One journalist remarked that the entire episode was beginning to acquire a Muammar Gaddafi flavour to it. When NATO powers started to bomb Tripoli in support of Libyan rebels and it appeared the leader was on his last legs, he emerged briefly from hiding riding a golf cart and holding an oversized umbrella. It was intended to project perseverance and strength — it had the opposite effect.
The Don bunkered down, BuzzFeed:
Here is a Picture of Trump Golfing as Joe Biden Officially Won