In a presentation at the council, John Marion, who represents Trump, argued that the former president meets the definition of a bona fide employee of the swanky club, and therefore can legally reside there. This guy, as he wanders the property, is like the mayor of Mar-a-Lago. He s always present. . And he loves it there, Marion said in his presentation to the Town Council, which met on Tuesday virtually.
Marion enumerated the various duties, he says, Trump as president of the club has taken on since making the resort his permanent home. To hear him tell it, Trump plays a very hands-on role in nearly every aspect of the running of Mar-a-Lago.
MIAMI The voters evicted Donald Trump from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but efforts by Palm Beach townsfolk to prohibit him from living at Mar-a-Lago may be coming up short. Trump has the right to live at Mar-a-Lago despite a decades-old agreement with the Town of Palm Beach converting his iconic home to a private club, town attorney John Randolph said Tuesday during presentations on the issue to .
A meeting of Palm Beach’s town council appeared to lean towards allowing Donald Trump to live full time at Mar-a-Lago despite objections from neighbours – as one of the ex-president's attorneys claimed he was like the local mayor. “This guy, as he wanders the property, is like the mayor of the town of Mar-a-Lago, if you will,” John Marion told the council. “He’s always present, he’s ever-present. And he loves it there. And he loves the people.