Donald Trump is also without his winter White House
A congressman asks to close the Mar-a-Lago club (Florida) for a party without measures against the covid while they remind him that in 1993 he promised that he would not settle there to live permanently
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The problems add up to Donald Trump's agenda: to the bitter acceptance of the electoral defeat and the closure of most of his accounts on social networks, he now has to face that his withdrawal to the winter barracks may not be as he wished. Mar-a-Lago, a property that he bought in 1985 to turn it into the benchmark social club in Palm Beach (Florida), may be closed in the coming weeks due to having ignored the anti-covid measures at a massive party. In addition, residents of the area have raised the agreement that Trump himself signed in 1993, pledging that the complex would be a business, not a home.
Trump bought the property in 1985 and later vowed to exploit it as a social club, not as a residence.
Florida State Congressman Omari Hardy has filed a complaint with Palm Beach County requesting the closure of Mar-a-Lago after a large New Year's Eve party was held at its facilities, full of attendees without a mask or social distance.
The Democratic representative told The Washington Post that the guests violated all local regulations regarding restrictions by the covid. Trump did not attend the party in case his eldest son, Donald Jr, and lawyer Rudolph Giuliani. Tickets were a thousand dollars. Palm Beach County authorities are studying the complaint.
The other drawback is even more serious, since closing of business is a temporary punishment. Several residents of the area have addressed the mayor's office and also the Secret Service - the agency that is in charge of the president's security - protesting Donald Trump's simple intention to settle. In fact, in 2018 he changed his residence there for tax reasons and has traveled continuously for short overnight stays.
However, to settle permanently would be a violation of the agreement signed in 1993 with the city in exchange for being able to operate the property as a club. "No one can live there," insists attorney Reginald Stambaugh, who represents the DeMoss family, with a property next to Mar-a-Lago.
He does not look good for the still president. Palm Beach Mayor Gail Coniglio and the City Council have received not a few written demonstrations to this effect in recent days.
Trump owns ten properties in Palm Beach, including two houses and an uninhabited oceanfront mansion.
Stambaugh advises "to avoid an embarrassing situation for everyone and to give the president time" to find another place in the area, if that is his wish. "Palm Beach has many lovely properties for sale, and you can surely find one that meets your needs," the attorney said in a letter written to The New York Times.
Less elegant is Congressman Hardy, who said the following to the Post: "Either we stand up to Trump when he breaks the law, or we stand back and allow him to violate it and trample us and endanger the health of our residents."
Donald Trump has up to a dozen properties in Palm Beach. In addition to the Mar-a-Lago Club, two houses and a vacant parcel on Woodbridge Road, an oceanfront mansion with a vacant parcel north of the club's beach facilities, Trump National Golf Club, and part of Trump International Golf Club.
