It's really big!
Posted on 09/26/2015 8:59:03 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Don’t say Donald Trump has never sacrificed for the red, white and blue. As The Daily Beast reporter Olivia Nuzzi has amply documented, the real estate mogul and 2016 presidential contender has sued a stunning number of individuals, companies and countries over the years, for a whole host of reasons. But perhaps the most patriotic lawsuit Trump ever filed was in defense of a super-sized American flag he sported outside of his Mar-a-Lago country club estate in Palm Beach. According to an Associated Press report from the time, Trump sued the town of Palm Beach in 1996 for millions of dollars after he was cited for flying a large American flag on an 80-foot pole, which apparently violated Palm Beach regulations mandating flags be flown on flag poles no higher than 42-feet. “A smaller flag and pole on Mar-a-Lago’s property would be lost given its massive size, look silly instead of make a statement, and most importantly would fail to appropriately express the magnitude of Donald J. Trump’s and the Club’s members’ patriotism,” the lawsuit reportedly declared, before going on to state the town’s actions were in violation of, among other things, the First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In a later filing obtained by The Daily Caller, Trump’s lawyers noted that Mar-a-Lago is larger than the White House, before explaining, “The size of the Club and its property demand that any flag on the premises be large in order to be viewed and to communicate the Club’s and Mr. Trump’s commitment to the flag and the nation.” Before bringing the lawsuit, Trump lamented, “The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country.”
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It's really big!
Huuuuge!
The article says they negotiated the flag pole to be 70 ft high, almost twice the limit imposed by the City.
Trump gets the win!
And he uses a lot of his own money to give back to our heros.
The original article here gives an example.
Yep.
I recommended to Trump and his team that they use this as a campaign ad.
good!
Don't try to make Trump special, every American was allowed the opportunity to make money and live free because of the HEROES buried in Arlington, other cemeteries AND battlefields around the world. You and Levin both struck out on that one.
You and Levin both struck out on that one.
Point is.. Trump is NO HERO... might not even be a republican..
Then make your point with a factual statement not something ridiculous like that.
“Point is.. Trump is NO HERO... might not even be a republican..”
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He is a PATRIOT. It’s clearly in his consistent actions.
Like Mark Levin said.. all the HEROS are in Arlington Cemetery..
TRUMP was allowed to make money because of the HEROS..
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I have flown an American Flag in my front yard. I don’t make any money off of doing it. Like Trump, I truly love my country. I also love serving (28 years...). Trump has my support.
I am elated to witness a “America First” presidential candidate after 55 years of absence. Without patriotism, you are just a narcissistic person.
He is a PATRIOT. It’s clearly in his consistent actions.
Really.. He is a GLOBAL Capitalist.. makes deals with all sorts of givernments..
Makes Deals with democrats or republicans.. usually democrats..
A “conservative”... not the least bit of evidence of that..
He’s a PIG in a POKE.. a mystery politically.. could be a HARBINGER...
Obama’s replacement.. he’s got the same kind of RAP...
I have flown an American Flag in my front yard. I don’t make any money off of doing it. Like Trump, I truly love my country. I also love serving (28 years...). Trump has my support.
Loving America and loving what America can give you is two different things..
Trump likes capitalized socialism.. i.e. like China..
Some are unfortunately still blind. I strongly believe like you that God is using him. He heard our prayers, we need a bold and strong leader, because this nation is going to collapse no matter who is in the White House. During those difficult times a nation needs a strong leader not Dr. Marcus Welby or some Rino who will just sit back and do nothing.
And you think being a republican is something to brag about?
This doesn’t sound like patriotism. It sounds like someone who thinks he can throw his weight around and get special exemptions from the law that others of lesser means can’t get.
Trump shows traits of paranoid personality disorder. Caveat emptor.
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