Donald Trump’s Washington, DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4 — the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in
It believes that Americans are not subject to a variety of federal laws. The basis for this is that a law, enacted in 1871, secretly turned the US into a corporation rather than a nation.
Consequently, they view every president inaugurated since as illegitimate. Members of the sovereign citizen movement believe that former President Ulysses S Grant was the last legitimate president.
Mr Grant, like other presidents in the 19th century, was inaugurated on March 4. The sovereign citizen movement believes that the republic will be restored and Trump will become the US’s 19th president on March 4, this year.
This fantasy has gained traction with the hardcore of QAnon adherents trying to make sense of President Joe Biden’s recent inauguration, according to Vice.
March 4 appears to have become a marketing opportunity for Trump’s DC hotel.
The normal rate for a deluxe king in March would usually run between $US476 ($620) and $US596, according to Forbes. This year, the same type of room has almost tripled in price. On March 3 and 4, the magazine reported that the room is going for $US1331 a night.
The price hike is exclusive to the Trump International Hotel, according to Zach Everson in his 1100 Pennsylvania newsletter.
Other luxury hotels in the White House’s vicinity appear to have standard rates for the nights of March 3 and 4, Everson said.
Trump International Hotel did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment for this story.
This would not be the first time that a Trump hotel had raised its rates to coincide with a political event.
On January 5 and 6, Trump International raised its rates significantly. The cheapest room available was $US8000 on the night of the deadly insurrection, according to Forbes reporter Suzanne Rowan Kelleher.
On January 7, the hotel’s managing director shared that the Capitol siege’s week was one of its “record-breaking” numbers.
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