Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Palm Beach To Trump: You're Not Welcome Here

 

Malignant narcissist and unhinged demagogue Donald "Sore Loser" Trump has always craved the approval of wealthy elitists, whether in New York or elsewhere, and has largely failed to obtain it. The famous description of Trump in earlier days as a "short-fingered vulgarian" explained his repeated rejection by the people he respected most in New York City, and that's never changed through his bankruptcies, failed grifts, assault allegations, and stint as a reality TV host. He finally got their message and moved his official residence to Florida.

However, the stink that will follow Trump in his post-Presidency is now an issue with his Merde-o'-Lardo neighbors in Palm Beach, FL, where his neighbors are putting out the "not welcome" sign:

"Next-door neighbors of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., that he has called his Winter White House, have a message for the outgoing commander in chief: We don’t want you to be our neighbor.

That message was formally delivered Tuesday morning in a demand letter delivered to the town of Palm Beach and also addressed to the U.S. Secret Service asserting that Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago because of an agreement he signed in the early 1990s when he converted the storied estate from his private residence to a private club. The legal maneuver could, at long last, force Palm Beach to publicly address whether Trump can make Mar-a-Lago his legal residence and home, as he has been expected to do, when he becomes an ex-president after the swearing-in of Joe Biden on Jan. 20." (our emphasis)

One would think that the cachet of having an ex-President -- even a grifting buffoon like Trump -- would boost a town's profile. One would be wrong. There are the constant security hassles of a Secret Service caravan following him and closing roads, etc., not to mention the constant flow of shady oligarchs, grifters and hangers-on to stroke Dear Leader's bruised ego in the months and years ahead. But you have to strongly suspect that the Palm Beach residents' demand letter was also a reaction like that of New Yorkers: take your tacky lifestyle and corrupt operations elsewhere.