--- title: Donald Trump Opens Trump Hotel in Washington DC: Watch Live description: Donald Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail (kind of) to open his latest hotel, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. canonical: https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T14:40:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:52:06.164Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Opens Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. og:description: Donald Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail (kind of) to open his latest hotel og:url: https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0958e2dabc0854/6988aba35f570f2f85b2308a/trump-international-hotel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5092 og:image:height: 2864 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-TRUMP-HOTEL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Opens Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. twitter:description: Donald Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail (kind of) to open his latest hotel twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0958e2dabc0854/6988aba35f570f2f85b2308a/trump-international-hotel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Donald Trump Launches the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=febf1d0e-9f8a-4a25-b460-6ff8945d21f6&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Trump Opens Hotel in Washington D.C. [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Opens Hotel in Washington D.C.](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eq7JzVGI.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2016-10-26. Donald Trump’s new Washington, D.C. hotel had its “soft opening” in September, but on Wednesday Trump will officially unveil it with a grand opening._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 26, 2016 2:40 PM UTC Donald Trump’s new Washington, D.C. hotel had its “soft opening” in September, but on Wednesday Trump will officially unveil it with a grand opening. by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 26, 2016 2:40 PM UTC Donald Trump’s new [Washington, D.C. hotel](http://time.com/4496804/donald-trump-post-office-hotel/?iid=sr-link1) had its “soft opening” in September, but on Wednesday [Trump will officially unveil it](http://time.com/4545687/donald-trump-hotel-doral-facebook/) with a grand opening. [Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.](http://time.com/4496804/donald-trump-post-office-hotel/?iid=sr-link1) is a renovation of the old post office building, first announced in 2014\. Located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, it’s just down the street from Trump’s would-be home for the next four years, should he win the [election](http://time.com/4543481/donald-trump-polling-democrats-rigged/) on Nov. 8\. But anyone with enough cash will be able to stay in this D.C. establishment: rooms currently begin at about $400 per night, while the presidential suite costs nearly $10,000. The event starts at 11 a.m. EST and will be streamed above. ## Transcript One, two, three. [ APPLAUSE ] We were dramatically ahead of schedule on this project, and under budget. We turned a property that had been neglected for decades, and which was losing huge sums of money for the federal government, into a major revenue producer and job creator. This is what I want to do for our country. And this is what we're working so hard to do. Right now, just about everything our government touches is broken or they break it. It's always overbudget, behind schedule and simply nothing works. Let's close the history books on the failures in Washington, and let's open a new chapter of success and prosperity for all of our people. We have a divided nation a seriously divided nation all of our people That is how we will truly make America great again. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Launches the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.","datePublished":"2016-10-26T14:40:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T06:52:06.164Z","description":"Donald Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail (kind of) to open his latest hotel","url":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0958e2dabc0854/6988aba35f570f2f85b2308a/trump-international-hotel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0958e2dabc0854/6988aba35f570f2f85b2308a/trump-international-hotel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-TRUMP-HOTEL","caption":"US-VOTE-TRUMP-HOTEL","creditText":"ZACH GIBSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Launches the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C."}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump Opens Hotel in Washington D.C.","description":"Donald Trump’s new Washington, D.C. hotel had its “soft opening” in September, but on Wednesday Trump will officially unveil it with a grand opening.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eq7JzVGI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-26T17:39:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eq7JzVGI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/","duration":"PT1M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4546088/watch-live-donald-trump-hotel-opening-washington-dc/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```