Ana Navarro shared video footage of herself at Donald Trump's former flagship hotel, as she taunted the erstwhile president by saying "the witch is dead."
The Trump International Hotel, located just a short distance from the White House, in Washington, D.C., was this year converted into a Waldorf Astoria after the Trump Organization agreed to sell the lease on the Old Post Office building to CGI Merchant Group for a reported $375 million.
Trump opened the hotel in 2016 just a few weeks before he was elected president. During his time in the White House, the hotel was a focal point for Trump's political world, used by diplomats, lobbyists, embassy staff and meetings for the former president and his family.
However, the hotel suffered major losses in recent years amid the COVID pandemic and as Trump left the White House.
It was reported that it had lost more than $70 million during Trump's time in office, with some publications saying that people were put off staying at the hotel in the wake of the January 6 attack.
The View co-host Navarro, who is a fierce critic of Trump, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a since-deleted video from the newly rebranded hotel.
"Hey, guys, guess where I am?" Nicaraguan-born Navarro said. "I just went to the White House Christmas tree lighting, which was wonderful. But I'm now at the former Trump Hotel, currently Waldorf Hotel.
"Never came in here before, was not here for four years, but you know what? The witch is dead. He's outta here. He lost the hotel and my a** is here."
Back in May, video footage was shared on Twitter of the Trump name being stripped from the exterior of the imposing property ahead of its rebranding.
In a statement, the Trump Organization said that the "record breaking" late 2021 sale of the Trump International Hotel is the highest price per room ever achieved in Washington D.C., the highest price per room in U.S. history for a leasehold interest, and the largest sale of an historic hotel in more than 15 years.
"As a family, it has been an honor and a privilege to redevelop the Nation's Old Post Office," Eric Trump, one of the former president's sons and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said in the statement.
"We took a dilapidated and underutilized government building and transformed it into one of the most iconic hotels in the world."
In a statement posted on his Truth Social account, Donald Trump added: "The redevelopment of the long vacant and dilapidated Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. was both a great honor and achievement for The Trump Organization.
"We created a true masterpiece, and know that it will do much to glorify our Nation for many years to come. Our salutations and best wishes to The Waldorf Astoria!"
Just before the sale went through, The Trump Organization agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine over allegations it illegally received excessive payments from the inauguration committee.
The settlement wasn't an admission of guilt from Trump, his business, or the inaugural committee.
"This was yet another example of weaponizing Law Enforcement against the Republican Party and, in particular, the former President of the United States. So bad for our Country," Trump told Newsweek in a statement.
"It was my great honor to have built this truly great hotel out of a structure that had laid dormant for thirty years, creating jobs and so many other benefits for the people of D.C., and indeed, our Country itself. A true landmark has been created out of nothing!"
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