Mar-a-Lago, the crown jewel of President Donald Trump's real estate empire, has been his refuge and sanctuary throughout his time in office.

Unlike in Washington, where the president is mostly cloistered inside the White House and interacts with a constant stream of aides and lawmakers, he gets to rub elbows and hobnob with his friends and other glitterati at his Palm Beach estate - showing off a real estate beauty to other elites.

Now, it could take a place in history as an international transfer point for a deadly virus spreading across the globe.

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