Mr. Trump, who was shocked when he won the election, might spend most of the week in Washington, much like members of Congress, and return to Trump Tower or his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., or his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on weekends. [...] Mr. Trump's affection for his penthouse apartment runs deep, as his biographer, Michael D'Antonio, learned when Mr. Trump invited him inside the three-story unit in 2014 for an extended interview.
The future president-elect in Trump Tower in 2015. His affection for his penthouse apartment there runs deep. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times
Mr. Trump reveled in recalling the challenges required to design and build the apartment, decorated in 24-karat gold and marble in the Louis XIV style, saying he simply wanted to see if such an ambitious undertaking could be accomplished. He described it less as a home than a tribute to his own self-image.
"I really wanted to see if it could be done," Mr. Trump said at the time, as he showed Mr. D'Antonio around the apartment. "This is a very complex unit. Building this unit, if you look at the columns and the carvings, this building, this unit was harder than building the building itself."
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