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小唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr.）在华盛顿特区联合创办的一家新的私人会员俱乐部正在收取50万美元的会员费，而且已经有一个等候名单。
据知情人士透露，这家名为Executive Branch（行政部门）的俱乐部于周六晚上举行了一场启动派对，其中包括至少六名唐纳德·特朗普总统政府成员以及富有的首席执行官、科技创始人和政策专家。
Executive Branch由小唐纳德·特朗普、1789 Capital的Omeed Malik和Christopher Buskirk共同创立，1789 Capital是去年让小特朗普成为合伙人的投资公司。其他创始人包括Alex Witkoff和Zach Witkoff，他们是亿万富翁房地产开发商Steve Witkoff的儿子，Steve Witkov是总统的老朋友，也是现任中东特使。
知情人士告诉CNBC，创始成员包括白宫加密货币沙皇David Sacks、加密货币投资者Tyler和Cameron Winklevoss以及科技投资者Chamath Palihapitiya。
除了50万美元的会员费外，俱乐部还将收取年费，具体金额尚未公布。
知情人士表示，Executive Branch将在下个月左右的某个时候在华盛顿特区乔治敦社区的一个地点开业。
Executive Branch是自新冠肺炎疫情以来在纽约、迈阿密和洛杉矶等城市开设的私人会员俱乐部浪潮中的最新一家。这些俱乐部提供独家餐厅和酒吧，以及会议空间、健身房和水疗中心，通常收取约4000至10000美元的会员费。例如，纽约的阿曼俱乐部（Aman Club）的收入高达20万美元。
Executive Branch的成本是Aman Club的两倍多，将成为美国最昂贵的会员俱乐部之一。据知情人士透露，与纽约流行的会员俱乐部如Zero Bond、Core Club、ZZ’s或Casa Cipriani不同，Executive Branch可能会拥有精选且规模较小的会员。
华盛顿知情人士表示，Executive Branch可以在华盛顿的社会政治圈中扮演与特朗普第一届政府时期华盛顿特区特朗普国际酒店类似的角色。特朗普酒店成为政府官员、共和党国会领导人以及外国政要、游说者和商界领袖的热门聚会场所。
然而，这家酒店也吸引了与道德相关的批评，特朗普集团于2022年出售了酒店的租约。
据与会者透露，周六Executive Branch的启动派对活动包括国务卿马尔科·卢比奥、美国证券交易委员会主席保罗·阿特金斯、司法部长帕姆·邦迪、联邦贸易委员会主席安德鲁·弗格森、联邦通信委员会主席布兰登·卡尔、国家情报局局长图尔西·加巴德、联邦调查局副局长丹·邦吉诺和医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心管理员穆罕默德·奥兹。
包括AppLovin在内的几位科技创始人和首席执行官也出席了会议
该公司首席执行官Adam Foroughi表示。
据Executive Branch知情人士透露，俱乐部的潜在会员必须经过其创始人的严格审查和批准。尽管一些潜在会员已提出支付100万美元加入，但会员资格需要转介和严格筛选。
一位与俱乐部关系密切的人士表示：“我们不希望媒体成员或只是很多游说者加入。”。“我们希望人们在私下交谈时感到舒适。”
原文：
Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee
A new private membership club in Washington, D.C., co-founded by Donald Trump Jr., is charging a $500,000 membership fee — and there’s already a waiting list.
The club, called Executive Branch, held a launch party on Saturday night that included at least a half dozen members of President Donald Trump’s administration as well as wealthy CEOs, tech founders and policy experts, according to people familiar with the club who declined to be named speaking about it publicly.
Executive Branch was founded by Donald Trump Jr., along with Omeed Malik and Christopher Buskirk of 1789 Capital, the investment firm that made Trump Jr. a partner last year. Other founders include Alex Witkoff and Zach Witkoff, the sons of billionaire real estate developer Steve Witkoff, a longtime friend of the President’s and the current Middle East envoy.
Founding members include White House crypto czar David Sacks, crypto investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, the people familiar told CNBC.
In addition to the $500,000 membership fee, the club will charge annual dues, which have yet to be disclosed.
Executive Branch will open sometime in the next month or so at a location in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., those people said.
Executive Branch is the latest in a wave of private membership clubs that have opened since the Covid pandemic in cities like New York, Miami and Los Angeles. The clubs offer exclusive restaurants and bars, along with meeting spaces, gyms and spas and typically come with membership fees of roughly $4,000 to $10,000. Some, like the Aman Club in New York, for example, run as high as $200,000.
Executive Branch, at more than double the Aman Club’s cost, will be far and away one of the most expensive membership clubs in the U.S. And unlike popular membership clubs in New York, like Zero Bond, Core Club, ZZ’s or Casa Cipriani, Executive Branch will likely have a select and smaller membership, according to people familiar with the club.
Washington insiders say Executive Branch could play a similar role in the Washington social-political circuit as the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. played during the first Trump administration. The Trump Hotel became a popular hangout for administration officials and Republican congressional leaders as well as foreign dignitaries, lobbyists and business leaders.
The hotel, however, also became a magnet for ethics-related criticism, and the Trump Organization sold the hotel’s lease in 2022.
Saturday’s launch party event for Executive Branch included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, deputy FBI director Dan Bongino and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to people who attended.
Also attending were several tech founders and CEOs, including AppLovin
CEO Adam Foroughi, the people said.
Prospective members of the club have to be heavily vetted and approved by its founders, according to people close to Executive Branch. Although some prospective members have offered to pay $1 million to join, membership requires a referral and close screening.
“We don’t want members of the media or just a lot of lobbyists joining,” said one person close to the club. “We want people to feel comfortable having conversations in privacy.”
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