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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,192 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 07:06 PM Feb 2021

Trump's About To Lose A Major Presidential Perk At His Mierda-A-Lago Club

Former President Donald Trump is about to lose one of the perks of his old office: a helipad at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida is going to be demolished.

The Palm Beach Daily News said it’ll cost $15,000 to tear out the helipad, although it’s not clear who’s paying or when the work will begin.

Mar-a-Lago paid for it to be installed in 2017, the Sun-Sentinel reported at the time.

The Palm Beach Daily News said the community doesn’t allow helicopters or helipads but made an exception for Trump during his presidency on the condition that it would be removed once his term was up.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-mar-a-lago-helipad-043104100.html

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Trump's About To Lose A Major Presidential Perk At His Mierda-A-Lago Club (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
Pretty sure WE paid for it. niyad Feb 2021 #1
I don't believe that Mar-a-Lago paid for the installation StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #2
I wonder if he'll actually do it...? regnaD kciN Feb 2021 #3
Looks like Chump may have found a flaw Totally Tunsie Feb 2021 #4
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
2. I don't believe that Mar-a-Lago paid for the installation
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 07:15 PM
Feb 2021

And if it did, I have no doubt the federal government reimbursed the cost.

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
3. I wonder if he'll actually do it...?
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 07:35 PM
Feb 2021

We've seen Palm Beach already do nothing when he decided to simply ignore the agreed-upon deal that would prevent him from living at M-a-L permanently. Why would they fight this? And I'm guessing the helipad is psychologically important to the former Snowflake-in-Chief, because he can tell himself that it remains there for when he'll need it in his second term staring in 2025.


Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. Looks like Chump may have found a flaw
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 08:24 PM
Feb 2021

in Mar-a-Loco's non-residency clause...Damn it!

From the linked article:

Those rules allowed only 10 guest accommodations, with no one staying longer than a week and not more than three times a year.

However, a memo by town attorney John C. Randolph obtained by The Washington Post says local regulations allow employees to reside at such properties.

Trump, as president of the company that owns the club, is considered an employee.

Trump had also promised town officials via his attorney in 1993 that he wouldn’t live there ― but Randolph said that vow is not in the actual agreement and therefore isn’t enforceable.


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