February 10, 2021
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The relationship between former President Donald Trump and his adopted Florida hometown has been uneasy from the start, with Trump seen by staid Palm Beach officials as a bull in a china shop whose presence they once barely tolerated. Things improved somewhat while he was in the White House, with the town deferring to its most famous part-time winter resident.
Now that he has been back for three weeks as a private citizen, Palm Beach has been forced to deal with a question it turned a blind eye to while Trump was in office: Is he allowed to reside full time at his private Mar-a-Lago club?