Humiliated, the Trumps hope for a warmer welcome in Florida

MIAMI.- Defeated by Joe Biden, without access to his social networks and with two political trials in his file, Donald trump He’s moving this week from the White House to Florida, where he’s aroused so much passion that his last name was inscribed on the back of a manatee.

The future former president will avoid the inauguration of his successor and will leave early Wednesday for his resort of Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, south of Florida. Apparently he plans to live there.

There are also indications that his adult children will move near the orbit of their father, who has been vetoed by Twitter and other social networks after being accused of instigating his supporters to storm the US Congress on January 6.

But his future neighbors are not very happy to have him in the neighborhood.

In December, residents of palm beach They sent a letter to the city council where they remembered that according to a 1993 agreement the club is a club and not a full time residence.

The document published by the Washington post states that use of club suites should be limited to “a maximum of three non-consecutive seven-day periods per year”, which the club denies. According to a message count, the president has already broken this rule far exceeding the limit and should fight this argument.

And Mar-a-Lago’s problems are just beginning. This week, the club received a warning from Palm Beach County for hosting a New Years party without a face mask or social distancing.

The eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., 43, posted a video of the party on social media, where people are seen dancing and singing a 1989 song by Vanilla Ice, which was performing live. The result is a threat of a $ 15,000 fine for an imminent violation of Covid-19 protective measures.

A solid foundation

“The Trumps will be surprised when they learn that the electoral rolls in South Florida’s top three counties – Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade – are Democrat-dominated,” he said. Craig pittman, a native of Florida and author of five books on the state.

“In fact, the congressional representative for the district that covers Mar-a-Lago, Lois Frankel, has voted not once but twice in the political trials against her most famous voter,” he said. However, the president built a strong fan base in Florida those four years, especially among rural whites and conservative Hispanics.

One of its most fervent followers is Enrique Tarrio, a Cuban-American from Miami who heads the far-right Proud Boys militia.

An example of Florida’s passions for the president was a manatee found Sunday with the word “trump” scratched on its back. The animal is in good health, apart from possible ideological annoyance. However, after the assault on Congress last Wednesday, the future former president is entering a complex political scene.

Al Cardenas, The former president of the Florida Republican Party told the Tampa Bay Times that Republicans across the state are terrified of losing the support of Trump supporters.

Dozens of supporters demonstrated outside the senator’s home in Miami Marco rubio, hitherto revered among Florida Republicans, who called him a “traitor” for admitting the election result and rejecting Trump’s false argument that the election was a fraud.

Reality in Mar-a-Lago

The cardiac press will also be busy. For now, follow in the footsteps of Tiffany, Trump’s 27-year-old daughter, who, according to the tabloid Page Six, lives in South Beach while researching properties in the area.

The same media reported in December that IvankaThe 39-year-old and her husband Jared Kushner – an adviser to the president – bought $ 30 million of land in Indian Creek Village, an islet north of Miami Beach known as one of the country’s most expensive communities.

Finally, it is assumed that Donald Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle They are looking for a house in Jupiter, north of Palm Beach.

What will these New Yorkers do in sunny Florida? “Maybe the Trumps will find a new outlet for their energies, like post-presidential Jimmy Carter did with Habitat for Humanity,” Pittman joked. “There are a lot of poor people in Florida who could use your help.”

But, referring to one of the most infamous moments of his presidency, when the president threw kitchen towels at Puerto Ricans affected by the hurricanes of 2017, he added: “Even though it should be something more substantial than just throwing rolls of paper at them. “

Agencia AFP