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Trump must endure humiliation in the sky over Mar-a-Lago - is his glamor club on the verge of decline?

2021-01-25T11:40:47.598Z


Planes pull banners with abuse against Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort - the ex-president is not particularly popular with local residents.


Planes pull banners with abuse against Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort - the ex-president is not particularly popular with local residents.

  • Airplane banners revile Donald Trump as the "worst president of all time".

  • Palm Beach residents have suffered from traffic disruptions from the presidential entourage for years.

  • Some have filed complaints against the Trump family's use of Mar-a-Lago as permanent residence.

Palm Beach - Not only Trump fans can troll - but also the opponents: inside the elected president.

On Sunday, small sport planes made laps over Trump's beachfront property

Mar-a-Lago in Florida

.

They dragged banners with unflattering texts behind them.

"Worst President Ever"

was written on one.

"Trump, you poor loser, go back to Moscow!" It said on the second.

It is not yet known who piloted the aircraft.

Several residents photographed or filmed

the banners with their smartphones, which have since spread on social media - lawyer and activist

Daniel Uhlfelder

photographed

both banners and shared them on

Twitter

.

Uhlfelder had gained local fame when he disguised as a grim reaper for a while on the beaches of Florida to counter what he believed was premature opening of these beaches in the

corona pandemic

protest

by Governor

Ronald DeSantis

.

Trump is getting warm welcome from the skies near Mar-a-lago today pic.twitter.com/S6uUFx3t30

- Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) January 24, 2021

It

is not known

whether

Donald Trump also saw

the banners

.

But they should hardly please him.

When he arrived in

Palm Beach

after his departure from Washington, he was greeted by loyal supporters along the street: inside with flags.

But it has long been known that the residents of the place on the Atlantic are not very enthusiastic that Trump is now permanently settling in the Mar-a-Lago resort.

For years, according to the

Washington Post,

neighbors have been complaining about

traffic disruptions such as

blocked and congested streets

due to Trump's frequent trips to Mar-a-Lago, which he is also

said to have

called the “

White House for the winter

”.

There is speculation that Trump wants to plan his return to politics in Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump: Many residents are against moving permanently to Mar-a-Lago

In 2019

Donald Trump moved

his first residence from

Manhattan, New York,

to Mar-a-Lago.

When it became known that Trump actually wanted to live there after the end of his term in office, local residents stepped on the scene.

In December, they filed a formal complaint with the city - on the grounds that Mar-a-Lago should

not be used as a permanent residence

.

The

controversy

is based on a deal that Donald Trump made with the city government in 1993, according to the

Washington Post

.

At that time, the real estate entrepreneur was plagued by financial difficulties and

converted Mar-a-Lago into a private club

, as it was financially cheaper for him.

There were rules attached to this: No one is allowed to

spend more than 21 days a year

in a club

or more than seven days at a time, and at least half of the maximum 500 members must be registered in Palm Beach.

Trump apparently tried again and again to change the conditions.

In 2018 he wanted to build

a jetty on the beach in

front of the property.

The city refused.

Donald Trump: The members are running away from his club in Mar-a-Lago

It is uncertain whether Mar-a-Lago has a future as a club.

Apparently many members just run away.

"It's a

very sad place,

" said

Laurence Leamer

, historian and author of a book on Mar-a-Lago, on

TV broadcaster MSNBC

.

When Trump was president, Leamer said some paid up to $ 200,000 to become a member.

Leamer doubts they will continue to do this without the club-associated glamor of presidential office.

At the same time, there was always ridicule about the club filled with Trump memorabilia.

"You can't exaggerate how weird it is here," said the well-known TV show master

Jimmy Kimmel

during a visit just before Trump took office in January 2017. "Everyone here is 100 years old."

In general, Palm Beach is

not a particularly Trump-friendly territory

.

55.9 percent voted in the November presidential election in the constituency for its competitor Joe Biden.

Only 43.2 percent voted for Trump.

Source: merkur

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