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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Cool picture!
And you think being a republican is something to brag about?
Being a republican is being FOR the Republic.. a unique republic..
Being a democrat is being FOR a Democracy.. Coup D’etat
Not all republicans are republicans BUT all democrats are democrats..
even the republican ones..
Democracy is the road to socialism. -Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
Vets and active duty military luv Trump.
Whaaa! Whaaaa!
Like Mark Levin said:In so many words. Senators who voted for the Corker bill are traitors.
Whaaa! Whaaaa!
No content.. but bleating...
In so many words. Senators who voted for the Corker bill are traitors.
Really Cruz put a rider in the bill that forcing re-consideration..
or didn’t you know that.?.. or even care?..
You know nothing about the drama of the Corker Bill..
being Louie dont want to know either..
If you can't see the difference between Obama and Trump, you need glasses, not a keyboard.
If you can’t see the difference between Obama and Trump, you need glasses, not a keyboard.
Their both liberals.. I let God sort them out..
Precisely what my military officer grandson said. Apparently many of his colleagues feel the same.
“I am elated to witness a “America First” presidential candidate after 55 years of absence. Without patriotism, you are just a narcissistic person.”
So you think Reagan was NOT America first?
Whako.
To me, the conflict between Trump and the rest boils down to this: they are globalists and he is a patriot.
“And you think being a republican is something to brag about?”
Excellent point
Great Post and Thank you.
“Trump ... might not even be a republican..”
Registered Republican in 2000 or 2001. Even if he weren’t a Republican, who cares? Look at the Republicans in power now; they’re terrible!
Thank you for your service!
Are you saying Reagan was not patriotic?
There are a boatload of Freepers with TDS who are too flipping lazy to read his books, watch interviews and otherwise learn about the man, all they see is his goofy haircut and NY attitude. That’s just shallow thinking. IMOHO
Trump: You have to speak English (Trump gave a Spanish speaking man a job if he would learn English)
http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump—you-have-to-speak-english-519425091725
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