Why Did Russian Pay So Much for Trump Mansion?

Palm Beach Post: “Almost a decade later, the answer is less clear than it was at the time of the sale, the largest price paid for a Palm Beach home.”

At the time of the purchase, Dmitry Rybolovlev said that “he didn’t plan to live in the United States…. Nonetheless, he went ahead and paid an exceptionally high, $50 million premium to Trump, then a real estate tycoon and reality TV host, for a property he never sought to live in, not even on a part-time basis.”