Donald Trump Jr. and his partners have opened a new private membership club in Washington, D.C., called Executive Branch. Such a rarefied club mostly serves an elite clientele. It intends to gouge them with a jaw dropping $500,000 membership fee. The Executive Branch is on pace to become one of the priciest membership clubs per capita in the entire United States. Annual dues coming soon — stay tuned, folks!
Donald Trump Jr. and others. Notably included among them are Alex Witkoff and Zach Witkoff, sons of billionaire real estate developer Steve Witkoff. David Sacks and Winklevoss twins are other notable founders. They achieved notoriety for their early bets in crypto and social. As for membership, the club intends to stay exclusive, with an invitation and a handshake keeping out all but the most vetted of prospects.
The club has created a huge buzz. Some prospective members are even willing to pay as much as $1 million to get in on the action! This suggests that Executive Branch is positioning itself as a significant player in the exclusive social-political landscape of Washington D.C.
Speakers and performers at Executive Branch’s launch party included a number of high-profile guests. Among them were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson. The Makerspace event drew a large crowd. It included such luminaries as the Director of National Intelligence, the deputy FBI director Dan Bongino, and TV star/doctor Mehmet Oz.
The Executive Branch should be prepared to establish a similar role in the Washington social and political ecosystem. This is similar to the powerful role played by the Trump International Hotel under the first Trump administration. The club hopes to be a place where members can come to discuss these issues without the interest of the public eye.
A source close to the club emphasized its exclusivity and privacy, stating, “We don’t want members of the media or just a lot of lobbyists joining.” They further elaborated on the club’s mission, saying, “We want people to feel comfortable having conversations in privacy.”
Yet the Executive Branch stands out as an important example in a worrisome larger trend. Since the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic, private membership clubs have prospered in expanding hotspot U.S. cities such as New York, Miami and Los Angeles. These clubs often aim to offer a refuge for networking among influential individuals removed from the pressures of public life.