Secret Service Advertised as Hot Amenity at Trump Tower

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A 24-hour valet, concierge and doorman, pristine panoramic views of Central Park – and the US Secret Service!

Realtors are advertising the Secret Service as a new “amenity” as a way to lure potential buyers to Trump Tower, President-elect Donald Trump’s Manhattan home base.

Brokers with real estate agency Douglas Elliman sent out an email blast to prospective buyers less than a week after Trump was elected with the subject line: “Fifth Avenue Buyers Interested in Secret Service Protection?,” Politico reported.

The email was advertising a $2.1 million, 1,052-foot condo inside the gilded 68-story Fifth Avenue tower owned by the Trump Organization.

“The New Aminity [sic] – The United States Secret Service,” read the flier in the Nov. 13 email for the one-bedroom apartment on the 31st floor. “The Best Value in the Most Secure Building in Manhattan.”

The skyscraper is also the headquarters for Trump’s transition team.

Douglas Elliman officials are furious with the brokers’ email touting Trump’s Secret Service detail as a building amenity, sources told The Post.

The brokers who sent out the email blast, Ariel Sassoon and Devin Hugh Leahy, could not be reached for comment.

According to StreetEasy, there are 16 sale active listings inside Trump Tower, owned by the Trump organization.

Residential units are on the market for up to $11 million, while rentals are going for up to $30,000-per-month at Trump Tower, according to StreetEasy.

One broker said, “Foreign buyers have a fascination with buying in the building since Trump announced his run for president.”

Trump is expected to move to the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration, but his wife, future first lady Melania Trump and their youngest son Baron, 10, are planning to stay at the family’s glitzy penthouse suite so that Baron can continue attending his Upper West Side private school.

Mayor de Blasio said Monday it costs close to $500,000 a day to provide security for the president-elect in his Midtown offices.

The area surrounding Trump Tower has been snarled by traffic and barriers following the presidential election.

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