[pax_et_bonum]

“Yet, when he arrived, wealthy locals did not welcome the brash businessman.

He faced a court battle over an 80ft flagpole at the resort which held a massive American flag. Trump’s foundation was ordered to pay $100,000 to veteran charities after installing the pole in 2006 without appropriate permission.”

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Fly the flag first and deal with consequences later.

Love it.

[Tamatoa]

That was what I gathered from the whole story. An 80’ American flag post.

[lovesdogs]

The whole flag story was that there was a flag pole height restriction. So he trucked in enormous amounts of fill and raised the ground to a level that allows the flag to fly at the desired height.

[sheana]

I have a friend who was an exec in a national company and he told me along time ago.....Never ask permission, ask forgiveness. lol

[spokeshave]

He faced a court battle over an 80ft flagpole at the resort which held a massive American flag. Trump’s foundation was ordered to pay $100,000 to veteran charities after installing the pole in 2006 without appropriate permissionHe faced a court battle over an 80ft flagpole at the resort which held a massive American flag. Trump’s foundation was ordered to pay $100,000 to veteran charities after installing the pole in 2006 without appropriate permission

I read that he built a 20 ft mound and installed a 60 ft flag pole.

[silverleaf]

They also didn’t like the fact that the resort was open to jewish and minority members, as Trump insisted

“Those people “ were not welcome at many Palm Beach clubs