Planes and lawsuits fly over Mar-a-Lago as Trump divides Palm Beach
by Rob Crilly, White House Correspondent |
| January 22, 2021 06:00 AM
PALM BEACH, Florida — If former President Donald Trump believed genteel Palm Beach would offer a haven of peace after four years at the White House, the C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, returning his final presidential motorcade vehicles to Washington, would have given him pause.
It thundered into the pink evening sky on Wednesday evening and straight over Trump’s new home at Mar-a-Lago.
In so doing, it delivered a teeth-shaking reminder of the legal battles fought by the property developer-turned-world leader as he tried to have flight paths rerouted away from his private club. And it could foreshadow a new round of litigation — much to the annoyance of weary neighbors.
Like much of the country, the disputes divide the populations of well-heeled Palm Beach and the bigger city of West Palm Beach just across the water. Whether you side with the county against the Trump golf club or the airport against Mar-a-Lago frequently comes down to your view of Trump, the man.
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