I'm standing in front of a four-foot-tall portrait of Donald J. Trump at the entrance of Champions Bar & Grill at the Trump National Doral Resort in Miami, Florida.

A lot of people have been looking for this painting.

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For the last few weeks, I’ve been following David Fahrenthold's Washington Post reports, in which he outlined how the Trump Foundation had made purchases with donation money, including a signed football helmet, Trump's personal debts, and this very painting. The foundation bought the portrait before me for $10,000.

In his reporting, Fahrenthold mentioned two portraits: one measuring four feet, and the other six.

A traveler had seen the smaller portrait, and posted it in a photo on a TripAdvisor review of Trump's Doral hotel in February. That hotel is four blocks from Univision’s studios.

At 10:30 p.m. last night, right before I went on air, I reserved a room in that hotel using points from my personal credit card. I didn’t want to give Univision’s money to one of Trump’s businesses.

After bidding the audience goodnight, I left for the hotel.

I arrived at 12:15 a.m. A security guard asked me for my information. I told him I was a guest, checking in. In the lobby, I identified myself with my ID and was assigned to room 1211.

I hopped on a golf cart to get to the room. I thought the hotel map would help locate the portrait, but no. The golf resort is huge.

I started walking and found myself back in the main building. I asked a couple of janitors and maintenance about the portrait, one in English and another in Spanish.

“Do you know where the portrait of Donald Trump is?”

I was told it was in the Player's Lounge, but the door was locked. I searched the entire floor, but found nothing. Then I saw an open door.

It was the Champions Bar & Grill. The resort web site describes the bar as a place that combines modern sophistication with a casual touch: American food, serving ribs and a “Big Boy” burger.

A couple of workers were inside, but no customers. "Open or closed?" I asked. They said it was open.

And there was the painting.

I snapped some photos, and took in the surroundings.

It stands about four feet tall. A plaque on the right doesn’t mention the portrait, but instead states that the space holds a maximum of 262 people. It is a room shaped in a semi-circle with leather furniture.

I stood in front of the painting for five minutes trying to wrap my head around why a charity might spend $10,000 to hang such a work in a restaurant.

A Hispanic worker was sweeping and vacuuming.

I said goodnight and left.

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