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A long and bitter dispute between former President Donald Trump and the neighbors of his Florida Mar-a-Lago country home has come to an end; The Palm Beach City Council has decided to let him live on the 69-acre property, despite neighbors demanding that he be evicted.
“It seems like nothing is stopping you from living in the owner’s suite,” Councilwoman Margaret Zeidman said according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Thus, a letter of complaint from December, asking Trump to find another place to live, was rejected. The president announced the move to Mar-a-lago as early as December and intends to stay there permanently, after leaving his old base in New York.
Neighbors want to oust Trump
Playing golf
On January 20, Trump left the White House in the Marine One helicopter. After a brief farewell ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, he took the Air Force One jumbo jet to Florida and Mar-a-Lago. , where he has spent much of his time playing golf, apparently unaffected by the lawsuit against him in Washington; he has refused to testify.
According to a club member, Trump spent Tuesday watching the Supreme Court case against himself on television, CBS 12 reports.
Conflicts between Trump and his neighbors have escalated over the years since he bought the property in 1985. First, the whistleblowers believe that an agreement between the former president and the city prohibits him from staying there more than three times seven days in a row, after him in 1993, Mar-a-Lago was converted from a private home to a private club.
GREAT: Mar-a-Lago was built in 1924-27, has an interior area of 5810 square meters and a plot of 69 acres. Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / NTB
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In the early 1990s, Trump’s then-attorney Paul Rampell told city council that the financier did not intend to stay in Mar-a-Lago, but that he would be a member of the club and would have the right to use the rooms. .
– Employee
John Marion, Trump’s current local attorney, argued to city council that the agreement does not specifically prohibit the former president from living in Mar-a-Lago, and that he can live there according to the city’s zoning rules, because it is ” a real worker “in the club.
– He loves being there and loves the people he meets there. He likes. It’s his home, the lawyer said during the debate before the decision was made.
City council attorney John “Skip” Randolph advised local politicians to give Trump a residency permit if he agrees to simply be “a real employee” at Mar-a-Lago.
Just finished
The Palm Beach City Council ultimately decided, without a vote, that a stay in the owner’s suite is enough for Trump to stay in Mar-a-Lago. Therefore, the case is dead, until further notice.
Because the conflict will most likely persist. When Dagbladet visited Palm Beach in January, residents and local politicians spoke about Trump’s demands on the height of the Mar-a-Lagos flagpoles, the size of the chandeliers in the ballroom, and the downside that the property was close to the airport.
“If someone gets away with breaking regulations, it hurts all local authorities because it sets a precedent,” said Democratic county politician Melissa McKinlay.
Right-wing extremists
McKinlay also spoke of fears that Trump’s presence could bring major problems to Palm Beach, which also goes beyond what can be expected of a president who resigned:
Several right-wing extremist groups have recently settled in the city, including the Proud Boys, which have ties to the storm of Congress on January 6, according to the Palm Beach Post.
– I fear that the chaos we saw in Washington DC is coming here, and that when someone wants to protest, we will see it on our streets instead of in Washington. It makes me nervous, said the county politician.
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– Threatens the atmosphere
During the city council’s consideration, Philip Johnston, who represents a group called Preserve Palm Beach, said neighbors feared that Trump’s permanent presence would ruin the “friendly” atmosphere on the island where both the city and Mar-a are located. -Lake.
“We fear this threatens to make Mar-a-Lago a lasting beacon for its most rabid and lawless followers,” Johnston said.
Trump’s attorney, Marion, emphasized that the promise not to stay at the club was made during the negotiations and that circumstances have changed. In addition, he claimed that forcing the former president to move to another location in Palm Beach would upset the neighbors even more than let him live.
– This is a debate that I sincerely think is stupid, he said.
