Guess who else doesn't want Trump around anymore? His neighbors in Palm Beach, Florida aren't very happy that Trump will be a blight on their community after he is tossed out of his temporary public housing in Washington.
The current residency controversy tracks back to a deal Trump cut in 1993 when his finances were foundering, and the cost of maintaining Mar-a-Lago was soaring into the multimillions each year. Under the agreement, club members are banned from spending more than 21 days a year in the club’s guest suites and cannot stay there for any longer than seven consecutive days. Before the arrangement was sealed, an attorney for Trump assured the town council in a public meeting that he would not live at Mar-a-Lago.
The 1993 Palm Beach agreement isn’t the only document that raises questions about whether Trump can legally live at Mar-a-Lago. He also signed a document deeding development rights for Mar-a-Lago to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Washington-based, privately funded nonprofit organization that works to save historic sites around the country. As part of the National Trust deal, Trump agreed to “forever” relinquish his rights to develop Mar-a-Lago or to use it for “any purpose other than club use.”
If Palm Beach and the National Trust decide to pass on the enforcement of the agreements Trump made concerning Mar-a-Lago, it will be another case where Trump reneges on legally binding commitments. If these cases end up in court, I hope Trump turns to the same legal team he's been using to overturn the election results. That team is batting what - 1 for 100 or so?
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