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
.
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
Whether Mar-a-Lago has a future as a club is anyway uncertain.
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 host
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.