Why is Mar-a-Lago so expensive for Trump?
President Donald Trump departs from the White House for a weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 31, 2020. And because Trump insists on playing at courses he owns, the cost to taxpayers has been nearly four times as high as it was for Obama.
Was Chinese citizen arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago?
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said in news conference from Beijing on Thursday that China is “not aware” of reports that Lu was arrested. Lu is the second Chinese national to be arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago this year. Another Chinese woman was arrested in March for trespassing onto the Florida property.
Is Trump’s flag at Mar-a-Lago?
The Facebook post, which provided no sources, said the flag was at a Trump golf course in West Palm Bach, when it actually was at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the adjoining town of Palm Beach. It misstated the height of the pole and said the issue was the height; it actually was about how large of a flag is allowed on a pole of a certain height.
Did Trump build a 30-foot-high hill at Mar-a-Lago?
News coverage doesn't mention Trump building a 30-foot-high hill. Shannon Donnelly, the reporter for the Palm Beach Daily News who has covered Mar-a-Lago for several years, affirms there is no such hill on the property.
What happened to the Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago?
A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach Police, in the second time this year that a Chinese national been arrested for intruding on the premises.
Who was arrested for trespassing on Mar-a-Lago?
Lu is the second Chinese national to be arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago this year. Another Chinese woman was arrested in March for trespassing onto the Florida property. There is no apparent connection between the two women. Yujing Zhang, a 33-year-old businesswoman from Shanghai, was found guilty last month of unlawfully entering ...
Where was the Trump golf flag?
The Facebook post, which provided no sources, said the flag was at a Trump golf course in West Palm Bach, when it actually was at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the adjoining town of Palm Beach. It misstated the height of the pole and said the issue was the height; it actually was about how large of a flag is allowed on a pole of a certain height.
Where did Donald Trump buy his estate?
The caption states: "Before he was president, Trump bought an estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. He put up a 50 foot flag pole and flew a US flag on it. The City Council told him that he could only have a 30 foot pole but he refused to take it down. They told him they would fine him $1,000 a day until he took it down.
How tall is the Palm Beach flagpole?
Eventually, Palm Beach and Trump settled. The town agreed to allow a 70-foot flagpole, moved southwest from its original location. Trump agreed to donate $100,000 to veterans charities instead of paying a $120,000 fine. News coverage doesn't mention Trump building a 30-foot-high hill.
Was Donald Trump fined for putting a flag on a pole?
The story told on Facebook has nuggets of truth but gets some specifics wrong. According to a March 30, 2013, story in the Palm Beach Post, Donald Trump was fined daily by the town of Palm Beach — not West Palm Beach — after he'd erected a flag in 2006 on an 80-foot pole in front of the exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club.